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Charles Stebbins Fairchild (April 30, 1842 – November 24, 1924) was an American businessman and politician who served as United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1887 to 1889 and Attorney General of New York from 1876 to 1877.
Charles S. Fairchild (1842 - 1924) became Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Daniel Manning in 1885. When Manning's health forced him to retire in 1887 President Cleveland promoted Fairchild to Secretary of the Treasury.
After Cleveland's defeat in 1888, Fairchild served as president of the New York Security and Trust Company in Manhattan until 1905. He also remained active in politics as a "Gold Democrat." He was an opponent of women's suffrage, challenging the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in the US Supreme Court.
Charles Stebbins Fairchild . BORN: April 30, 1842; Cazenovia, New York. DIED: November 24, 1924 (age 82); Cazenovia, New York. EDUCATION: Harvard University (BA, LLB) POLITICAL PARTY: Democrat. HIGHLIGHTS: 1876-1877: Attorney General of New York 1887-1889: U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. RESOURCES: Department of the Treasury UVA Miller Center ...
Charles Stebbins Fairchild (1842-1924) was born in Cazenovia, NY. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1865. He took up law practice in Albany and became involved in Democratic Party politics. He became Deputy Attorney General of New York state in 1874, and was elected to Attorney General in the Samuel Tilden administration from 1876-77.
The collection includes the papers of Charles S. Fairchild and of his wife, Helen L. Fairchild. Charles's papers include correspondence, scrapbooks, and published works related to his tenure as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1887-89), political activities for the New York Democratic Party and his support for presidential candidate Grover ...
Charles Fairchild's work is primarily concerned with the cultural and material mediation of music. His books and articles examine how institutions and organisations shape the ways people consume and make meaning from music.
