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<p><span class="autocomment">top: </span> prepended &#039;Use mdy dates&#039; tag</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|American politician (1868–1911)}}<br /> {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Benjamin Darrow&#039;&#039;&#039; (November 14, 1868 – October 1911) was an American [[lawyer]], [[politician]] and [[writer]]. He served as a [[District Attorney]] in [[New York City]] around the turn of the century, was a prominent [[Deist]] and later nominee for [[Mayor of New York]]. Darrow was born in [[Liberty (village), New York|Liberty, New York]]. He attended [[Phillips Andover]] preparatory academy. He spent his undergraduate years at [[Harvard University]], wherein he gained membership to the prestigious [[Hasty Pudding Club]], after which he went to [[Yale Law School]]. Darrow famously prosecuted the [[Phelps-McMurphy case]] and was subsequently elected [[District Attorney]] for [[Kings County, New York|Kings County]], the Borough of [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. He died a month short of his forty-third birthday in October 1911, after being run over by a wagon while crossing [[Bedford Avenue]]. He was a close friend of famed journalist [[Samuel Hopkins Adams]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> *{{cite book | author=Ellis, Edward | author-link=Edward Robb Ellis | title=The Epic of New York City: A Narrative | publisher=Carroll &amp; Graf New York, NY., and London | year=2005 |isbn=978-0-7867-1436-0}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Darrow, Benjamin}}<br /> [[Category:1868 births]]<br /> [[Category:1911 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:County district attorneys in New York (state)]]<br /> [[Category:Road incident deaths in New York City]]<br /> [[Category:Yale Law School alumni]]<br /> [[Category:19th-century American politicians]]<br /> [[Category:People from Liberty, New York]]<br /> [[Category:Phillips Academy alumni]]<br /> [[Category:Hasty Pudding alumni]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{NewYork-politician-stub}}</div>

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