John R. Farr

John Richard Farr (July 18, 1857 – December 11, 1933) was an American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography Farr was born on July 18, 1857, in Hyde Park, Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Edward and Elizabeth Farr. He worked as a newsboy, journalist, as well as in the real estate business.

For four years, Farr served on the Scranton School Board. A Republican, he was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1891, 1893, 1895, 1897, and 1899, serving as speaker of the 1899 session.

A candidate from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district, Farr was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1908, but was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses. He successfully contested the election of Patrick McLane to the Sixty-sixth Congress, though his success came almost at the end of McLane's term.

Farr resumed the real estate business in Scranton. He was married with four children. He died on December 11, 1933, aged 76, in Scranton, from a heart attack. He was buried on December 12, at Shady Lane Cemetery, in Chinchilla.