| John Fletcher Darby | |
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| In office April 14, 1835 – October 31, 1837 |
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| Preceded by | John W. Johnson |
| Succeeded by | William Carr Lane |
| In office April 14, 1840 – April 13, 1841 |
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| Preceded by | William Carr Lane |
| Succeeded by | John D. Daggett |
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| Born | December 10, 1803 Person County, North Carolina |
| Died | May 11, 1882 (aged 78) Pendleton, Missouri |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Darby |
John Fletcher Darby (December 10, 1803 – May 11, 1882) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri and the fourth mayor of St. Louis, Missouri.
Darby was born in Person County, North Carolina. He moved with his father to Missouri in 1818, where he worked on a farm, before moving to Frankfort, Kentucky in 1825. Thereafter he studied law, was admitted to the bar and returned to Missouri to practise in St. Louis. He was the mayor of St. Louis from 1835 to 1837 and 1840 to 1841, between which he served as a member of the Missouri Senate, in 1838.
He was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second United States Congress (March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1853), afer which he returned to St. Louis and became a banker. He died near Pendleton, Missouri on May 11, 1882 and is interred in the Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis.
References
- John Fletcher Darby at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- "St. Louis Mayors: John Fletcher Darby". St. Louis Public Library. http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt52248747.asp. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- Darby, John Fletcher (1880). Personal Recollections. St. Louis: G. I. Jones and Company. OCLC 497877. http://books.google.com/books?id=HEAVAAAAYAAJ&client=safari. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- "Proceedings of the Board of Alderman of the City of St. Louis". Daily Commercial Bulletin & Missouri Literary Register. 1837-11-14.
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| Preceded by John W. Johnson |
Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri 1835 – 1837 |
Succeeded by William Carr Lane |
| Preceded by William Carr Lane |
Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri 1840 – 1841 |
Succeeded by John D. Daggett |
| United States House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by James B. Bowlin |
Member from Missouri's 1st congressional district 1851 – 1853 |
Succeeded by Thomas Hart Benton |
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