Ka cika wannan jumla: An haife shi a Binghamton, New York a ranar 4 ga Yuni, 1874, ga William Farley (1836-1905) da Bridget Isabella O'Dea. Ya halarci Jami'ar Cornell. An yarda da shi a cikin bar a 1900. A ranar 11 ga Nuwamba, 1903 ya auri Marie Helena Brown Crowe (1882-1934). Ya kasance Shugaban Jam'iyyar Democrat na Broome County a 1910. Ya kasance wakili ne a taron kasa na jam'iyyar Democrat na New York, 1912,
A shekara ta 1920, 1924. Shi ne dan takarar da ba shi da nasara ga New York Attorney General a 1916. Ya kasance shugaban jam'iyyar Democrat na jihar New York daga 1919 zuwa 1921. Ya mutu a asibitin Albany a Albany, New York a ranar 21 ga Mayu, 1952. An binne shi a makabartar Saint Augustine a Brackney, Pennsylvania.