Edmund Burke Fairfield

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Edmund Burke Fairfield (born August 7, 1821 in Parkersburg , Virginia , †  November 7, 1904 in Oberlin , Ohio ) was an American politician . Between 1859 and 1861 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Michigan .

Career

Edmund Fairfield, born in what is now West Virginia , came to Troy , Ohio, in his youth . He attended Denison University in Granville and Marietta College . In 1842 he graduated from Oberlin College . He then studied theology. At the same time he worked as a teacher. He was then a Baptist clergyman in New Hampshire and Boston for several years . In 1848 he became head of Michigan Central College , which was renamed Hillsdale College in 1853 . He held this post until 1869. During this time he received honorary doctorates from various universities.

Politically, Fairfield joined the Republican Party in the 1850s , whose opposition to slavery he shared. He served in the Michigan Senate in 1857 and 1858 . In 1858 he was elected lieutenant governor of his state at the side of Moses Wisner . He held this office between 1859 and 1861. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate. He was also known for a speech against slavery in the US territories. In 1876 he became Chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for six years . In doing so, he got caught up in a conflict between traditional teachings and what was then modern views. Fairfield was a supporter of the conservative camp and, for example, forbade teaching the theory of Charles Darwin . In 1882 the conflict escalated and ended with the resignation of Fairfield as Chancellor and other professors. Until 1889 he was active again as a clergyman. Then he was of President Benjamin Harrison to the US consul in Lyon ( France appointed). He held this office until 1893. Later he broke with the Baptist Church. Edmund Fairfield died on November 7, 1904 in Oberlin, where he had spent his old age.

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SURNAME Fairfield, Edmund Burke
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Parkersburg , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1904
Place of death Oberlin , Ohio