Famous People with Name Farmer

Jeff Farmer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jeff Farmer: is a professional wrestler best known as Bogus Sting, and later nWo Sting. A mainstay of World Championship Wrestling during the 1990s, he also led a Japanese faction of the heel stable New World Order in New Japan Pro Wrestling competing in the promotion

Richard Dwight "Richie" Farmer, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Dwight "Richie" Farmer, Jr.: is the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He is also a former shooting guard for the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team and was one of four seniors on the 1991 – 1992 team known as "The Unforgettables".A Republican, Farmer

John Quincy Farmer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Quincy Farmer: was a Minnesota politician, jurist, and Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He was first served in the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1866, and was elected speaker one year later, serving in the position until he left the house in 18

Nancy Farmer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nancy Farmer: is Missouri politician who was the 43rd State Treasurer of Missouri, serving from 2001 to 2005.From 1993 to 1997, she served in the Missouri House of Representatives. During her tenure in the state legislature, she served as chairwoman of the powerful Way

Seymour James Farmer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Seymour James Farmer: was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as the 30th mayor of Winnipeg from 1923 to 1924, and was later the leader of the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation from 1935 to 1947. In the latter capacity, he became the first socialist politician in Canada to receive a cabinet post. He moved to Canada in 1901, and worked as a railway clerk. In 1910, he was Fred Dixon's campaign manager in the latter's unsuccessful bid for election to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. He became an accountant for the International Grain Company in 1913, and retained this position until 1927. Farmer was also elected to the provincial legislature for Winnipeg in the 1922 election, along with fellow ILP members Fred Dixon, John Queen and William Ivens. He was re-elected in the 1927 and 1932 elections, and replaced Queen as party leader in 1935. For the provincial election of 1936, the party campaigned under the "ILP-CCF" banner and increased their standing to seven seats. After the election, a group of disgruntled ILP members forced a temporarily disaffiliation from the CCF. Pressure from David Lewis and J.S. Woodsworth brought the two parties back in alignment, but their relationship remained tenuous.