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Charles Warren Fairbanks
(11 May 1852 - 4 Jun 1918)
Charles was a US Senator from 1897 to 1905 from Indiana and 26th Vice President of United States under Teddy Roosevelt 1905 to 1909.
He was Republican 1916 Vice Presidential candidate..
Charles W. Fairbanks
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to search"Charles Fairbanks" redirects here. For the archaeologist, see Charles H. Fairbanks. For the Nova Scotia politician, see Charles Rufus Fairbanks.Charles W. Fairbanks
26th Vice President of the United States
In office
March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1909
President Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded by Theodore Roosevelt
Succeeded by James S. Sherman
United States Senator
from Indiana
In office
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1905
Preceded by Daniel W. Voorhees
Succeeded by James A. Hemenway
Personal details
Born Charles Warren Fairbanks
May 11, 1852
Unionville Center, Ohio, U.S.
Died June 4, 1918 (aged 66)
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Resting place Crown Hill Cemetery
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Cornelia Cole
(m. 1874; died 1913)
Children 5
Education Ohio Wesleyan University (BA, MA)
Signature
Charles Warren Fairbanks (May 11, 1852 – June 4, 1918) was an American politician who served as a senator from Indiana from 1897 to 1905 and the 26th vice president of the United States from 1905 to 1909. He was also the Republican vice presidential nominee in the 1916 presidential election.
Born in Unionville Center, Ohio, Fairbanks moved to Indianapolis after graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University. He became an attorney and railroad financier, working under railroad magnate Jay Gould. Fairbanks delivered the keynote address at the 1896 Republican National Convention and won election to the Senate the following year. In the Senate, he became an advisor to President William McKinley and served on a commission that helped settle the Alaska boundary dispute.
The 1904 Republican National Convention selected Fairbanks as the running mate for President Theodore Roosevelt. As vice president, Fairbanks worked against Roosevelt's progressive policies. Fairbanks unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination at the 1908 Republican National Convention and backed William Howard Taft in 1912 against Roosevelt. Fairbanks sought the presidential nomination at the 1916 Republican National Convention, but was instead selected as the vice presidential nominee, serving on a ticket with Charles Evans Hughes. In the 1916 election, the Republican ticket lost to the Democratic ticket of President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall.
Early life[edit]
Fairbanks was born in a log cabin near Unionville Center, Ohio, the son of Mary Adelaide (Smith) and Loriston Monroe Fairbanks, a wagon-maker.[1] Fairbanks in his youth saw his family's home used as a hiding place for runaway slaves. After attending country schools and working on a farm, Fairbanks attended Ohio Wesleyan University, where he graduated in 1872. While there, Fairbanks was co-editor of the school newspaper with Cornelia Cole, whom he married after both graduated from the school.[2]
Early career[edit]
Charles W. Fairbanks as Vice President of the United States
Fairbanks's first position was as an agent of the Associated Press in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, reporting on political rallies for Horace Greeley during the 1872 presidential election.[3] He studied law in Pittsburgh before moving to Cleveland, Ohio, where he continued to work for the Associated Press while attending a semester at Cleveland Law School to complete his legal education. Fairbanks was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1874, and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1875 he received his master of arts degree from Ohio Wesleyan.
During his early years in Indiana, Fairbanks was paid $5,000 a year as manager for the bankrupt Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railroad. With the assistance of his uncle, Charles W. Smith, whose connections had helped him obtain the position, Fairbanks was able to become a railroad financier, and served as counsel for millionaire Jay Gould.
Fairbanks in his office
Prior to the 1888 Republican National Convention, federal judge Walter Q. Gresham sought Fairbanks's help in campaigning for the Republican nomination for U.S. President. When Benjamin Harrison won the nomination, Fairbanks supported him and made campaign speeches on his behalf. Afterwards, Fairbanks began to take an even greater interest in politics, and made campaign speeches on Harrison's behalf again in the campaign of 1892. In 1893, Fairbanks was a candidate for the United States Senate, but Democrats controlled the state legislature and reelected incumbent Democrat David Turpie.
