William Wallace Farley (June 4, 1874 - May 21, 1952) was an American lawyer and politician who was the chairman of the

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on June 4, 1874, to William Farley (1836-1905) and Bridget Isabella O'Dea.Political Graveyard and his tombstone use June 4, 1874, but the 1900 US census uses June 1875. He attended Cornell University. He was admitted to the bar in 1900. On November 11, 1903 he married Marie Helena Brown Crowe (1882-1934). He was Chair of the Broome County Democratic Party in 1910. He was a delegate to the

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for New York,

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. He was the unsuccessful candidate for New York Attorney General in 1916. He was the

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