Joseph Rider Farrington

Joseph Rider Farrington

Joseph Rider Farrington (October 15, 1897 – June 19, 1954) was an American statesman who served in the United States Congress as delegate for the Territory of Hawai'i.

Education and military career

Farrington was born in Washington, D.C. to Wallace Rider Farrington, the future Territorial Governor of Hawai'i. While still an infant, he moved to Honolulu, Hawai'i with his parents where his father began work as an editor for the "Honolulu Advertiser" and later the "Honolulu Star-Bulletin" newspapers. Farrington attended Punahou School and upon graduating studied at the University of Wisconsin. He dropped out of college in June 1918 to enlist in the United States Army. He was commissioned a second lieutenant of field artillery in September 1918 and discharged the following December. He returned to the University of Wisconsin at Madison and graduated in 1919.

Newspaper career

As soon as he obtained his degree in Wisconsin, Farrington returned to Honolulu to follow in his father's footsteps and entered the newspaper business. He became a reporter 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 territorial senate, an office he served in through 1942. On January 3, 1943, Farrington was sworn in as a Republican delegate to Congress. He died in office in Washington, D.C. on June 19, 1954. His wife, Elizabeth P. Farrington, was appointed to replace him in Congress. Farrington was buried in the Nuuanu Cemetery in Honolulu.

References

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state=Hawaii Territory
type=Delegate
before=Samuel Wilder King - R
after=Elizabeth P. Farrington - R
years=January 3, 1943 - June 19, 1954


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