John Fletcher Darby

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John Fletcher Darby

4th Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri
In office April 14, 1835 – October 31, 1837
Preceded by	John W. Johnson
Succeeded by	William Carr Lane
In office April 14, 1840 – April 13, 1841
Preceded by	William Carr Lane
Succeeded by	John D. Daggett
Personal details
Born	(1803-12-10)December 10, 1803 Person County, North Carolina
Died	May 11, 1882(1882-05-11) (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), after which he returned to St. Louis and became a banker. He died near Pendleton, Missouri on May 11, 1882 and is interred at 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. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
Darby, John Fletcher (1880). Personal Recollections. St. Louis: G. I. Jones and Company. OCLC 497877. 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.

Political offices
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

v t e Mayors of St. Louis, Missouri

Lane Page Johnson Darby Daggett Maguire Wimer Pratte Camden Mullanphy Krum Barry Kennett How King O. Filley Taylor C. Filley Thomas Cole Brown Barret Britton Overstolz Ewing Francis Noonan Walbridge Ziegenhein Wells Kreismann Kiel Miller Dickmann Becker Kaufmann Darst Tucker Cervantes Poelker Conway Schoemehl Bosley Harmon Slay

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 48828343 LCCN: no97011241

Persondata
Name	Darby, John Fletcher
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	December 10, 1803
Place of birth	Person County, North Carolina
Date of death	May 11, 1882
Place of death	Pendleton, Missouri

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