John R. Farr | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's10th 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 thePennsylvania House of Representatives | |
| In office 1891 1893 1895 1897 1899 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1857-07-18)July 18, 1857 |
| Died | December 11, 1933(1933-12-11) (aged 76) Scranton, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Lafayette College |
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John Richard Farr (July 18, 1857 – December 11, 1933) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
John R. Farr was born inScranton, Pennsylvania, and attended Scranton's School of the Lackawanna andPhillips Academy inAndover, Massachusetts. He graduated fromLafayette College inEaston, Pennsylvania. He worked as anewsboy,printer, andpublisher. He was active in the real estate business.
He served four years on the Scranton School Board. He was a member of thePennsylvania 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 in1908, but was elected as a Republican to theSixty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses. He successfully contested the election of Patrick McLane to theSixty-sixth Congress, though his success came almost at the end of McLane's term.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in1920,1930, and1932.
He resumed the real estate business in Scranton, where he died, aged 76, after suffering a heart attack.[1] Interred in Shady Lane Cemetery inChinchilla, Pennsylvania.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 10th congressional district 1911–1919 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 10th congressional district 1921 | Succeeded by |
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