Joseph R. Farrington
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Joseph Rider Farrington | |
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![]() Joseph Rider Farrington as a graduate from Punahou School | |
Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii Territory's At-large district | |
In office January 3, 1943 – June 19, 1954 | |
Preceded by | Samuel W. King |
Succeeded by | Elizabeth P. Farrington |
Member of the Hawaii Territorial Senate | |
In office 1934-1942 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Washington, D.C., United States | October 15, 1897
Died | June 19, 1954 Washington, D.C., United States | (aged 56)
Political party | Republican |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | ![]() |
Years of service | 1918-1919 |
Rank | second lieutenant |
Joseph Rider Farrington (October 15, 1897 – June 19, 1954) was an American newspaper editor and statesman who served in the United States Congress as delegate for the Territory of Hawai'i.[1]
Education and military career
Farrington was born in Washington, D.C. to Wallace Rider Farrington, the future Territorial Governor of Hawai'i. While still an infant, he moved to Honolulu, Hawai'i with his parents where his father began work as an editor for the Honolulu Advertiser and later the Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspapers. Farrington attended Punahou School and, upon graduating, studied at the University of Wisconsin. He dropped out of college in June 1918 to enlist in the United States Army. He was commissioned a second lieutenant of field artillery in September 1918 and discharged the following December. He returned to the University of Wisconsin–Madison and graduated in 1919.
Newspaper career
As soon as he obtained his degree in Wisconsin, Farrington became a reporter on the staff of the Public Ledger in Philadelphia. He served three years as a member of its Washington bureau.[2] He then returned to Honolulu to follow in his father's footsteps and entered the newspaper business. He became a reporter and then editor of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. In 1939, Farrington succeeded his father to become president and general manager of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, an office in which he served until his death.
Political career
Farrington began a part-time political career as secretary to the Hawai'i Legislative Commission in 1933. The following year he was elected to the Hawaii Territorial Senate, an office he served in through 1942. On January 3, 1943, Farrington was sworn in as a Republican delegate to Congress. He died in office in Washington, D.C. on June 19, 1954 of an apparent heart attack.[3] His wife, Elizabeth P. Farrington, was appointed to replace him in Congress. Farrington was buried in the Oahu Cemetery in Nuʻuanu Valley in Honolulu.
See also
References
- ^ "Biography of the United States Congress". Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ^ United States Congress (1943). Official Congressional Directory, 78th Congress, 1st Session. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office.
- ^ Hawaiian Delegate to Congress Dies of Heart Attack; The Ada Evening News; Page 13; June 20, 1954
External links
- Joseph R. Farrington at Find a Grave
- A film clip "Longines Chronoscope with Joseph R Farrington" is available for viewing at the Internet Archive
- A film clip "Longines Chronoscope with Joseph R Farrington" is available for viewing at the Internet Archive
- A film clip "Longines Chronoscope with Delegate-to-Congress Joseph R Farrington (June 13, 1952)" is available for viewing at the Internet Archive
- 1897 births
- 1954 deaths
- People from Washington, D.C.
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- Hawaii Republicans
- Punahou School alumni
- American newspaper publishers (people)
- Members of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature
- Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of Hawaii
- Media in Honolulu
- United States Army officers
- American military personnel of World War I
- 20th-century American politicians
- Burials at Oahu Cemetery