Edmund Strother Dargan
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Edmund Strother Dargan (April 15, 1805 - November 22, 1879) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born near Wadesboro, North Carolina, Dargan pursued preparatory studies at home. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Wadesboro in 1829. He moved to Washington, Alabama, where he commenced the practice of law and was for several years a Justice of the Peace. He moved to Montgomery in 1833 and to Mobile in 1841. He served as judge of the circuit court, Mobile district, in 1841 and 1842. He served in the State senate in 1844. He served as mayor of Mobile in 1844.
Dargan was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847). He did not seek renomination in 1846. He served as associate justice of the State supreme court in 1847, and in 1849 became chief justice. He resigned in December 1852 and resumed the practice of law. He served as delegate to the State convention in 1861 and voted for the ordinance of secession. He served as Member of the first Confederate House of Representatives. He resumed the practice of law in Mobile, Alabama, and died there on November 22, 1879. He was interred in Magnolia Cemetery.