In 1894, Fairbanks was the most visible organizer and speaker on behalf of Republicans in elections for the state legislature. He was credited with delivering Republican majorities to both the Indiana House of Representatives and Indiana Senate, ensuring that a Republican would be elected to succeed Daniel W. Voorhees in the United States Senate at the end of Voorhees's term in 1897. At the 1896 Republican National Convention, Fairbanks was both temporary chairman and keynote speaker, further raising his public profile. Fairbanks was the most likely Republican candidate for Voorhees's seat, and in January 1897 Republican legislators formally chose him as their nominee. On January 19, 1897, Fairbanks was elected to the Senate, and he took his seat on March 4.
Senator[edit]
During his eight years in the U.S. Senate, Fairbanks served as a key advisor to McKinley during the Spanish–American War and was also the Chairman of the Committee on Immigration and the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. In 1898, Fairbanks was appointed a member of the United States and British Joint High Commission which met in Quebec City for the adjustment of Canadian questions, including the boundary dispute about Alaska.
Vice President[edit]
Fairbanks and Theodore Roosevelt.
Fairbanks was elected Vice President of the United States in 1904 on the Republican ticket with Theodore Roosevelt and served a four-year term, 1905 to 1909. He became the first vice president to serve a complete term without casting any tie-breaking votes as President of the Senate. Fairbanks, a conservative whom Roosevelt had once labeled a "reactionary machine politician" (and who had been caricatured as a "Wall Street Puppet" during the campaign), actively worked against Roosevelt's progressive "Square Deal" program. Roosevelt did not give Fairbanks a significant role in his administration, and (having chosen not to seek reelection) strongly promoted William Howard Taft as his potential successor in 1908.[4][5] Fairbanks also sought the Republican nomination for President, but was unsuccessful and returned to the practice of law. In 1912, Fairbanks supported Taft's reelection against Roosevelt's Bull Moose candidacy.
Hughes's running mate[edit]
In 1916, Fairbanks was in charge of establishing the platform for the Republican party. He sought that year's Republican presidential nomination at the party's June convention. When Charles Evans Hughes was nominated, Fairbanks was chosen as the vice presidential nominee. In November, Hughes and Fairbanks lost a close election to the Democratic incumbents Woodrow Wilson and Thomas Marshall. Fairbanks and Adlai Stevenson share the distinction of seeking reelection to non-consecutive terms as Vice President. After the election, Fairbanks resumed the practice of law in Indianapolis, but his health soon started to fail.
Death[edit]
He died of nephritis in his home on June 4, 1918.[6] He was interred in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Fairbanks's grave in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana.Legacy[edit]
Fairbanks received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1901, and from Northwestern University in 1907. The Charles W. Fairbanks Professor of Politics and Government position at Ohio Wesleyan University is named for him.
The city of Fairbanks, Alaska,[7] and the Fairbanks North Star Borough it lies within; the Fairbanks School District in Union County, Ohio; Fairbanks, Minnesota; Fairbanks, Oregon; and Fairbanks Township, Michigan, are named after him.
In 1966, the Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission placed an Indiana historical marker in front of Fairbanks's home at 30th and Meridian Streets in Indianapolis.[8] On May 15, 2009, an Ohio historical marker was dedicated in Unionville Center, commemorating Fairbanks's birthplace.[9]
See also[edit]
Biography portal
List of Vice Presidents of the United States by time in officeReferences[edit]
^ "Charles Warren Fairbanks – vice president of United States". Encyclopædia Britannica.
^ Harvey, Official Proceedings of the Republican National Convention, 1904, pp. 23–32, original from Harvard University, digitized October 26, 2007
^ "The Pittsburgh Press – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
^ Boomhower, Ray E. (2010). "Charles Warren Fairbanks". In Purcell, L. Edward (ed.). Vice Presidents: A Biographical Dictionary (4 ed.). Facts on File. p. 256. ISBN 9781438130712. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
^ Morris, Edmund (2002). Theodore Rex. The Modern Library. pp. 875, 937. ISBN 978-0-307-77781-2.
^ "Indiana Statesman Succumbs to Intestinal Nephritis After Long Illness at His Home. His Political Career Began After He Was a Successful Railroad Attorney. Adept in Platform Making. Reporter for The Associated Press. Attorney for Jay Gould. Beginning of His Political Career. Roosevelt's Running Mate". The New York Times. June 5, 1918. Retrieved March 6, 2010. Charles Warren Fairbanks, former Vice President of the United States and former United States Senator for Indiana, died at his home at 8:55 o'clock tonight.
^ Mark O. Hatfield, with the Senate Historical Office. Vice Presidents of the United States, 1789–1993 (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997), pp. 313–321.
