[2] He left the newspaper after three years of service to become the editor of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.

One of his invited guest speakers was Warren Harding, a Republican Senator from Ohio.

Farrington introduced Harding as "the future president of the United States."

[2] Three months after taking office as U.S. President in 1921, Harding fulfilled his promise, appointing Farrington as the Territorial Governor of Hawaiʻi.

[citation needed] Farrington served as a Republican through 1929 when he retired from public life.