Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Farnum wuxuu ku dhashay Saginaw, Michigan wuxuuna ku koray beero ku taal Watrousville. Wuxuu ka qalin jabiyay Dugsiga Sare ee Vassar, Vassar, Michigan, sanadkii 1933 wuxuuna sii waday waxbarashadiisa Ciidanka Ilaalinta Rayidka, 1933-1935. Wuxuu qaatay koorsooyin waxbarasho oo gaar ah waxaana laga shaqaaleysiiyay warshadaha baabuurta ee Pontiac, 1936-1952. Wuxuu ku hawlan yahay howlaha ururka laga bilaabo wakiilka dukaanka ilaa wakiilka caalamiga ah ee United Auto Workers-Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1942-1952. Wuxuu ahaa caawiye maamul oo u ahaa Senatorka Mareykanka Blair Moody, 1952-1954 iyo kaaliyaha Xoghayaha Arimaha Dibada ee Michigan, 1955-1957; ku xigeenka Xoghayaha Arimaha Dibada ee Michigan, 1957-1960; iyo Hantidhawrka Guud ee Michigan, 1961-1965. Wuxuu ka mid ahaa ergooyinkii ka qeyb galay shirweynihii xisbiga dimuqraadiga
1956, 1960 iyo 1964.