Benjamin L. Fairchild

Benjamin L. Fairchild with his wife

Benjamin Lewis Fairchild (born January 5, 1863 in Sweden , New York , † October 25, 1946 in Pelham Manor , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives between 1895 and 1897, between 1917 and 1919, between 1921 and 1923 and between 1923 and 1927 .

Career

Benjamin Lewis Fairchild was born near Rochester in Monroe County during the Civil War in Sweden . He attended public schools in Washington, DC, and a business college . In 1885 he graduated from the Law Department of Columbian University (now George Washington University ) in Washington DC He was admitted to the bar in 1885 and then began to practice in New York City . Between 1877 and 1879 he worked in the draftsman division of the United States Patent Office . He was a clerk in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing between 1879 and 1885 .

Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1894 for the 54th Congress , Fairchild was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington DC in the 16th electoral district of New York, where he succeeded William Ryan on March 4, 1895 . In 1896 he suffered a defeat in his re-election and resigned from Congress on March 3, 1897 . He previously contested the election of William L. Ward to the 55th Congress without success.

After his time in Congress, he went back to his practice as a lawyer in New York City.

He ran in the 24th constituency of New York for the 65th Congress in 1916 . After a successful election, he succeeded Woodson R. Oglesby on March 4, 1917 . In his renewed candidacy in 1918 , he suffered a defeat and left the Congress after March 3, 1919. He was elected to the 67th Congress in 1920 , where he succeeded James V. Ganly on March 4, 1921 . In 1922 he suffered a defeat in his renewed candidacy and left the Congress after March 3, 1923. Fairchild, however, was elected to the 68th Congress in a by-election on November 6, 1923 , to fill the vacancy created by the death of James V. Ganly. He was re-elected to the next Congress, but suffered a defeat in his renewed candidacy in 1926 and left the Congress after March 3, 1927.

He then practiced as a lawyer in New York City again. He died on October 25, 1946 in Pelham Manor. His body was then interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in New York City. At that point, World War II was over for about a year.

Web links

• Benjamin L. Fairchild in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Benjamin L. Fairchild in the database of Find a Grave (English)