OVERVIEW:

BORN:
May 30, 1888;
Grassy Point, New York

DIED:
June 9, 1976 (age 88)
New York, New York

EDUCATION:
Studied bookkeeping at Packard School of Commerce

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1911:
Elected Town clerk of Grassy Point, NY
1918:
Appointed Warden of the Port of New York
1919-1929:
Chairman, Rockland County (New York) Democratic Committee
1922-1923:
Member, New York State Assembly
1922-1923:
Member/ Chairman, New York State Boxing Commission
1924-1948:
Delegate to Democratic National Conventions
1926:
Sales manager of the Universal Gypsum Company,
Organized James A. Farley Co.
1928-1930:
Secretary, New York State Democratic Party
1929:
Merged his company with five others to form General Builders Supply Corp.
1930-1944:
Chairman, New York State Democratic Party
1932-1940:
Chairman, Democratic National Committee
1938:
Published Behind the Ballots
1933-1940:
U.S. Postmaster General
1940-1973:
Chairman of the Board, Coca-Cola Export Corporation
1973-1976:
Honorary Chairman of the Board, Coca-Cola Export Corporation

PORTRAITS:

RESOURCES:

11/8/1932: Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dem. nominee for Pres., receiving the election returns as James Farley, answers phone at the Democratic National Headquarters in the Hotel Biltmore, New York City (Library of Congress)

U.S. Postal Service
Truman Presidential Library
FDR Library
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia
Library of Congress

MEDIA COVERAGE

James Farley and President Franklin Roosevelt (Library of Congress)

OBITUARIES:
New York Times
New York Times