Mason Cook Darling
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Mason Cook Darling (May 18, 1801 - March 12, 1866) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, Darling attended the public schools. He taught school in the State of New York. He studied medicine. He was graduated from the Berkshire Medical College in 1824 and practiced medicine for thirteen years. He moved to Wisconsin in 1837 and was one of the original settlers at Fond du Lac. He served as member of the Territorial legislative assembly 1840-1846. He served as member of the Territorial council in 1847 and 1848. Upon the admission of Wisconsin as a State into the Union was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress and served from June 9, 1848, to March 3, 1849. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1848. He was elected the first mayor of Fond du Lac in 1852. He resumed the practice of medicine and was a dealer in real estate at Fond du Lac until 1864, when he moved to Chicago. He died in Chicago, Illinois, March 12, 1866. He was interred in Rienzi Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