^ "Home of Charles Warren Fairbanks May 11, 1852 – June 4, 1918". Indiana Historical Bueau. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
^ Dundr, Patrick (May 16, 2009). "Fairbanks historical marker". Marysville Journal-Tribune.External links[edit]
The life and speeches of Hon. Charles Warren Fairbanks : Republican candidate for vice-president
United States Congress. "Charles W. Fairbanks (id: F000003)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Charles Warren Fairbanks
, (born May 11, 1852, Union County, Ohio, U.S.—died June 4, 1918, Indianapolis, Ind.), 26th vice president of the United States (1905–09) in the Republican administration of President Theodore Roosevelt. He was sometimes referred to as “the last of America’s log-cabin statesmen.”
Fairbanks was the son of Loriston Monroe Fairbanks, a farmer, and Mary Adelaide Smith, who was a strong supporter of abolitionism. Growing up in poverty in a one-room cabin, Fairbanks rose to prominence as an Indiana railway attorney and was the chief power in the state Republican Party from 1896 until his death. In the United States Senate (1897–1905), he was quietly effective and quickly became acknowledged as the principal spokesman for that body.
Fairbanks had considered seeking the presidency in 1900 and was mentioned as a potential running mate to William McKinley. As a staunch conservative from a “doubtful” state, Fairbanks was chosen as Roosevelt’s running mate in 1904 to balance the ticket. A typical vice president of his time, he did not attend cabinet meetings and was not one of Roosevelt’s closest advisers. Although he was nominated by Indiana for president in 1908 and received 40 votes at the Republican National Convention, Roosevelt blocked his nomination in favour of William Howard Taft. When the party was divided in 1912, Fairbanks supported Taft, the eventual nominee, instead of Roosevelt, who ran as the candidate of his own Bull Moose Party. He also ran unsuccessfully for vice president on the 1916 ticket headed by Charles Evans Hughes.
He was Republican 1916 Vice Presidential candidate..
Charles W. Fairbanks
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to search"Charles Fairbanks" redirects here. For the archaeologist, see Charles H. Fairbanks. For the Nova Scotia politician, see Charles Rufus Fairbanks.Charles W. Fairbanks
26th Vice President of the United States
In office
March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1909
President Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded by Theodore Roosevelt
Succeeded by James S. Sherman
United States Senator
from Indiana
In office
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1905
Preceded by Daniel W. Voorhees
Succeeded by James A. Hemenway
Personal details
Born Charles Warren Fairbanks
May 11, 1852
Unionville Center, Ohio, U.S.
Died June 4, 1918 (aged 66)
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Resting place Crown Hill Cemetery
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Cornelia Cole
(m. 1874; died 1913)
Children 5
Education Ohio Wesleyan University (BA, MA)
Signature
Charles Warren Fairbanks (May 11, 1852 – June 4, 1918) was an American politician who served as a senator from Indiana from 1897 to 1905 and the 26th vice president of the United States from 1905 to 1909. He was also the Republican vice presidential nominee in the 1916 presidential election.
Born in Unionville Center, Ohio, Fairbanks moved to Indianapolis after graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University. He became an attorney and railroad financier, working under railroad magnate Jay Gould. Fairbanks delivered the keynote address at the 1896 Republican National Convention and won election to the Senate the following year. In the Senate, he became an advisor to President William McKinley and served on a commission that helped settle the Alaska boundary dispute.
The 1904 Republican National Convention selected Fairbanks as the running mate for President Theodore Roosevelt. As vice president, Fairbanks worked against Roosevelt's progressive policies. Fairbanks unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination at the 1908 Republican National Convention and backed William Howard Taft in 1912 against Roosevelt. Fairbanks sought the presidential nomination at the 1916 Republican National Convention, but was instead selected as the vice presidential nominee, serving on a ticket with Charles Evans Hughes. In the 1916 election, the Republican ticket lost to the Democratic ticket of President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall.
