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 the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

George Winthrop Fairchild was born about seven years before the outbreak of the civil war in Otsego County. He completed his preliminary studies. After that he went to agricultural activities and according to an apprenticeship as a printer. Between 1890 and 1912 he was the owner of the Oneonta Herald Publishing Company. He also went after banking transactions and the production of watches. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1906 for the 60th Congress Fairchild was in the 24th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Frank J. Le Fevre on March 4, 1907. He was re-elected twice in a row. In 1912 he stood as a candidate in the 34th Election District of New York for the 63rd Congress. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1913, to succeed James S. Simmons. He was re-elected twice in a row and then retired after March 3, 1919 from the Congress of. During his time Congress, he was elected Vice President of the International Peace Conference. On August 10, 1910 him President William Howard Taft appointed to the Special Commissioner at the first centennial of Mexico in Mexico City with the rank of ambassador.

After his conference time he returned to his former business activities. Fairchild was president and director of the White Plains Development Company in White Plains. He died about six years after the end of World War I in New York City. His body was then buried in the Glenwood Cemetery, Oneonta.