Charles Stebbins Fairchild
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Charles Stebbins Fairchild

American businessman, politician (1842–1924)

Charles Stebbins Fairchild (April 30, 1842 – November 24, 1924) was an American businessman and politician who served as United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1887 to 1889 and Attorney General of New York from 1876 to 1877. He was a notable anti-suffragist, challenging the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920 and serving as president of the American Constitutional League.2

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Born Apr 30, 1842, died Nov 24, 1924.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedHarvard Law School3
  • Date not recordedHarvard College3

Career

Occupation: businessperson, lawyer.7

Later life and death

Fairchild died on November 24, 1924, at the age of 82, and was buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in Cazenovia, New York. At the time of his death, he was the last living member of the first Cleveland Administration.

Fairchild and his wife lived in the Lorenzo House.

He was a brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Alpha chapter).

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Personal life

  • BornApr 30, 1842, Cazenovia8
  • DiedNov 24, 1924, Cazenovia9
  • CitizenshipUnited States10