He was a son of Andrew Freehafer and Martha Ellen Kinton, both natives of Richland County, Ohio.
In 1911, Senator Freehafer introduced a bill, written by L.L.
Burtenshaw, to the state legislature of Idaho to create Adams County.
Freehafer was a Democratic nominee for Governor of Idaho, but finished behind H.F. Samuels, the Progressive candidate, losing by only 81 points.
[2] Freehafer is the grandfather of James (Jim) Albertus McClure, a former Republican United States Senator from Idaho.