Daniel Duane Tompkins Farnsworth (December 23, 1819 – December 5, 1892) was an American politician in the

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, who served in the

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and briefly as the second Governor of West Virginia.

Biography

Farnsworth was born in

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. When he was two, his family relocated to

Buckhannon, West Virginia Buckhannon is the only incorporated city in, and the county seat of, Upshur County, West Virginia, Upshur County, West Virginia, United States, and is located along the Buckhannon River. The population was 5,299 at the 2020 United States Census ...

in Upshur County. He married Mary Ireland."West Virginia's First Ladies," West Virginia Division of Culture and History, June 2007. Farnsworth was the President of the West Virginia Senate in 1869 when Governor

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vacated his office to serve in the

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. Farnsworth then served as Governor of West Virginia for seven days, from February 26, 1869 - March 4, 1869.

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Daniel Duane Tompkins Farnsworth
* Republican Party governors of West Virginia Presidents of the West Virginia Senate Republican Party West Virginia state senators People from Buckhannon, West Virginia 1819 births 1892 deaths Politicians from Staten Island Delegates of the 1861 Wheeling Convention 19th-century American politicians {{West Virginia-politician-stub