John Richard Farr (July 18, 1857 – December 11, 1933) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
John R. Farr
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 10th district | |
In office February 25, 1921 – March 3, 1921 | |
Preceded by | Patrick McLane |
Succeeded by | Charles Robert Connell |
In office March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1919 | |
Preceded by | Thomas David Nicholls |
Succeeded by | Patrick McLane |
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
In office 1891 1893 1895 1897 1899 | |
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Born | (1857-07-18)July 18, 1857 Scranton, Pennsylvania |
Died | December 11, 1933(1933-12-11) (aged 76) Scranton, Pennsylvania |
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Lafayette College |
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John R. Farr was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and attended Scranton's School of the Lackawanna and Phillips AcademyinAndover, Massachusetts. He graduated from Lafayette CollegeinEaston, Pennsylvania. He worked as a newsboy, printer, and publisher. He was active in the real estate business.
He served four years on the Scranton School Board. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1891, 1893, 1895, 1897, and 1899, serving as speaker of the 1899 session. As a state legislator he introduced bills to make public education compulsory, and to provide free textbooks to public schools; both measures passed.[1]
Farr was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1908, but was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses. He successfully contested the election of Patrick McLane to the Sixty-sixth Congress, though his success came almost at the end of McLane's term.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1920, 1930, and 1932.
He resumed the real estate business in Scranton, where he died, aged 76, after suffering a heart attack.[1] Interred in Shady Lane Cemetery in Chinchilla, Pennsylvania.
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district 1911–1919 |
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district 1921 |
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