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Joseph Rider Farrington (October 15, 1897 – June 19, 1954) was an American newspaper editor and statesman who served in the
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
Joseph Rider Farrington Congressional Papers collection
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Farrington, Joseph Rider 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 Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Hawaii Mass media in Honolulu United States Army officers United States Army personnel of World War I 20th-century American politicians Burials at Oahu Cemetery
United States Congress
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as delegate for the Territory of Hawai'i.
Education and military career
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to Wallace Rider Farrington, the future Territorial Governor of Hawai'i. While still an infant, he moved to Honolulu, Hawai'i
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with his parents where his father began work as an editor
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for the '' Honolulu Advertiser'' and later the ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin
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'' newspapers. Farrington attended Punahou School
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and, upon graduating, studied at the University of Wisconsin
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. He dropped out of college in June 1918 to enlist in the United States Army
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. He was commissioned a second lieutenant
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Australia
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of field artillery
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Until the early 20t ...
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. He then returned to Honolulu to follow in his father's footsteps and entered the newspaper business. He became areporter
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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
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to Congress. He died in office in Washington, D.C. on June 19, 1954 of an apparent heart attack.Hawaiian Delegate to Congress Dies of Heart Attack; The Ada Evening News; Page 13; June 20, 1954 His wife, Elizabeth P. Farrington
Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (May 30, 1898 – July 21, 1984), more commonly known as Elizabeth P. Farrington, was publisher of the '' Honolulu Star-Bulletin'' and an American politician who served as delegate to the United States Congre ...
, was elected to replace him in Congress. Farrington was buried in the Oahu Cemetery in Nuuanu Valley in Honolulu.
See also
*List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99)
There are several lists of United States Congress members who died in office. These include:
* List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
*List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949)
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References
External links
*Joseph Rider Farrington Congressional Papers collection
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Farrington, Joseph Rider 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 Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Hawaii Mass media in Honolulu United States Army officers United States Army personnel of World War I 20th-century American politicians Burials at Oahu Cemetery