Billie S. Farnum

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Billie Sunday Farnum (April 11, 1916 – November 18, 1979) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.

Farnum was born in Saginaw, Michigan and raised in a farm community at Watrousville. He graduated from Vassar High School, Vassar, Michigan, in 1933 and continued his education in the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1935. He took special educational courses and was employed in the motorcar industry in Pontiac, 1936-1952. He engaged in union activities ranging from shop steward to international representative for United Auto Workers-Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1942-1952. He was administrative aide to U.S. Senator Blair Moody, 1952-1954 and assistant Michigan Secretary of State, 1955-1957; deputy Michigan Secretary of State, 1957-1960; and auditor general of Michigan, 1961-1965. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1956, 1960, and 1964.

Farnum was elected as a Democrat from Michigan's Michigan's 19th congressional district to the 88th United States Congress, serving from January 3, 1965 to January 3, 1967. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966, losing in the general election to Republican Jack H. McDonald.

Farnum was deputy chairman, Democratic National Committee, 1967-1968; member, Waterford Board of Education, 1969-1970; owned a financial and management consulting firm; elected secretary of the Michigan Senate in 1975 and served in that capacity until his death in Lansing. He was entombed in mausoleum at Deepdale Memorial Park.