James Indus Farley

James Indus Farley ( born February 24, 1871 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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Farley attended the public schools of his home and then the Tri - State College in Angola ( Indiana). He then attended the 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., whose president he became 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, on the Al Smith was nominated as a presidential candidate. In the congressional elections of 1932 he was in the fourth electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Harry C. Canfield on 4 March 1933. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1939 three legislative periods. During this time, most of the New Deal legislation of the Federal Government were adopted under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

1938 Farley defeated 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.