Benjamin Lewis Fairchild (January 5, 1863 – October 25, 1946) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
New York
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.
Early life and education
Born in
Sweden
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,
Monroe County, New York
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, Fairchild attended the public schools of
Washington, D.C.
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, and a business college. He graduated from the law department of Columbian University (now
George Washington University Law School
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), in
Washington, D.C.
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, in 1885.
Career
He was
admitted to the bar
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in 1885 and commenced practice in New York City. He was employed in the draftsman division of the
United States Patent Office
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from 1877 to 1879. He served as clerk in the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
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from 1879 to 1885.
Benjamin Fairchild was elected as a
Republican to the
54th United States Congress
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(March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897). He unsuccessfully contested the election of
William L. Ward to the
55th Congress
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.
Fairchild was elected to the
65th Congress
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(March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the
66th Congress.
Fairchild was again elected to the
67th Congress
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(March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the
68th 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
69th Congress and served from November 6, 1923, to March 3, 1927. Fairchild was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1926 to the
Seventieth Congress
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.
Personal life
Benjamin Fairchild died in
Pelham Manor, New York
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History
The Bolton Priory, Edgewood House, an ...
, October 25, 1946. He was interred in
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx
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, New York City.
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1863 births
1946 deaths
Politicians from Westchester County, New York
New York (state) lawyers
George Washington University Law School alumni
Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
People from Monroe County, New York
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
Candidates in the 1914 United States House of Representatives elections