# Benjamin Darrow

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**Benjamin Darrow** (November 14, 1868 – October 1911) was an American [lawyer](/source/Lawyer), [politician](/source/Politician) and [writer](/source/Writer). He served as a [District Attorney](/source/District_Attorney) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) around the turn of the century, was a prominent [Deist](/source/Deist) and later nominee for [Mayor of New York](/source/Mayor_of_New_York). Darrow was born in [Liberty, New York](/source/Liberty_(village),_New_York). He attended [Phillips Andover](/source/Phillips_Andover) preparatory academy. He spent his undergraduate years at [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University), wherein he gained membership to the prestigious [Hasty Pudding Club](/source/Hasty_Pudding_Club), after which he went to [Yale Law School](/source/Yale_Law_School). Darrow famously prosecuted the [Phelps-McMurphy case](/source/Phelps-McMurphy_case) and was subsequently elected [District Attorney](/source/District_Attorney) for [Kings County](/source/Kings_County,_New_York), the Borough of [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)). He died a month short of his forty-third birthday in October 1911, after being run over by a wagon while crossing [Bedford Avenue](/source/Bedford_Avenue). He was a close friend of famed journalist [Samuel Hopkins Adams](/source/Samuel_Hopkins_Adams).

## References

- Ellis, Edward (2005). *The Epic of New York City: A Narrative*. Carroll & Graf New York, NY., and London. ISBN 978-0-7867-1436-0.

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