Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau ia i Binghamton, New York i te Pipiri 4, 1874, ki a William Farley (1836-1905) me Bridget Isabella O'Dea. I haere ia ki te Whare Wānanga o Cornell. I whakaaetia ia ki te rōpu i te tau 1900. I te Noema 11, 1903 i marena ia ki a Marie Helena Brown Crowe (1882-1934). Ko ia te Tumuaki o te Broome County Democratic Party i te tau 1910. He mema ia ki te Democratic National Convention mo New York, 1912,
I te tau 1920, 1924. Ko ia te kaitono kore angitu mo te Kai-whakawa Nui o New York i te tau 1916. Ko ia te tiamana o te kawanatanga o New York Democratic mai i te 1919 ki te 1921. I mate ia i te Whare Hauora o Albany i Albany, New York i te Mei 21, 1952. I tanumia ia ki te urupa o Saint Augustine i Brackney, Pennsylvania.