Edmund Burke Fairfield
| Edmund Burke Fairfield | |
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| 12th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan | |
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In office 1859–1861 |
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| Governor | Moses Wisner |
| Preceded by | George Coe |
| Succeeded by | Joseph R. Williams |
| Member of the Michigan Senate | |
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In office 1857–1859 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 7, 1821 Parkersburg, West Virginia |
| Died | November 7, 1904 (aged 83) Oberlin, Ohio |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lucia Ann Jennison Fairfield Mary A. Baldwin Fairfield Mary Allen Tibbitts Fairfield |
| Parents | Micajah Fairfield Hannah (Wynn) Fairfield. |
| Alma mater |
Denison University Marietta College Oberlin College Colgate University Indiana University. |
| Profession | Minister Educator Politician |
| Religion | Baptist |
Edmund Burke Fairfield (August 7, 1821 – November 7, 1904) was an American minister, educator and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan and as the 2nd Chancellor of the University of Nebraska.
Fairfield was born in Parkersburg, Virginia, now West Virginia. He moved with his family to Troy, Ohio when he was a young boy. He received an early education at Denison University of Granville and in 1837 he attended Marietta College of Marietta. He graduated from the congregationalist-affiliatedOberlin College of Oberlin in 1842. He then worked as a tutor at the college teaching Latin and Greek.
He spent two years as a Christian minister in New Hampshire, and two in Boston as pastor of the Ruggles Street Baptist Church. Then, in 1848, he became President of the Michigan Central College, renamed Hillsdale College in 1853, and remained in this office until his resignation in 1869. In 1857, Fairfield received LL.D. degree from Madison University (now Colgate University) in New York.
Fairfield served as a Republican in the Michigan Senate (14th district) from 1857-1859. He was elected to serve as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan from 1859 to 1861, and made a widely published speech on the "Prohibition of Slavery in the Territories".
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