George Winthrop Fairchild

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George Winthrop Fairchild

George Winthrop Fairchild (born May 6, 1854 in Oneonta , New York , † December 31, 1924 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1907 and 1919 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Winthrop Fairchild was born in Otsego County about seven years before the outbreak of the Civil War . He completed his preliminary studies. Then he went to agricultural activities and did an apprenticeship as a printer . Between 1890 and 1912 he was the owner of the Oneonta Herald Publishing Company . He also went into banking and the manufacture of watches . Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

In the 1906 congressional election for the 60th Congress , Fairchild was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 24th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Frank J. Le Fevre on March 4, 1907 . He was re-elected twice in a row. In 1912 he ran in the 34th constituency of New York for the 63rd Congress . After a successful election, he succeeded James S. Simmons on March 4, 1913 . He was re-elected twice in a row and then retired from the after March 3, 1919 Congress of. During his time in Congress he was elected Vice President of the International Peace Conference. On August 10, 1910, President William Howard Taft appointed him Special Plenipotentiary to Mexico City's First Centenary, with the rank of Envoy .

After his time at the Congress he went back to his previous business activities. Fairchild was President and Director of the White Plains Development Company in White Plains . He died in New York City about six years after the end of World War I. His body was then interred in Glenwood Cemetery in Oneonta.

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SURNAME Fairchild, George Winthrop
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Oneonta , New York
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1924
Place of death New York City