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    Faricy, Ray W.

    Sessions Served    Other Information

    House 1971-72 (District 48B); House 1973-80 (District 63A)

    Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus

    Counties Served:  Ramsey

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

    Date of Birth: 11/26/1934
    Birth Place: ,
    Birth County:
    Birth Country:
    Date of Death:
    Gender: Male
    Religion: Catholic
    Reported Minority: None Reported
    Other Names:
    City of Residence (when first elected): Saint Paul
    Occupation (when first elected): Attorney, Firm of Faricy and Green

    EDUCATION

    Cretin High School; Secondary; Graduate
    St. Thomas College; B.A.;
    William Mitchell College of Law; LL.B.;

    OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

    FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

    Spouse: M. Sidney "Sid" Beahan (divorced in 1981); Barbara Henrie (married in 1985; died August 7, 1993); M. Sidney "Sid" Beahan (married in October 1994)
    Children: Five children: Tara M., Raymond W., Megan L., Brigid M., and Patrick M.
    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
    Robert Joseph Faricy  - Grandfather

    GENERAL NOTES

    He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party endorsement for the Minnesota Senate in the 1986 primary election. He lost to Dick Cohen.

    He was an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota in the 1989 and 1993 elections.

    He was a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.

    Religion provided by the Catholic Bulletin, 3/21/1975.

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    Total Days Served: 3654

    SESSIONS SERVED

    71st Legislative Session (1979-1980)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 63A
    Elected: 11/7/1978
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/3/1979 to 1/5/1981
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: Attorney
    Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Committees:
    • Financial Institutions and Insurance
    • Judiciary (Chair)
    • Judiciary: Judiciary Law Reform
    • Rules and Legislative Administration
    • Taxes
    • Taxes: Division II - Property and Natural Resources Division

    70th Legislative Session (1977-1978)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 63A
    Elected: 11/2/1976
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/4/1977 to 1/2/1979
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: Attorney
    Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Committees:
    • Appropriations
    • Appropriations: Education Division (Chair)
    • Commerce and Economic Development
    • Financial Institutions and Insurance
    • Rules and Legislative Administration
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    69th Legislative Session (1975-1976)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 63A
    Elected: 11/5/1974
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/7/1975 to 1/3/1977
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: Attorney
    Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Committees:
    • Appropriations
    • Appropriations: Education Division
    • Commerce and Economic Development
    • Judiciary
    • Rules and Legislative Administration

    68th Legislative Session (1973-1974)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 63A
    Elected: 11/7/1972
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/2/1973 to 1/6/1975
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: Attorney; Firm of Fallon, Faricy, Green, Battis & Wolf
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus
    Committees:
    • Appropriations
    • Appropriations: Education Division
    • Appropriations: Joint Claims (Chair)
    • Crime Prevention and Corrections
    • Higher Education
    • Metropolitan and Urban Affairs
    • Rules and Legislative Administration
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    67th Legislative Session (1971-1972)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 48B
    Elected: 11/3/1970
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/5/1971 to 1/1/1973
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: Attorney, Firm of Faricy and Green
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
    Committees:
    • Appropriations
    • City Government
    • Claims
    • Judiciary
    • Metropolitan and Urban Affairs

    OTHER INFORMATION

    Archive Collections
    Ray W. Faricy Papers, 1965-1989 - Available in the Minnesota Historical Society's Collections

    The Minnesota Legislative Reference Library has collected newspaper articles on legislators since 1973. They are available in the Library.

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