Fred Farr

Frederick Sharon Farr (August 2, 1910 – June 10, 1997) was an American politician who served in the California State Senate for the 25th district from 1955 to 1967.

The next year, he ran for the State Senate in the 25th district, as a special election had been called due to the death of Frederick Weybret.

[7] He then ran for State Assembly for the 34th district in 1969 after the death of Pattee, his opponent in the 1954 election, but he lost to Bob Wood.

[8] Farr married Janet Emerson Haskins on May 14, 1938, in Los Angeles, and with her, they had three children: Sam, Francesca, and Nancy.

In 1965, Janet passed away from cancer and in that same year, Nancy died after being thrown from a horse and suffering from blunt head trauma while in Colombia.

Farr as a member of the State Senate in 1958.
Farr (right) with his son Sam and his wife Shary during Sam's oath of office in 1993.