Horace Fairbanks
Horace Fairbanks | |
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Jonathan Ross John M. Martin | |
Personal details | |
Born | Barnet, Vermont | March 21, 1820
Died | March 17, 1888 New York City | (aged 67)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Mary E. Taylor (m. 1840-1888, his death) |
Relations | Erastus Fairbanks (father) Franklin Fairbanks (brother) Thaddeus Fairbanks (uncle) Ephraim Paddock (grand-uncle) |
Profession | Businessman |
Horace Fairbanks (March 21, 1820 – March 17, 1888) was an American politician and the
Biography
Fairbanks was born in Barnet, Vermont, on March 21, 1820, the third of nine children of Erastus Fairbanks and Lois (Crossman) Fairbanks.[1] He was educated at schools in Peacham and Lyndon, Vermont, and Meriden, New Hampshire, and completed his education at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.[1]
Career
In 1840, Fairbanks became a confidential clerk at E. & T. Fairbanks & Co. his family's St. Johnsbury business, which became famous as the maker of the first platform scale.[1] He became a partner in 1843 and later became the company's president.[2] Fairbanks was active in several other business ventures, including construction of the Portland and Ogdensburg Railway from Portland, Maine to Ogdensburg, New York.[2] Fairbanks was president of the Vermont division of the railroad and president of the First National Bank of St. Johnsbury. In 1871 Fairbanks presented to St. Johnsbury the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, which includes a public library and an art gallery.[2] He was a trustee of the University of Vermont and Phillips Academy.
Fairbanks was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions of
Elected Governor of Vermont in 1876, Fairbanks served a two-year term.[2] His term included initiatives such as establishing the state board of agriculture, improvement to conditions in state prisons and county jails, and statewide licensing requirements for medical doctors.
Fairbanks died in New York City on March 17, 1888.[1] He is interred at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in St. Johnsbury.[3]
Family
Fairbanks married Mary E. Taylor (1824-1901) on August 9, 1840.[1] They were the parents of three children, Helen, Agnes, and Isabel.[1]
Fairbanks was the brother of
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ullery, Jacob G. (1894). Men of Vermont Illustrated. Brattleboro, VT: Brattleboro Transcript Publishing Company. p. 101-103 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f g Jeffrey, William H. (1904). Successful Vermonters; A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties. East Burke, VT: The Historical Publishing Company. p. 120 – via Internet Archive.
- Newspapers.com.
- Newspapers.com.
External links
- Fairbanks, Lorenzo Sayles (1897). Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633–1897. Boston, MA: American Publishing and Engraving Company – via Internet Archive.
- Horace Fairbanks at The Political Graveyard
- Horace Fairbanks at National Governors Association
- Horace Fairbanks at Find a Grave