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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

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

In the congressional elections of 1820 Farrelly was in the 15th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Robert Moore on March 4, 1821. After two re- elections he could remain until his death on January 12, 1826 in Congress. Since 1823, he represented the 18th district where his state. In the 1820s he joined the movement to the future President Andrew Jackson; since 1825 he was a member of the Group of the Jacksonians. His son John (1809-1860) was also a congressman.