James T. Farley

James Thompson Farley


United States Senator from California
In office March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1885
Preceded by	Aaron A. Sargent
Succeeded by	Leland Stanford
Member of the California Senate
In office 1869-1876
Member of the California State Assembly from Amador County
In office 1855-1857
Personal details
Born	(1829-08-06)August 6, 1829 Albemarle County, Virginia
Died	January 22, 1886(1886-01-22) (aged 56) Jackson, California
Political party	Democratic

James Thompson Farley (August 6, 1829 – January 22, 1886) was an American politician.

He was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, and moved to Missouri and then California at an early age. There he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1854, commencing practice in Amador County.

He was elected to the California State Assembly from Amador County and served 1855 to 1857, acting as Speaker in 1856. He was a member of the California State Senate from 1869 until 1876, serving as president pro tempore from 1871 to 1872.

He was for several years the recognized leader of the Democratic Party in California, and in 1874 was defeated as a candidate for the U.S. Senate by Governor Newton Booth. He was elected to the Senate from California in 1878 and served from 1879 until 1885. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1884. He resumed the practice of law after leaving Washington, D.C., and died in Jackson, California in 1886. He is buried in City Cemetery in Jackson.

External links

United States Congress. "James T. Farley (id: F000020)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Political offices
Preceded by Five members	California State Assemblyman, 19th District (Amador County seat) 1855-1857 (with J. W. D. Palmer, then George W. Wagner)	Succeeded by William M. Seawell
Preceded by William W. Stow	Speaker of the California State Assembly January 1856–April 1856	Succeeded by Elwood T. Beatty
United States Senate
Preceded by Aaron A. Sargent	U.S. Senator (Class 3) from California 1879–1885 Served alongside: Newton Booth, John F. Miller	Succeeded by Leland Stanford

Speakers of the California State Assembly

White Bigler Hammond Wall Fairfax Stow Farley Beatty Whiteside Stratton Moore Burnell Barstow Machin Sears Yule Ryland Rogers Shannon Estee Carpenter Berry Cowdery Parks LaRue Parks Jordan Howe Coombs Gould Lynch Coombs Anderson Pendleton Fisk Prescott Beardslee Stanton Hewitt Young Wright Merriam Levey Little Craig Jones Peek Garland Lyon Collins Silliman Lincoln R. Brown Unruh Monagan Moretti McCarthy W. Brown Allen Setencich Pringle Bustamante Villaraigosa Hertzberg Wesson Núñez Bass Pérez Atkins Rendon

United States Senators from California

Class 1	Frémont Weller Broderick Haun Latham Conness Casserly Hager Booth Miller Hearst Williams Hearst Felton White Bard Flint Works Johnson Knowland Engle Salinger Murphy Tunney Hayakawa Wilson Seymour Feinstein

Class 3	Gwin McDougall Cole Sargent Farley Stanford Perkins Phelan Shortridge McAdoo Storke Downey Nixon Kuchel Cranston Boxer

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 63829008 LCCN: no2008130602 US Congress: F000020

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