Charles B. Farwell

Charles Benjamin Farwell (born July 1, 1823 in Painted Post , Steuben County , New York , † September 23, 1903 in Lake Forest , Illinois ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of Illinois in both chambers of Congress represented.

Charles Farwell attended a private school in Elmira before moving to Illinois in 1838. There he tried his hand at land surveying and agriculture before he was employed in Chicago from 1844 in real estate and banking. From 1853 to 1861 he served as a senior clerk ( County Clerk ) in Cook County . He also worked as a wholesaler for haberdashery.

As a result, Farwell took on several offices at the state and regional levels. In 1867 he was a member of the State Board of Equalization , the following year he was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Cook County , and in 1869 he was the auditor of the National Bank of Illinois. Finally he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1870 , where he represented the first constituency of Illinois from March 4, 1871 ; later he moved to the third district. Among other things, he chaired the Committee on Manufactures . His third term began on March 4, 1875, but the previous election was challenged by Democrat John V. Le Moyne . The democratically dominated Congress granted the objection, with which Farwell had to resign his seat on May 6, 1876. He decided not to run again in the same year.

After that, Farwell first went back to his business activities before he spent another term in the House of Representatives from March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1883. After the death of US Senator John A. Logan on December 26, 1886, Farwell won the by-election for his mandate and returned to Congress on January 19, 1887, where he remained until March 3, 1891. In the Senate he chaired the Committee on Expenditures of Public Money . He did not stand for re-election in 1890.

Farwell also appeared as a philanthropist . In 1876 several new buildings for Lake Forest College were built on his initiative . He and his wife Mary also donated additional land to the college, which had struggled with financial problems since the end of the Civil War . One of the reasons for her foundation was to enable her daughter Anna to study close to home. She graduated there in 1880, later married the composer Reginald de Koven and became a successful writer.

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SURNAME	Farwell, Charles B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Farwell, Charles Benjamin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician (Republican Party)
DATE OF BIRTH	July 1, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH	Painted Post , New York
DATE OF DEATH	September 23, 1903
Place of death	Lake Forest , Illinois