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E. Wilder Farley

E. Wilder Farley
Member of the Maine Senate
In office
1856
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Preceded byRobert Goodenow
Succeeded byEbenezer Knowlton
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
In office
1843, 1851–1853
Personal details
Born
Ephraim Wilder Farley

(1817-08-29)August 29, 1817
Newcastle, Maine, U.S.
DiedApril 3, 1880(1880-04-03) (aged 62)
Newcastle, Maine, U.S.
Political partyWhig
Alma materBowdoin College
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer

Ephraim Wilder Farley (August 29, 1817 – April 3, 1880) was a U.S. Representative from Maine.

Born in Newcastle, Maine, Farley attended the common schools and graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1836. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Newcastle. He served as a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1843 and 1851–1853.

Farley was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress. He served as a member of the Maine Senate in 1856. He died in Newcastle, Maine, April 3, 1880. He was interred in a tomb on the family estate.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 3rd congressional district

1853–1855
Succeeded by