John Wilson Farrelly (July 7, 1809 – December 20, 1860) was an American politician from

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who served as a Whig member of the

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for

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from 1847 to 1849.

Biography

John Wilson Farrelly (son of

Patrick Farrelly Patrick Farrelly (1770January 12, 1826) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Patrick Farrelly (father of John Wilson Farrelly) was born in the Kingdom of Ireland, a member of the Farrelly family. He i ...

) was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He received a limited schooling and graduated from

Allegheny College he, תגל ערבה ותפרח כחבצלת , mottoeng = "Add to your faith, virtue and to your faith, knowledge" (2 Peter 1:5)"The desert shall rejoice and the blossom as the rose" (Isaiah 35:1) , faculty = 193 ...

at Meadville in 1826. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced practice in Meadville. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1837. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 21st district from 1841 to 1842 and for the 26th district from 1843 to 1844. Farrelly was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Patents during the Thirtieth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in

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. He was appointed Sixth Auditor of the Treasury by President

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and served from November 5, 1849, until April 9, 1853, when he resigned. He engaged in the practice of law in Meadville until his death in 1860. He was interred in Greendale Cemetery in Meadville, Pennsylvania.

Footnotes

Sources

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