His entrance into Texas was as a volunteer soldier from the State of Mississippi, under Captain David M. Fulton, in the year 1836.

He was promoted to the rank of captain before resigning to the join the Second Confederate Congress.

[3] He was elected to represent the First Congressional District of Texas in the Second Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865.

[4] Darden was elected as a Democrat to be Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts from 1874 to 1879.

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