George Potter Darrow (February 4, 1859 – June 7, 1943) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. George Darrow was born in Waterford, Connecticut. He graduated from Alfred University in Alfred (town), New York, Alfred, New York, in 1880. He moved to Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1888 and engaged in banking, in the manufacture of paints, and in the insurance business. He was president of the Twenty-second Sectional School Board of Philadelphia 1906–09, and a member of the Philadelphia Common Council 1910–15. Darrow was elected to Congress as a Republican in 1914 to the 64th Congress and served until he was succeeded January 3, 1937. He had been an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936. He was elected to the 67th Congress and served from January 3, 1939 to January 3, 1941. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1940. Darrow died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is buried there at Ivy Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia), Ivy Hill Cemetery.

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* 1859 births 1943 deaths People from Waterford, Connecticut School board members in Pennsylvania Alfred University alumni Philadelphia City Council members Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Burials at Ivy Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia) {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub