Patrick Farrelly

Patrick Farrelly (* 1770 in Ireland , †  January 12, 1826 in Meadville , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician . Between 1821 and 1826 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Patrick Farrelly attended public schools in his Irish homeland. He came to the United States in 1798. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1803, he began to work in Meadville in his new profession. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson in the late 1790s . Farrelly served as an MP in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1811 and 1812 . During the British-American War he was a major in the state militia.

In the congressional election of 1820 Farrelly was elected in the 15th  constituency of Pennsylvania to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Robert Moore on March 4, 1821 . After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on January 12, 1826 . Since 1823 he represented the 18th district of his state there. In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson ; since 1825 he belonged to the Jacksonians faction . His son John (1809-1860) was also a member of Congress.

Web links

• Patrick Farrelly in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Patrick Farrelly in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Robert Moore	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (15th constituency) March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1823	Thomas Patterson
new constituency	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (18th constituency) March 4, 1823 - January 12, 1826	Thomas Hale Sill