Hale Knight Darling (January 26, 1869 – September 18, 1940) was a Vermont attorney and politician who served as the state's 50th lieutenant governor from 1915 to 1917.
Biography Hale Knight Darling was born in Corinth, Vermont, on January 26, 1869. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont, edited by Hiram Carleton, 1903, pages 466 to 467 He was employed in Massachusetts by the Fitchburg Railroad and worked as a reporter on the Fitchburg Daily Sentinel before studying law at the University of North Carolina. He was admitted to the bar in 1894, and established a practice in Chelsea, Vermont.Alumni History of the University of North Carolina, published by the university, 1924, page 152
A Republican, Darling was Orange County State's Attorney from 1896 to 1900, a member of the Vermont Board of Bar Examiners from 1901 to 1903, and Clerk of the Orange County Court from 1905 to 1921.Manual of the Legislature of Vermont, by Vermont General Assembly, 1904, page 123Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography, edited by Prentiss Cutler Dodge, 1912, page 164
Darling served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1904 to 1908. In 1905 he was appointed Chairman of the Vermont Library Commission, and from 1905 to 1907 he was a member of the Commission to revise Vermont's Statutes. He served in the Vermont Senate from 1912 to 1914.Biennial Report of the Board of Library Commissioners of Vermont, by Vermont Board of Library Commissioners, 1906, page 4Who's Who in New England, published by A. N. Marquis, Chicago, Volume 1, 1909, page 282
In 1914 he was elected Lieutenant Governor and served from 1915 to 1917, also serving again as a member of the Commission to Revise Vermont's Statutes.The American Bar, by James Clark Fifield, 1918, page 671, Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 2011, page 2
Darling served in the Vermont Senate again from 1919 to 1921. In 1937 he was Chairman of a commission that reviewed and recommended reforms of Vermont's court system.Vermont Legislative Directory, published by Vermont Secretary of State, 1939, page 609
Darling died in Chelsea on September 18, 1940. He was buried in Chelsea's Highland Cemetery.
Family In 1896, Darling married Maybelle Maud Hyde; they were the parents of four children who lived to adulthood.
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