Darwin Asahel Finney (August 11, 1814 – August 25, 1868) was a

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member of the

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from

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Early life

Darwin Asahel Finney was born in

Shrewsbury, Vermont Shrewsbury is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. The town was named for the Earl of Shrewsbury Earl of Shrewsbury () is a hereditary title of nobility created twice in the Peerage of England. The second earldom dates to 1442. Th ...

. He attended the public schools and attended the military academy at Norwich, VT (then the ALS&MA, now Norwich University). He moved with his parents to

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. He served in a clerk in a law office in

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, in 1834 and 1835. He graduated from Allegheny College in Meadville in 1840. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice in Meadville.

Public service

He was a member of the

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from 1856 to 1861. Finnery was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served until his death at

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, in 1868. Interment in

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. Cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

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