Archibald Hunter Arrington (November 13, 1809 – July 20, 1872) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Representative from North Carolina from 1841 to 1845 and a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.
Born near Nashville, North Carolina in 1809, Arrington attended a local academy in Hilliardston and then Louisburg College.
Although he studied law, he was also a significant landowner and slave owner.
[1] In 1840, Arrington was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House; he served for two terms, in the 27th and 28th Congresses.
After the Civil War, Arrington was a delegate to the Union National Convention at Philadelphia in 1866, the chairman of the court of common pleas and quarter sessions for Nash County in 1866 and 1867 and a county commissioner in 1868.