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  James Farley Summary
James (Jim) Aloysius Farley (May 30, 1888–June 9, 1976) was an American politician who served as head of the Democratic National Committee and Postmaster General.
Farley was born in Grassy Point, New York, one of five sons of Irish Catholic immigrants.
FDR appointed Farley Postmaster General and chairman of the Democratic National Committee in 1933 and he became one of FDR's closest political advisors.
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  James Farley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James (Jim) Aloysius Farley (May 30, 1888–June 9, 1976) was an American politician who served as head of the Democratic National Committee and Postmaster General.
Farley was born in Grassy Point, New York, one of five sons of Irish Catholic immigrants.
FDR appointed Farley Postmaster General and chairman of the Democratic National Committee in 1933 and he became one of FDR's closest political advisors.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Farley   (579 words)

  
 James Farley Post Office - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The James A. Farley Post Office, New York City's General Post Office, is located at 421 Eighth Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets in Manhattan, across the street from Pennsylvania Station and Madison Square Garden.
The Farley building is planned to be converted into a new entrance and concourse for Penn Station by the Pennsylvania Station Redevelopment Corporation, which is a subsidiary of the Empire State Development Corporation.
James Farley was the 53rd Postmaster General and served from 1933 to 1940.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Farley_Post_Office   (868 words)

  
 Commemorative Chairs: James A. Farley
James Farley, the Democratic National Committee Chairman during Franklin Roosevelt’s first two terms, was instrumental in transforming the New York governor into a viable national candidate for President.
Farley was able to negotiate with the delegates from California to switch their support from Garner to Roosevelt.
Farley resigned the chairmanship of the national DNC, as well as Postmaster General, and later challenged Roosevelt on the ballot of the nominating convention.
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 Beers: Farley p. 724
Farley and his family embarked at Warrenspoint, Ireland, for America, and after a voyage of five weeks and three days landed at Quebec, Canada, in which city they remained eight weeks, and thence traveling slowly by boats and carriages, arrived at Pittsburgh with but $15 with which to begin a new life.
JAMES FARLEY was born in Ireland, March 2, 1814, and when a small boy came with his father to Washington county, Penn., where he imbibed the fundamental principles of education in the common schools, becoming a good reader, well-in-formed on current topics.
WILLIAM FARLEY (a brother of James) was born in May 1816, in Ireland, and coming with the family to America in 1824, received the greater part of his education in the common schools of this country.
www.chartiers.com /beers-project/articles/farley-724.html   (490 words)

  
 James A. Farley Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
James A. Farley (1888-1976) served President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the New Deal's patronage-dispensing postmaster general and official political prophet.
Farley's estimate of a mere eight vote loss, and his ability to pick the very states, confirmed him as one of America's most brilliant politicians.
Farley, Howe, and a few other faithful workers created over the next two years what for the time was an astonishing organizational effort based on personal meetings, letter writing, and telephoning.
www.bookrags.com /biography/james-a-farley   (1231 words)

  
 James Farley - Japan
Farley was the campaign manager for Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936, scoring large landslides, and helping pull together the New Deal Coalition of Catholics, labor unions and big city machines.
Farley's close relationship with FDR deteriorated in 1940 because Farley opposed FDR's pursuit of a third term and because of Rossevelt's "Purge" of Democratic Party regulars.
James Farley is interred at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York.
james-farley.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/James_Farley   (1263 words)

  
 James Farley Post Office - Virtual NYC Tour
The monumental facade on Eighth Avenue was conceived as a Corinthian colonnade braced at the end by two pavilions.
In July 1918, the building was renamed the General Post Office, and in 1982, renamed once more as the James A. Farley Building.
James Farley was the 53rd Postmaster General and served from 1933 to 1940.
www.virtualnyctour.com /guide/sightDetail20.htm   (155 words)

  
 American President   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
James Aloysius Farley was born May 30, 1888, in Grassy Point, New York.
Farley served in the cabinet of President Franklin D. Roosevelt as postmaster general from 1933 to 1940.
Farley resigned from the cabinet in August 1940, due to a row with the President over Roosevelt's decision to seek a third term in the White House.
www.americanpresident.org /history/franklindelanoroosevelt/cabinet/postmaster/postmaster/email.html   (198 words)

  
 Kyna's Kids - James Farley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
James, who says he either wants to be a police officer or in the Air Force some day, he says he's got his reasons for picking these career paths - they get paid well.
James says he's ready to get from under his two older brothers and especially his sister, who like any sibling rivalry, just plain gets on his nerves.
James hopes to find a big brother with the same likes as he has - to get out, have fun and maybe even brush up on those fishing skills and show him the ropes.
www.krbctv.com /kyna's_kids/kk_jamesfarley.htm   (270 words)

