Benjamin L. Fairchild, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Benjamin L. Fairchild

American politician

Date of Birth: 05-Jan-1863

Date of Death: 25-Oct-1946

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


Show Famous Birthdays Today, United States

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About Benjamin L. Fairchild

  • Benjamin Lewis Fairchild (January 5, 1863 – October 25, 1946) was a U.S.
  • Representative from New York. Born in Sweden (near Rochester), Monroe County, New York, Fairchild attended the public schools of Washington, D.C., and a business college.
  • He was graduated from the law department of Columbian University (now George Washington University Law School) at Washington, D.C., in 1885.
  • He was admitted to the bar in 1885 and commenced practice in New York City.
  • He was employed in the draftsman division of the United States Patent Office 1877-1879.
  • He served as clerk in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing 1879-1885. Fairchild was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897). He unsuccessfully contested the election of William L.
  • Ward to the Fifty-fifth Congress.
  • He resumed the practice of law in New York City. Fairchild was elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919).
  • He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress. Fairchild was again elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923).
  • He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress, but was subsequently elected to that Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James V.
  • Ganly.
  • He was reelected to the Sixty-ninth Congress and served from November 6, 1923, to March 3, 1927.
  • He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1926 to the Seventieth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in New York City.
  • He died in Pelham Manor, New York, October 25, 1946.
  • He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City.

Read more at Wikipedia

See Also