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Frank G. Farrington

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In 1924, Farrington sought the Republican nomination for Governor. He initially won the June primary by 320 votes. During the recount, Governor Baxter declared that fraud had taken place in Portland's fourth ward, which was primarily composed of Irish-American voters opposed to the
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by his former primary opponent Ralph Brewster on November 16, 1928 and served in that role until his death. Ill since 1928, Farrington died on September 3, 1933, at age 60.
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opponent of Farrington, Ralph O. Brewster. In early August, his opponent, State Senator Ralph Owen Brewster, was named the nominee by a margin of just 581 votes.
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Farrington was active in Augusta affairs after leaving public office in 1924. He sought to build a YMCA in the city and was a trustee of the
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died after just 26 days in office and was replaced by Senate President
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Maine House of Representatives
Maine Senate
Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Warren C. Philbrook
James H. Hudson
Augusta, Maine
Republican
Alma mater
Bowdoin College
Harvard Law School
Maine
Republican
Augusta
Maine Legislature
Maine House of Representatives
Maine Senate
Ku Klux Klan-backed
Ralph Owen Brewster
Bowdoin College
Harvard Law School
Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives
Frederic Hale Parkhurst
Percival P. Baxter
Ku Klux Klan-backed
Lithgow Public Library
Maine Supreme Judicial Court


"BREWSTER DECLARED WINNER IN MAINE; Recount Gives Nomination to Klan Man, Instead of Farrington, by 581 Votes. (Published 1924)"

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