Joseph R. Farrington

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Joseph Rider Farrington
Samuel W. King
Succeeded byElizabeth P. Farrington
Member of the Hawaii Territorial Senate
In office
1934–1942
Personal details
Born(1897-10-15)October 15, 1897
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DiedJune 19, 1954(1954-06-19) (aged 56)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseElizabeth P. Farrington
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Years of service1918–1919
Ranksecond lieutenant
Farrington grave marker in Oahu Cemetery
Farrington in 1915, as a graduate from Punahou School.

Joseph Rider Farrington (October 15, 1897 – June 19, 1954) was an American newspaper editor and statesman who served in the United States Congress as delegate for the Territory of Hawai'i.

Education and military career

Farrington was born in

field artillery in September 1918 and discharged the following December. He returned to the University of Wisconsin–Madison and graduated in 1919.[1]

Newspaper career

As soon as he obtained his degree in Wisconsin, Farrington became a reporter on the staff of the

reporter and then editor of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. In 1939, Farrington succeeded his father to become president and general manager of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, an office in which he served until his death.[3]

Political career

Farrington during his time as delegate.
Farrington with Alaska Delegate Bob Bartlett in 1950.

Farrington began a part-time political career as secretary to the Hawai'i Legislative Commission in 1933. The following year he was elected to the Hawaii Territorial Senate, an office he served in through 1942. On January 3, 1943, Farrington was sworn in as a

Hawaiian statehood and help advise the early post-war efforts for admission.[4]: 121  He died in office in Washington, D.C., on June 19, 1954, of an apparent heart attack.[5] His wife, Elizabeth P. Farrington, was elected to replace him in Congress.[6] Farrington was buried in the Oahu Cemetery
in Nuʻuanu Valley in Honolulu.

See also

  • List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99)

References

  1. ^ "Biography of the United States Congress". Retrieved December 9, 2011.
  2. ^ United States Congress (1943). Official Congressional Directory, 78th Congress, 1st Session. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office.
  3. ^ Nakaso, Dan (August 16, 2009). "Joseph Farrington". the.honoluluadvertiser.com. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
  4. University of Hawaii Press
    . pp. 120–179.
  5. ^ Hawaiian Delegate to Congress Dies of Heart Attack; The Ada Evening News; Page 13; June 20, 1954
  6. ^ US House of Representatives website, Farrington, Mary Elizabeth

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Preceded by Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives
from Hawaii Territory's at-large congressional district
January 3, 1943 - June 19, 1954 		Succeeded by
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