Horace Fairbanks
| Horace Fairbanks | |
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| 36th Governor of Vermont | |
| In office 1876–1878 |
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| Lieutenant | Redfield Proctor |
| Preceded by | Asahel Peck |
| Succeeded by | Redfield Proctor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 21, 1820 Barnet, Vermont |
| Died | March 17, 1888 (aged 67) New York |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary E. Taylor |
| Profession | industrialist / politician |
Horace Fairbanks (March 21, 1820 – March 17, 1888) was the 36th Governor of Vermont from 1876 to 1878.
He was born in Barnet, Vermont, the third of nine children of Erastus Fairbanks (who had been a Republican Governor of Vermont) and his wife Lois Crossman. He was educated in the county schools and Phillips Andover Academy. He became confidential clerk of E. & T. Fairbanks & Co. at age twenty, eventually becoming partner and then president. He was elected to the Vermont State Senate.[1] He was manufacturer of the world’s first platform scale.[2] He promoted the construction of a railway line from Portland to Ogdensburg via the White Mountain Notch, and became president of the Vermont division of the railroad, as well as president of the First National Bank of St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
He married Mary E. Taylor on August 9, 1840. They had three children.
In 1871 he presented to St. Johnsbury the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, incorporating a free public library containing 8,000 volumes and an art gallery. He was a trustee of the University of Vermont and Andover Seminary.
He was elected Governor of Vermont in 1876, serving a two-year term.
Fairbanks died in New York City.
[edit] References
- Fairbanks, Lorenzo Sayles, Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633–1897, Boston, 1897.
- Portrait and biography
