American lawyer and politician
Colonel Preston Withers Farrar [ 1] Whig politician. He was the Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1848 to his death in 1850.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Mississippi Legislature .[ 5]
Biography
Preston Withers Farrar was born in Lexington, Kentucky .[ 3] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] Transylvania University .[ 3] [ 7] Mississippi in 1827, where he began practicing law in the town of Woodville .[ 3] [ 7] Mississippi Governor Abram M. Scott .[ 7] [ 9] [ 9] Rapides Parish, Louisiana .[ 9] [ 9] foreclose on the plantation property.[ 9]
Farrar was a member of the Whig Party .[ 2] Wilkinson County in the Mississippi House of Representatives .[ 5] Mississippi State Senate from 1838 to 1841.[ 10] New Orleans, Louisiana .[ 7]
In 1847, Farrar served on the first board of the University of Louisiana .[ 11] Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives .[ 2] [ 12] [ 2] New Orleans to Baton Rouge .[ 12]
In March 7, 1850, Farrar died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana , at age 44.[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 7]
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References
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