  
 James (Jim) Aloysius Farley
When Farley was ten years old, his father was fatally injured when the family horse reared up and accidently kicked him in the ribs.
Farley's father left a small life insurance policy (worth $3000) and his partial ownership in the schooners to Farley's mother.
Farley attended public schools, completing high school and, in his own words, "did enough studying to get by." In the fall of 1905 he enrolled in Packard Commercial School of New York City to study bookkeeping.
www.nps.gov /elro/glossary/farley-james.htm   (633 words)

  
 History of the City of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio History
James Farley brought in the first improved stock in 1854 ; and Charles Ford the first mowing machine, in 1860.
JAMES FARLEY was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in the year 1806.
Farley was married with Eliza, daughter of Daniel and Susan McMillen, who was born April 2, 1814, in Franklin, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
www.heritagepursuit.com /Lucas/LucasTownshipRichfield-864.htm   (4426 words)

  
 Citrus: Good cop goes bad ... and he's proud of it
Farley comes across as the type of guy who takes a while to loosen up, hardly the theatrical sort.
Get him talking about his interests and Farley will tell you he is an avid writer, the author of two novels, including a thriller about a Secret Service agent who foils an assassin's attempt on the president.
Farley, dressed in blue jeans, a sweatshirt and sneakers, does not speak for most of the opening scene.
www.sptimes.com /News/011401/news_pf/Citrus/Good_cop_goes_bad__an.shtml   (945 words)

  
 James J. Farley: Making Arms in the Machine Age
James Farley uses the history of the arsenal to examine larger issues including the changing technology of early nineteenth-century warfare, the impact of new technology on the United States Army, and the reactions of workers and their families and communities to the coming of industrialization.
Farley argues that the Ordnance Department of the U.S. Army created an industrial system of manufacture at Frankford well in advance of private industry.
Farley's study joins recent work in the history of technology, such as Judith McGaw's That Wonderful Machine, that seeks to understand technological change in its social and cultural context.
www.psupress.org /books/titles/0-271-01000-2.html   (297 words)

  
 Citrus: Chief suggests take-home cars for police
Farley said giving each officer a personal vehicle would be a morale booster and could save the city money in the long run on maintenance and repair.
Farley said his car was a part of his employment contract.
Farley said criminals might think twice before breaking into a home or vandalizing a mailbox if they see a squad car parked in a nearby driveway.
www.sptimes.com /News/070701/news_pf/Citrus/Chief_suggests_take_h.shtml   (605 words)

  
 James Farley
James Aloysius Farley, the son of a brickmaker, was born in Grassy Point, New York, on 30th May, 1888.
Farley became active in the Democratic Party and in 1918 helped fellow Roman Catholic Alfred Smith become governor of New York.
James Aloysius Farley died in New York on 9th June, 1976.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USARfarley.htm   (245 words)

  
 THE DEAN OF DIRE STRAITS A trip to justice James Farley's courtroom can spell rebukes, befuddlement, comedy and - if an ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Farley was appointed to the bench at an opportune time, just when courts were changing the way they dealt with insolvent companies.
Farley won't let a minority group, such as shareholders, block a deal that's within the framework of the law and right for most of the stakeholders, says Geoffrey Morawetz, a Goodmans LLP partner and co-author of Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law in Canada.
As Farley took charge, the airline, which was losing $5 million a day, was faced with the task of persuading its creditors and its nine unions to agree on a deal to cut down the company's $10-billion-plus debt.
www.workopolis.com /servlet/Content/fasttrack/20050128/RO3FARLEY?section=Legal   (4658 words)

  
 James J. Farley and Shelley J. Farley : Lit. Rel. No. 18708 / May 12, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Pursuant to subpoenas issued on August 11, 2003, the Farleys were obligated to produce documents by August 22, 2003, and to appear for testimony before the Commission on September 8, 2003.
After communications with the Commission through counsel establishing a new testimony date, the Farleys did produce certain documents but failed to produce other documents called for by the subpoenas, and did not ultimately appear for testimony.
Pursuant to its Application, the Commission is seeking an order directing the Farleys to show cause why the Court should not enter an order requiring them to appear for testimony and produce the required documents.
www.sec.gov /litigation/litreleases/lr18708.htm   (273 words)

  
 James Farley, 76, Consultant Who Headed Insurance Firm, Dies - New York Times
James B. Farley, an executive who moved seamlessly between the worlds of management consulting and corporate America, died on Saturday at his home in Gulf Stream, Fla. He was 76.
Farley’s career was the mirror image of the model prevalent in the 1980s.
Farley is survived by two sons, James J. of Wilmington, N.C., and J. Scott of Ridgefield, Conn.; two daughters, Mickey Farley-Austin of Weston, Conn., and Connie O’Connor of Buffalo Grove, Ill.; eight grandchildren; and two sisters, Bernie Carroll and Roseanne Sansoni.
www.nytimes.com /2007/01/25/business/25farley.html?ex=1327381200&en=d2d3ee5bf81272d4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss   (656 words)

