Darling, Mason Cook, 1801-1866

LC control no.	n 92038067
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Darling, Mason Cook, 1801-1866 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Located	Fond du Lac (Wis.) Chicago (Ill.)
Birth date	1801-05-18
Death date	1866-03-12
Place of birth	Amherst (Mass.)
Place of death	Chicago (Ill.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. House Berkshire Medical College
Profession or occupation	Legislator Teacher Mayor Physician Real estate dealer Probate judge
Found in	NUCMC data from Milwaukee Public Lib. for Lanman, C. Collection of papers, 1858-1865 (Mason C. Darling; Wisconsin congressman) Bio. dir. of U.S. Congress, 1774-1989 (Mason Cook Darling, 1801-1866; Rep. from Wis.; b. Amherst, Mass.; taught school in New York State; practiced medicine; moved to Wis. in 1837; territorial legislator; after congressional service was elected mayor of Fond du Lac, Wis.; practiced medicine and was involved in real estate; moved to Chicago in 1864 and died there) NUCMC data from Fond du Lac County Hist. Soc. for John A. Eastman appointment, 1846 (by Mason C. Darling, Judge of Probate) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, viewed online, Sept. 14, 2017 (DARLING, Mason Cook, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., May 18, 1801; attended the public schools; taught school in the State of New York; studied medicine; was graduated from the Berkshire Medical College in 1824 and practiced medicine for thirteen years; moved to Wisconsin in 1837 and was one of the original settlers at Fond du Lac; member of the Territorial legislative assembly 1840-1846; 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; was not a candidate for renomination in 1848; was elected the first mayor of Fond du Lac in 1852; resumed the practice of medicine and was a dealer in real estate at Fond du Lac until 1864, when he moved to Chicago; died in Chicago, Ill., March 12, 1866)