1. Frank Leroy Farrar was an American politician who was the 24th Governor of South Dakota.
17 Facts About Frank Farrar
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Frank Farrar was an Eagle Scout, student body president and graduated from the local high school in Britton in 1947.
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Frank Farrar joined the Reserve Officers' Training Corps as a student at USD, and was in the US Army Reserve from 1949 through 1953, and on active duty during the Korean War from 1953 to 1955.
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Frank Farrar attained the rank of captain by the time he retired from the Army Reserve.
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Frank Farrar married the former Patricia Henley on June 5,1953, in Fort Benning, Georgia, where he was stationed in the US Army.
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Frank and Patricia Farrar raised five children, Jeanne, Sally, Robert, Mary and Anne.
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Frank Farrar served as State's Attorney for Marshall County from 1959 to 1962.
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Frank Farrar served as President of the States Attorneys Association.
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On May 22,1962, Frank Farrar announced that he was running for Attorney General of South Dakota.
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On July 1,1964, Frank Farrar sought re-nomination as attorney general.
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Frank Farrar was re-elected with 157,848 votes, defeating Democrat William C Grady, who received 125,047.
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Frank Farrar became a successful banker later in life, buying, operating and selling a number of local banks in small towns and in rural areas in the Dakotas, Minnesota and as far as Indiana, Montana and New Mexico.
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Frank Farrar was a licensed aviator who flew to visit the banks he owned, and over the years, he accumulated over 17,000 hours of logged piloting time.
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Frank Farrar was an avid athlete, completing the Kona Ironman Competition at age 73, a decade after surviving lymphatic cancer.
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Frank Farrar held the 9th fastest finishing time in the Coeur D'Alene Ironman in the 70+ Men's division.
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Frank Farrar's wife, former First Lady of South Dakota Patricia Farrar, who was a Senior Olympian, died on October 31,2015, at the age of 84.
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On October 31,2021, Frank Farrar died in Rochester, Minnesota, at age 92.