Isaac G. Farlee

Isaac Gray Farlee
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1843 March 3, 1845
Preceded by John Bancker Aycrigg
William Halstead
John Patterson Bryan Maxwell
Joseph Fitz Randolph
Charles C. Stratton
Thomas J. Yorke (Elected statewide on a Whig Party general ticket)
Succeeded by John Runk (W)
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
In office
1819
1821
1828
1830
Personal details
Born May 18, 1787
Whitehouse, New Jersey
Died January 12, 1855(1855-01-12) (aged 67)
Flemington, New Jersey
Political party Democratic
Profession Politician

Isaac Gray Farlee (May 18, 1787 – January 12, 1855) was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.

Biography

Born in the Whitehouse section of Readington Township, New Jersey, Farlee attended the public schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Flemington. He served as member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1819, 1821, 1828, and 1830. He served as clerk of Hunterdon County from 1830 to 1840, and was a Brigadier general of the State militia.

Farlee was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1845, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1844 to the Twenty-ninth Congress.

He served as member of the New Jersey Senate from 1847 to 1849, and served as judge of the Court of Common Pleas from 1852 to 1855. He died in Flemington, New Jersey, January 12, 1855, and was interred there in Presbyterian Cemetery.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
At-large
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 3rd congressional district

18431845
Succeeded by
John Runk
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