James Farrington

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James Farrington (October 1, 1791 - October 29, 1859) was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Conway, New Hampshire and attended the common schools there. He graduated from Fryeburg Academy in Fryeburg, Maine in 1814. He studied medicine and engaged in practice in Rochester, New Hampshire in 1818.

Farrington was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives 1828-1831 and served in the New Hampshire Senate in 1836. He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839). After leaving Congress, he was appointed one of the trustees of the New Hampshire Insane Asylum in 1845 and he resumed the practice of medicine. He was one of the organizers of the Rochester Bank, and served as president until his death in Rochester, New Hampshire in 1859. He was buried in the Old Cemetery.

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• James Farrington at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• James Farrington