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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.; 1960

    OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

    County Government: Ramsey County, Minnesota (Conciliation Court Referee); 1980 to 03/24/2014

    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   Convened Date: 1/3/1979
    Body: House
    District: 63A
    Elected: 11/7/1978
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/1/1979 to 1/4/1981
    Oath Date: 1/3/1979
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: Attorney
    Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Committees:
    • Financial Institutions and Insurance
    • Judiciary (Chair)
    • Judiciary: Judiciary Law Reform
    • Rules and Legislative Administration [He served in 1980 only.]
    • Taxes
    • Taxes: Division II - Property and Natural Resources Division

    70th Legislative Session (1977-1978)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/4/1977
    Body: House
    District: 63A
    Elected: 11/2/1976
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/3/1977 to 12/31/1978
    Oath Date: 1/4/1977
    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   Convened Date: 1/7/1975
    Body: House
    District: 63A
    Elected: 11/5/1974
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/6/1975 to 1/2/1977
    Oath Date: 1/7/1975
    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   Convened Date: 1/2/1973
    Body: House
    District: 63A
    Elected: 11/7/1972
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/1/1973 to 1/5/1975
    Oath Date: 1/2/1973
    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   Convened Date: 1/5/1971
    Body: House
    District: 48B
    Elected: 11/3/1970
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/4/1971 to 12/31/1972
    Oath Date: 1/5/1971
    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

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