Charles S. Fairchild
| Charles Stebbins Fairchild | |
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| 38th United States Secretary of the Treasury | |
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In office April 1, 1887 – March 6, 1889 |
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| President | Grover Cleveland |
| Preceded by | Daniel Manning |
| Succeeded by | William Windom |
| 33rd Attorney General of New York | |
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In office January 1, 1876 – December 31, 1877 |
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| Governor |
Samuel J. Tilden Lucius Robinson |
| Preceded by | Daniel Pratt |
| Succeeded by | Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 30, 1842 Cazenovia, New York |
| Died | November 24, 1924 (aged 82) Cazenovia, New York |
| Alma mater |
Harvard College Harvard Law School |
Charles Stebbins Fairchild (April 30, 1842 – November 24, 1924) was a New York businessman and politician.
Born in Cazenovia, New York, to Sidney and Helen Fairchild, he graduated from Harvard College in 1863 and Harvard Law School in 1865. He was married to Helen Lincklaen in 1871. He practiced law with the firm of Hand, Hale, Swartz & Fairchild until 1874 when he became Deputy Attorney General of New York. Fairchild was elected Attorney General of New York in 1875, and was in office from 1876 to 1877. In January 1878, he was nominated to be Superintendent of Public Works by Gov. Lucius Robinson, but was rejected by the New York State Senate. He resumed the practice of law until 1885, when he was appointed Assistant U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. When Secretary Daniel Manning's health forced him to resign in 1887, Fairchild was appointed to succeed, and served in Grover Cleveland's administration from 1887 to 1889.
Fairchild was President of the New York Security and Trust Company from 1889 to 1904. He was on the board of the American Mechanical Cashier Company (a competitor of NCR) with investment banker Henry L. Horton and Judge Hiram Bond. He was President of the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railroad and a director of the Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad.
Later in life, as a private citizen, he challenged the 19th Amendment before the Supreme Court in Fairchild v. Hughes, but he was held not to have proper standing to bring a suit.
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