Michael Francis Farley was a U.S. Representative from New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 from 1915 to 1917.

Farlrey was born in Birr, Ireland, in 1863. He immigrated to the United States in 1881, and settled in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the public schools of New York City

New York City

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, and worked in the liquor business. He was elected to the 64th United States Congress

64th United States Congress

The Sixty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1915 to March 4, 1917, during the third and fourth...

 as a Democrat, and served until his defeat for reelection in 1916. He was killed in 1921 by exposure to anthrax received from his shaving brush. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York.