Stephen Heard Darden

Stephen Heard Darden
Member of the Second Confederate Congress
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Personal details
Born (1816-11-19)November 19, 1816
Mississippi
Died May 16, 1902(1902-05-16) (aged 85)
Wharton, Texas
Resting place Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Catherine Mays Darden
Education Cumberland College[1]
Military service
Allegiance  Confederate States
Service/branch  Confederate States Army
Rank Captain
Unit Texas 4th Texas Infantry
Battles/wars American Civil War

Stephen Heard Darden (November 19, 1816 – May 16, 1902) was a prominent Texas politician who served in the Texas Senate and then as an officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

Life

Mr. Darden is of English-Irish descent, and a native of Mississippi. His entrance into Texas was as a volunteer soldier from the State of Mississippi, under Captain David M. Fulton, in the year 1836. In 1841, he became permanently established as a citizen of Texas.[1]

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Darden received a commission as a first lieutenant in Company A of the 4th Texas Infantry in what became widely known as the Texas Brigade. He was promoted to the rank of captain before resigning to the join the Second Confederate Congress.[2]

He was elected to represent the First Congressional District of Texas in the Second Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865.[3]

Darden was elected as a Democrat to be Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts from 1874 to 1879.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Daniell, Lewis E (1887). Personnel of the Texas State Government. Austin, Texas: Press of the City Printing Company. p. 41.
  2. ↑ National Park Service Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System Archived 2008-08-14 at the Wayback Machine. Film Number M227 roll 9
  3. ↑ The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Daniels-rush to Darley at politicalgraveyard.com
  • "Stephen Heard Darden". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-10-19.


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