Benjamin L. Fairchild

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Benjamin Lewis Fairchild with wife

Benjamin Lewis Fairchild (January 5, 1863 – October 25, 1946) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Sweden (near Rochester), Monroe County, New York, Fairchild attended the public schools of Washington, D.C., and a business college. He was graduated from the law department of Columbian University (now George Washington University Law School) at Washington, D.C., in 1885. He was admitted to the bar in 1885 and commenced practice in New York City. He was employed in the draftsman division of the United States Patent Office 1877-1879. He served as clerk in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing 1879-1885.

Fairchild was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897). He unsuccessfully contested the election of William L. Ward to the Fifty-fifth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in New York City.

Benjamin L. Fairchild, New York Congressman

Fairchild was elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1919). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress.

Fairchild was again elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress, but was subsequently elected to that Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James V. Ganly. He was reelected to the Sixty-ninth Congress and served from November 6, 1923, to March 3, 1927. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1926 to the Seventieth Congress.

He resumed the practice of law in New York City. He died in Pelham Manor, New York, October 25, 1946. He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City.

References

• Benjamin L. Fairchild at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by William Ryan	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 16th congressional district March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	Succeeded by William L. Ward
Preceded by Woodson R. Oglesby	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 24th congressional district March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	Succeeded by James V. Ganly
Preceded by James V. Ganly	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 24th congressional district March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	Succeeded by James V. Ganly
Preceded by James V. Ganly	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 24th congressional district November 6, 1923 – March 3, 1927	Succeeded by James M. Fitzpatrick

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