John H. Farley

Office:	Mayor, Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
Political party:	Democrat
Term of office:	1883–1884, 1899–1900
Preceded by:	Rensselaer R. Herrick; Robert E. McKisson Robert E. McKisson Robert Erastus McKisson was an American politician of the Republican party and served as the 33rd mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1895 to 1898....
Succeeded by:	George W. Gardner; Tom L. Johnson Tom L. Johnson Thomas Loftin Johnson , better known as Tom L. Johnson, was an American politician of the Democratic Party from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He headed relief efforts after the Johnstown, Pennsylvania floods of 1889, was a U.S. Representative from 1891–1895 and the 35th mayor of...
Date of birth:	February 5, 1846
Date of death:	February 10, 1922
Profession:	Politician

John Harrington Farley (February 5, 1846 – February 10, 1922), also known as "Honest John" Farley, was an American

United States

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 politician

Politician

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 of the Democratic Party who served as the 27th and 34th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

 from 1883 to 1884 and from 1899 to 1900.

Farley began his political career in 1871 when he was elected to Cleveland City Council

Cleveland City Council

Cleveland City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Cleveland in Ohio. Its members are elected from 19 wards to four-year terms. The number of council members has decreased over the years...

 as a Democrat and served three terms. In 1883, Farley was elected mayor of Cleveland. He was married to Margaret Kenney in the following year. After serving one term in office, he was appointed collector of internal revenue by President

President of the United States

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 Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland

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. After this, he was later made director of public works in Cleveland under Mayor Robert Blee

Robert Blee

Robert Blee was the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1893 to 1894.-References:* The Encyclopedia Of Cleveland History by Cleveland Bicentennial Commission , David D. Van Tassel , and John J...

 in 1893. Farley then decided to run for mayor again. He defeated incumbent Republican mayor, Robert E. McKisson

Robert E. McKisson

Robert Erastus McKisson was an American politician of the Republican party and served as the 33rd mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1895 to 1898....

 in 1899. In his tenure as mayor, Farley had to request the state militia to support Cleveland police in maintaining order during the streetcar strike in 1899.

In 1901, Farley decided to retire from the mayor's office. His successor would be progressive

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 Democrat, Tom L. Johnson

Tom L. Johnson

Thomas Loftin Johnson , better known as Tom L. Johnson, was an American politician of the Democratic Party from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He headed relief efforts after the Johnstown, Pennsylvania floods of 1889, was a U.S. Representative from 1891–1895 and the 35th mayor of...

, regarded by many as Cleveland's greatest mayor. After his mayorship, Farley made a career in business and played a part in the founding of the Central National Bank. He died of a stroke in 1922.