John Wilson Farrelly

John Wilson Farrelly (* July 7, 1809 in Meadville, Pennsylvania, † December 20, 1860 ) was an American politician. Between 1847 and 1849 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Farrelly was the son of Congressman Patrick Farrelly ( 1770-1826 ). He went to Allegheny College in Meadville in 1826. After a subsequent law degree in 1828 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started working there in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In 1828 he was a member of the Senate of Pennsylvania; In 1837 he sat as a deputy in the local House of Representatives. After that, he was from 1838 to 1842 again a member of the State Senate. Politically, he joined, founded in the 1830s Whig party.

In the congressional elections of 1846 Farrelly was in the 22nd electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Democrats William Swan Garvin on March 4, 1847. Since he resigned in 1848 to further candidacy, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1849. During this time he was chairman of the Patent Committee. His time as a congressman was shaped by the events of the final phase of the Mexican-American War.

Between 1849 and 1953, Farrelly was auditor at the Federal Financial Authority ( Auditor of the Treasury ). Then he practiced until his death on December 20, 1860 again as a lawyer.