Patrick Farrelly

Patrick Farrelly (1770 – January 12, 1826) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Patrick Farrelly
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
In office March 4, 1821 – January 12, 1826
Preceded by	Robert Moore
Succeeded by	Thomas Hale Sill
Constituency	15th district (1821–1823) 18th district (1823–1826)
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
In office 1811-1812
Personal details
Born	1770 (1770) Kingdom of Ireland
Died	January 12, 1826(1826-01-12) (aged 55–56) Meadville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Democratic-Republican

Biography

Patrick Farrelly (father of John Wilson Farrelly) was born in the Kingdom of Ireland, a member of the Farrelly family. He immigrated to the United States in 1798. He studied law, was admitted to the bar July 11, 1803, and commenced practice in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1811 and 1812. He served in the War of 1812 as a major of militia.

He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1820.

Farrelly was elected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress, and was reelected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and as a Jacksonian candidate to the Nineteenth Congress and served until his death in Meadville in 1826. Interment in Greendale Cemetery.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

Sources

• United States Congress. "Patrick Farrelly (id: F000032)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard