List of United States Political Families (D) - The Darlingtons

The Darlingtons

• Edward Darlington (1755–1825), Pennsylvania State Representative 1802–1804 1811–1813. Father of William Darlington.
  • William Darlington (1782–1863), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1815–1817 1819–1823. Son of Edward Darlington.
  • Isaac Darlington (1781–1839), Pennsylvania State Representative 1807–1809, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1817–1819, District Judge in Pennsylvania 1821–1839. Nephew of Edward Darlington.
  • Edward Darlington (1795–1884), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1833–1839, District Attorney of Delaware County, Pennsylvania 1851–1854. Nephew of Edward Darlington.
  • William Darlington (1804–1879), delegate to the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention 1837 1879. Nephew of Edward Darlington.
  • James B. Roberts (1784–1822), Pennsylvania State Representative 1814–1815. Nephew by marriage of Edward Darlington.
    • Smedley Darlington (1827–1899), delegate to the Liberal Republican Party National Convention 1872, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1896, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1887–1891. Grandnephew of Edward Darlington.
      • Thomas S. Butler (1855–1928), Pennsylvania State Court Judge 1888, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1897–1928. Son-in-law of Smedley Darlington.
        • Smedley Butler (1881–1940), candidate for U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania 1932. Son of Thomas S. Butler.

NOTE: Thomas S. Butler was also son of Pennsylvania Treasurer Samuel Butler and nephew of U.S. District Court Judge William Butler.