Early life[edit]
Fairbanks was born in a log cabin near Unionville Center, Ohio, the son of Mary Adelaide (Smith) and Loriston Monroe Fairbanks, a wagon-maker.[1] Fairbanks in his youth saw his family's home used as a hiding place for runaway slaves. After attending country schools and working on a farm, Fairbanks attended Ohio Wesleyan University, where he graduated in 1872. While there, Fairbanks was co-editor of the school newspaper with Cornelia Cole, whom he married after both graduated from the school.[2]
Early career[edit]
Charles W. Fairbanks as Vice President of the United States
Fairbanks's first position was as an agent of the Associated Press in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, reporting on political rallies for Horace Greeley during the 1872 presidential election.[3] He studied law in Pittsburgh before moving to Cleveland, Ohio, where he continued to work for the Associated Press while attending a semester at Cleveland Law School to complete his legal education. Fairbanks was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1874, and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1875 he received his master of arts degree from Ohio Wesleyan.
During his early years in Indiana, Fairbanks was paid $5,000 a year as manager for the bankrupt Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railroad. With the assistance of his uncle, Charles W. Smith, whose connections had helped him obtain the position, Fairbanks was able to become a railroad financier, and served as counsel for millionaire Jay Gould.
Fairbanks in his office
Prior to the 1888 Republican National Convention, federal judge Walter Q. Gresham sought Fairbanks's help in campaigning for the Republican nomination for U.S. President. When Benjamin Harrison won the nomination, Fairbanks supported him and made campaign speeches on his behalf. Afterwards, Fairbanks began to take an even greater interest in politics, and made campaign speeches on Harrison's behalf again in the campaign of 1892. In 1893, Fairbanks was a candidate for the United States Senate, but Democrats controlled the state legislature and reelected incumbent Democrat David Turpie.
In 1894, Fairbanks was the most visible organizer and speaker on behalf of Republicans in elections for the state legislature. He was credited with delivering Republican majorities to both the Indiana House of Representatives and Indiana Senate, ensuring that a Republican would be elected to succeed Daniel W. Voorhees in the United States Senate at the end of Voorhees's term in 1897. At the 1896 Republican National Convention, Fairbanks was both temporary chairman and keynote speaker, further raising his public profile. Fairbanks was the most likely Republican candidate for Voorhees's seat, and in January 1897 Republican legislators formally chose him as their nominee. On January 19, 1897, Fairbanks was elected to the Senate, and he took his seat on March 4.
Senator[edit]
During his eight years in the U.S. Senate, Fairbanks served as a key advisor to McKinley during the Spanish–American War and was also the Chairman of the Committee on Immigration and the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. In 1898, Fairbanks was appointed a member of the United States and British Joint High Commission which met in Quebec City for the adjustment of Canadian questions, including the boundary dispute about Alaska.
Vice President[edit]
Fairbanks and Theodore Roosevelt.
Fairbanks was elected Vice President of the United States in 1904 on the Republican ticket with Theodore Roosevelt and served a four-year term, 1905 to 1909. He became the first vice president to serve a complete term without casting any tie-breaking votes as President of the Senate. Fairbanks, a conservative whom Roosevelt had once labeled a "reactionary machine politician" (and who had been caricatured as a "Wall Street Puppet" during the campaign), actively worked against Roosevelt's progressive "Square Deal" program. Roosevelt did not give Fairbanks a significant role in his administration, and (having chosen not to seek reelection) strongly promoted William Howard Taft as his potential successor in 1908.[4][5] Fairbanks also sought the Republican nomination for President, but was unsuccessful and returned to the practice of law. In 1912, Fairbanks supported Taft's reelection against Roosevelt's Bull Moose candidacy.
Hughes's running mate[edit]
In 1916, Fairbanks was in charge of establishing the platform for the Republican party. He sought that year's Republican presidential nomination at the party's June convention. When Charles Evans Hughes was nominated, Fairbanks was chosen as the vice presidential nominee. In November, Hughes and Fairbanks lost a close election to the Democratic incumbents Woodrow Wilson and Thomas Marshall. Fairbanks and Adlai Stevenson share the distinction of seeking reelection to non-consecutive terms as Vice President. After the election, Fairbanks resumed the practice of law in Indianapolis, but his health soon started to fail.
Death[edit]
He died of nephritis in his home on June 4, 1918.[6] He was interred in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Fairbanks's grave in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana.Legacy[edit]
Fairbanks received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1901, and from Northwestern University in 1907. The Charles W. Fairbanks Professor of Politics and Government position at Ohio Wesleyan University is named for him.
The city of Fairbanks, Alaska,[7] and the Fairbanks North Star Borough it lies within; the Fairbanks School District in Union County, Ohio; Fairbanks, Minnesota; Fairbanks, Oregon; and Fairbanks Township, Michigan, are named after him.
