district succeeded predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party article_title preceded birth_date order term_start spouse image state term_end name
1st thomas h. benton john w. johnson william carr lane william carr lane john d. daggett 11 may 1882 person county , north carolina pendleton , missouri whig john fletcher darby
 james b. bowlin 10 december 1803 4th mayor of st. louis , missouri april 4 , 1851 14 , 1835 april 14 , 1840 march mary darby johnfletcherdarby.jpg missouri october 3 , 1853 31 , 1837 april 13 , 1841 march john fletcher darby
john fletcher darby

john fletcher darby -lrb- december 10 , 1803may 11 , 1882 -rrb- 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 , darby studied law and was admitted to the bar .
he then returned to missouri to practice 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 .
during his time as mayor , darby was very active in getting the first missouri railroad convention held in st. louis .
eventually , that lead to the incorporation of two railroads in the state .
additionally , lafayette park was built becoming the first city park west of the mississippi .
he was elected as a whig to the thirty-second united states congress -lrb- march 4 , 1851 to march 3 , 1853 -rrb- , 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 .
