Dudley Farlin Explained

State:New York
Term Start:1835
Term End:1837
Birth Date:2 September 1777
Birth Place:Norwich, Connecticut, USA
Death Place:Warrensburg, New York, USA
Resting Place:Warrensburg Cemetery
Party:Jacksonian

Dudley Farlin (September 2, 1777 – September 26, 1837) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1835 to 1837.

Biography

Born in Norwich, Connecticut, Farlin moved to Dutchess County, New York, in early youth, and later to Warren County.

Early career

He engaged in the lumber and grain business.Supervisor of the town of Warrensburg from 1818 to 1820, 1827, and 1828.Sheriff of Warren County in 1821, 1822, and again in 1828.He served as member of the State assembly in 1824.

Congress

Farlin was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837).

Later career and death

He resumed his former business pursuits.

He died in Warrensburg, New York, on September 26, 1837.He was interred in Warrensburg Cemetery.