In 1966, the Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission placed an Indiana historical marker in front of Fairbanks's home at 30th and Meridian Streets in Indianapolis.[8] On May 15, 2009, an Ohio historical marker was dedicated in Unionville Center, commemorating Fairbanks's birthplace.[9]
See also[edit]
Biography portal
List of Vice Presidents of the United States by time in officeReferences[edit]
^ "Charles Warren Fairbanks – vice president of United States". Encyclopædia Britannica.
^ Harvey, Official Proceedings of the Republican National Convention, 1904, pp. 23–32, original from Harvard University, digitized October 26, 2007
^ "The Pittsburgh Press – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
^ Boomhower, Ray E. (2010). "Charles Warren Fairbanks". In Purcell, L. Edward (ed.). Vice Presidents: A Biographical Dictionary (4 ed.). Facts on File. p. 256. ISBN 9781438130712. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
^ Morris, Edmund (2002). Theodore Rex. The Modern Library. pp. 875, 937. ISBN 978-0-307-77781-2.
^ "Indiana Statesman Succumbs to Intestinal Nephritis After Long Illness at His Home. His Political Career Began After He Was a Successful Railroad Attorney. Adept in Platform Making. Reporter for The Associated Press. Attorney for Jay Gould. Beginning of His Political Career. Roosevelt's Running Mate". The New York Times. June 5, 1918. Retrieved March 6, 2010. Charles Warren Fairbanks, former Vice President of the United States and former United States Senator for Indiana, died at his home at 8:55 o'clock tonight.
^ Mark O. Hatfield, with the Senate Historical Office. Vice Presidents of the United States, 1789–1993 (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997), pp. 313–321.
^ "Home of Charles Warren Fairbanks May 11, 1852 – June 4, 1918". Indiana Historical Bueau. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
^ Dundr, Patrick (May 16, 2009). "Fairbanks historical marker". Marysville Journal-Tribune.External links[edit]
The life and speeches of Hon. Charles Warren Fairbanks : Republican candidate for vice-president
United States Congress. "Charles W. Fairbanks (id: F000003)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
===========================
Encyclopedia Britannica
Charles Warren Fairbanks
, (born May 11, 1852, Union County, Ohio, U.S.—died June 4, 1918, Indianapolis, Ind.), 26th vice president of the United States (1905–09) in the Republican administration of President Theodore Roosevelt. He was sometimes referred to as “the last of America’s log-cabin statesmen.”
Fairbanks was the son of Loriston Monroe Fairbanks, a farmer, and Mary Adelaide Smith, who was a strong supporter of abolitionism. Growing up in poverty in a one-room cabin, Fairbanks rose to prominence as an Indiana railway attorney and was the chief power in the state Republican Party from 1896 until his death. In the United States Senate (1897–1905), he was quietly effective and quickly became acknowledged as the principal spokesman for that body.
Fairbanks had considered seeking the presidency in 1900 and was mentioned as a potential running mate to William McKinley. As a staunch conservative from a “doubtful” state, Fairbanks was chosen as Roosevelt’s running mate in 1904 to balance the ticket. A typical vice president of his time, he did not attend cabinet meetings and was not one of Roosevelt’s closest advisers. Although he was nominated by Indiana for president in 1908 and received 40 votes at the Republican National Convention, Roosevelt blocked his nomination in favour of William Howard Taft. When the party was divided in 1912, Fairbanks supported Taft, the eventual nominee, instead of Roosevelt, who ran as the candidate of his own Bull Moose Party. He also ran unsuccessfully for vice president on the 1916 ticket headed by Charles Evans Hughes.
Events
| Birth | 11 May 1852 | log cabin, Unionville Center, Ohio, United States | |||
| Marriage | 1874 | Cornelia Cole | |||
| Death | 4 Jun 1918 | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | |||
| Burial | Crown Hill, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Cornelia Cole ( - 1913) |
| Child | Adelaide Fairbanks ( - ) |
| Child | Frederick C Fairbanks ( - ) |
| Child | Warren Fairbanks ( - ) |
| Child | Robert Fairbanks (1887 - 1951) |
| Child | Richard M Fairbanks (1883 - 1944) |
| Father | Loriston Monroe Fairbanks ( - ) |
| Mother | Mary Adelaide Smith ( - ) |