James Indus Farley

James Indus Farley (born February 24, 1871 in Hamilton , Steuben County , Indiana , †  June 16, 1948 in Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1939 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Farley attended public schools in his home country and then the Tri-State College in Angola, Indiana. He then graduated from Simpson College in Indianola ( Iowa ). Between 1890 and 1894 he taught as a teacher in Steuben County and DeKalb County . From 1906 to 1926, Farley worked for the Auburn Automobile Co. and rose to be its president over the years.

Politically, Farley was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1928 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Houston , where Al Smith was nominated as a presidential candidate. In the 1932 congressional election he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Harry C. Canfield on March 4, 1933 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1939 . It was during this period that most of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt .

In 1938 Farley was defeated by Republican George W. Gillie . In the following years he worked in agriculture. He died on June 16, 1948 in Bryn Mawr and was buried in Auburn .

Web links

• James Indus Farley in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Farley Indus in the database of Find a Grave (English)