John Fairfield

John Fairfield ( born January 30, 1797 in Saco, Maine, † December 24, 1847 in Washington DC ) was an American politician and from 1839 to 1841 and again from 1842 to 1843 governor of Maine. He also represented this state in both chambers of Congress.

Early years

John Fairfield attended the local schools of his home and then the Bowdoin College. After a subsequent law degree, he was admitted in 1826 as a lawyer. Thereafter, he practiced in his hometown of Saco and Biddeford later. From 1832 to 1835 he was employed as Protokollist the Supreme Court of Maine. Fairfield was a member of the Democratic Party and was elected in 1835 in the House of Representatives of the United States. There he remained until 1838. Having been elected in 1838 to the Governor of Maine, he laid down his mandate in Congress.

Governor and Senator

Fairfield took up his new post on January 2, 1839. The House of Representatives from Maine in 1840 prevented a possible re-election by the Whig candidate Edward Kent, who was also Fairfields predecessor, certain it mostly to his successor. Fairfield but managed in 1841 and 1842 respectively at general elections to another victory. In his tenure, the border conflict intensified in the northeast so that the National Guard had to be mobilized. However, it still succeeded in 1842 to settle the conflict by the Webster - Ashburton Treaty, the so-called final.

As a seat in the U.S. Senate was free and it was awarded to Fairfield, this occurred on March 7, 1843 back by the Office of the Governor. He spent the rest of his life as a Senator in Congress; there he was chairman of the Marine Committee. John Fairfield died on 24 December 1847. He was married to Anna Paine Thornton, with whom he had nine children.