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Edmund Burke Fairfield

Edmund Burke Fairfield
12th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
In office
1859–1861
Governor Moses Wisner
Preceded by George Coe
Succeeded by Joseph R. Williams
Member of the Michigan Senate
In office
1857–1859
Personal details
Born (1821-08-07)August 7, 1821
Parkersburg, West Virginia
Died November 7, 1904(1904-11-07) (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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