What is John J. Farrell?
[[File:John J. Farrell in 1917.jpg|thumb|John J. Farrell in 1917]] '''John J. Farrell''' (1872 – July 22, 1946) was the [[Minnesota Department of Agriculture|Dairy and Food Commissioner of Minnesota]] in 1917 and president of the National Creamery Buttermakers' Association. By 1921 he was the secretary of [[National Dairy Products]].<ref name=comp /> He was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate in the [[United States Senate elections, 1924|United States Senate elections of 1924]] for senator from Minnesota.<ref name=milk /> He was the Minnesota Democratic state chair in 1931.<ref name=pg /> == Biography == Farrell was born in 1872 in Ohio to Daniel Farrell and Mary Guyton, both Irish immigrant parents. They migrated to Minnesota in 1886. He married in August 1901 Mabel Sanborn of [[Faribault, Minnesota]], a daughter of W. N. Sanborn.<ref name=comp>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Compendium of History and Biography of Carver and Hennepin Counties, Minnesota |title=John J. Farrell |quote=This enterprising business man and industrial promoter became a resident of Carver, Minnesota, in 1886, coming to this state from Ohio, where he was employed in the creamery and cheese factory of S. Straight & Son ... |url=http://www.debbiesgenealogy.com/Carver-County-1915.htm |access-date=2015-09-15 |archive-date=2015-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831091902/http://www.debbiesgenealogy.com/Carver-County-1915.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> By 1917, Farrell was the [[Dairy and Food Commissioner of Minnesota]] and president of the National Creamery Buttermakers' Association.<ref name=milk>{{cite news |title=John J. Farrell |url=http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1917-01-14/ed-1/seq-65/ |quote=J. J. Farrell Is in the thick of the fight over the high cost of milk and butter, which is spreading all over the United States. Besides being Dairy and Food Commissioner of Minnesota, Mr. Farrell is head of the National Dairy, Food and Drug Officials and president of the National Creamery Buttermakers' Associ