  
 Farley - James
Mr Farley had filled his buggy with wood and was in the act of putting on his overcoat to return home when his heart failed and he collapsed.
The late Mr Farley was 72 years of age, was a member of the well known pioneering family of that name, and was born in Traralgon.
The late Mr Farley also worked at many other places, including Pedekins Sawmill, at Glengarry, where he met with an accident which resulted in a serious strain on his constitution and his health was never the same after.
members.datafast.net.au /thore/farleyjames.htm   (390 words)

  
 Autograph - 04-012 James A. Farley typed letter signed 3-3-1955
Farley was one of the powers behind Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In the White House, Farley became one of FDR’s closest political advisors.
Farley has signed the letter in bright green ink and has hand-corrected “Dear Mr.
www.historyinink.com /04-012_James_A_Farley_TLS_3-3-1955.htm   (325 words)

  
 James Aloysius Farley - Encyclopedia.com
James Aloysius Farley, 1888-1976, American political leader, U.S. Postmaster General (1933-40), b.
Rockland co., N.Y. He rose steadily in Democratic party politics in New York state and became (1930) chairman of the New York state Democratic committee.
Made chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Farley managed (1932) the presidential campaign with great success.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Farley-J.html   (691 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Walter D. James III focuses his practice primarily on environmental counseling and environmental litigation, which includes civil and criminal enforcement, cost recovery litigation and toxic tort/property damage matters.
James has served as common counsel and coordinating counsel for several defense groups and potentially responsible party groups.
James has also counseled and defended clients faced with environmental criminal enforcement, from the grand jury stage through trial and appeal.
www.jamespllc.com /WalterDJames.html   (1245 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | The Farleys keep getting it together
OREM — James Arrington's "Farley Family Reunion" has been around so long and been seen by so many people that many have attended the Farley reunions more than their own.
This time around, Arrington is going to kind of "tell all" as he celebrates 25 years of potato chips with his latest show involving the icons of Utah found among the Farleys.
Arrington, trained as a character actor, started performing as the Farley family during impromptu skits for friends and over time developed a repertoire of characters.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,605154087,00.html   (529 words)

  
 James J. Farley and Shelley J. Farley: Lit. Rel. No. 19379 / September 15, 2005
James J. Farley and Shelley J. Farley: Lit.
The Farleys, while in possession of nonpublic information, sold CryoLife stock during the morning of August 14 at prices ranging from $9.30 to $9.45.
The complaint alleges that by their conduct, the Farleys violated Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder.
www.sec.gov /litigation/litreleases/lr19379.htm   (452 words)

  
 Random House | Books | Farley by James King
He may be equally well known for his outrageous behavior — howling like a wolf at the dinner table and doing strange dances in a kilt while making oinking noises are among his exploits at formal events — and for headline-grabbing predicaments — he was barred for a time from entering the United States.
James King’s Farley is the first biography of this singularly influential man of letters.
JAMES KING is a novelist and the author of eight biographies, including an acclaimed life of Virginia Woolf.
www.randomhouse.com /catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781586420550   (316 words)

  
 WD61821: Rhodes Engineering Company, Inc., Appellant v. Public Water Supply District No. 1 of Holt County, Rick ...
Public Water Supply District No. 1 of Holt County, Missouri: On December 26, 1996, attorney James Farley, on behalf of Holt County residents, filed in the Circuit Court of Holt County, Missouri, a Petition under Chapter 247 of the Missouri Revised Statutes for the statutory formation of a public water supply district.
Farley advised the Water District that, in his legal opinion, the Permanent Agreement was unenforceable because (1) it was executed before the Water District came into being and was never formally ratified or otherwise adopted by the Water District after it was incorporated in 1997; and (2) it had not been approved by the FHA.
Farley recommended that the Water District (not the interim parties) pay for all sign-ups under the Interim Agreement, because.
www.courts.mo.gov /courts/pubopinions.nsf/ccd96539c3fb13ce8625661f004bc7da/f6069e324ec7fe4b86256e27006a8c34?OpenDocument   (6677 words)

  
 panel3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
As a memento, the President presented his Mother's Day stamp sketch to his first Postmaster General, James A. Farley, with the notation "For Jim Farley - The 'Original Design' of the Mothers Day Stamp by Franklin D. Roosevelt." The dedication was inadvertently dated "2/16/33," and was corrected by placing a "4" over the final "3."
Farley, President Franklin Roosevelt's first Postmaster General, was considered one of the most resourceful men to ever hold the position.
The dynamic duo of Farley and FDR introduced postal innovations that are still used over sixty years later.
www.postalmuseum.si.edu /fdr/panel3.html   (279 words)

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