John Fletcher Darby

John Fletcher Darby

Infobox Mayor
name = John Fletcher Darby


caption =
order = 4th Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri
term_start = April 14, 1835
term_end = October 31, 1837
predecessor = John W. Johnson
successor = William Carr Lane
term_start2 = April 14, 1840
term_end2 = April 13, 1841
predecessor2 = William Carr Lane
successor2 = John D. Daggett
birth_date = birth date|1803|12|10|mf=y
birth_place = Person County, North Carolina
death_date = death date and age|1882|05|11|1803|12|10
death_place = Pendleton, Missouri
constituency =
party = Whig
spouse = Mary Darby
children =
profession =
religion =


footnotes =

John Fletcher Darby (December 10, 1803 - May 11, 1882) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri and 4th mayor of St. Louis, Missouri.

Born in Person County, North Carolina, Darby attended the public schools.He moved with his father to Missouri in 1818, where he worked on a farm.He moved to Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1825.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and afterward practiced in St. Louis, Missouri.He served twice as mayor of St. Louis from 1835-1837 and 1840-1841.He served as member of the Missouri Senate in 1838.

Darby was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853).He returned to St. Louis and engaged in banking.He died near Pendleton, Missouri, May 11, 1882.He was interred in Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.

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