Benjamin Darrow
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Benjamin Darrow (born 14 November 1868) was a lawyer, politician and author. 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, New York. He attended Philips Andover preparatory academy. He spent his undergraduate years at Harvard University, wherein he gained membership to the prestigous 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 King's County, the Borough of Brooklyn, New York.
He died a month short of his Forty-Third Birthday in October of 1911, after being run-over by a wagon whilst crossing Bedford Avenue.
Darrow was a close friend of famed journalist Samuel Hopkins Adams.
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- Ellis, Edward (2005). The Epic of New York City: A Narrative. Carroll & Graf New York, NY., and London. ISBN 978-0786714360.
