History of Montgomery County North Carolina United States of America

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Biography of Edmund Spawn Dargan

Edmund Spawn Dargan, jurist, was born in Montgomery county, N.C., April 15, 1805. His family were Irish Protestant and his father a Baptist preacher and farmer. He was self educated, studied law with Judge Picket, and was admitted to the North Carolina bar at Wadesboro in 1829. He then taught school for a few months in Washington, Ala., and while there was elected a justice of the peace, which preferment determined him to make Alabama his home. He practised law in Washington and in 1833 removed to the state capitol. In 1841 he was elected circuit judge of the Mobile district, which caused him to remove to that city. He resigned the office of judge in 1842 and in 1844 was elected mayor of the city and was sent to the state senate the same year. He was a Democratic representative in the 29th congress, 1845-47, and was prominent in the debate on the northwestern boundary question, his suggestions for adjustment with the British government being finally adopted. He refused a renomination to congress and in 1847 was elected to the bench of the supreme court of the state to fill a vacancy. He became chief justice in 1849, resigning in 1852 to devote himself to the practice of law in Mobile. He voted for secession in 1861 and was a representative in the 1st Confederate congress. He died in Mobile, Ala., Nov. 22, 1879.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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