Richard Farnsworth | |
State House: | Maine |
District: | 37th |
Term Start: | December 5, 2012 |
Term End: | December 2, 2020 |
Predecessor: | Anne Haskell |
Successor: | Grayson Lookner |
State House1: | Maine |
District1: | 32nd |
Term Start1: | December 1996 |
Term End1: | December 1998 |
Predecessor1: | Fred Richardson |
Successor1: | John McDonough |
Party: | Democratic |
Alma Mater: | Ohio State University, Boston University, Temple University |
Residence: | Portland, Maine |
Richard "Dick" Farnsworth is an American politician from Maine. Farnsworth, a Democrat, served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1996 to 1998 for District 32, then part of Portland. He chose not to seek re-election in 1998. In 2012, Farnsworth again sought election to the Maine House of Representatives, this time from the renamed District 117, also part of Portland.[1] He won and was sworn in for a second time in December 2012.
Farnsworth earned a B.S. in education from Ohio State University, a Master's in Divinity from Boston University and an Ed.D. from Temple University.[1]