Editing Farrell Dobbs (section)

{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name   = Farrell Dobbs
| image     = File:Farrell Dobbs.png
| image_size     = 180px
| caption  = 
| office    = National Secretary of the <br />[[Socialist Workers Party (United States)|Socialist Workers Party]]
| term_start  = 1953
| term_end    = 1972
| predecessor = [[James P. Cannon]]
| successor   =  [[Jack Barnes (politician)|Jack Barnes]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1907|7|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Queen City, Missouri]]
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1983|10|31|1907|7|25|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Pinole, California]]
| occupation  = Politician, [[labor union|trade union]]ist, historian
| spouse      = Marvel Scholl
| parents     = Isaac Turl Dobbs, Ora Lenore Smith
| children    = Carol E. DeBerry, Mary Lou Montauk, Sharon Lee Finer
}}
'''Farrell Dobbs''' (July 25, 1907 &ndash; October 31, 1983) was an American [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]], [[labor union|trade union]]ist, politician, and historian.