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href="/wiki/Vermont_Senate" title="Vermont Senate">Vermont Senate</a> from <a href="/wiki/Caledonia_County,_Vermont" title="Caledonia County, Vermont">Caledonia County</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1869–1870<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving with Harley M. Hall</div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Gates B. Bullard<br />Harley M. Hall</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Ross_(senator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Ross (senator)">Jonathan Ross</a><br />John M. Martin</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1820-03-21</span>)</span>March 21, 1820<br /><a href="/wiki/Barnet,_Vermont" title="Barnet, Vermont">Barnet, Vermont</a>, US</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 17, 1888<span style="display:none">(1888-03-17)</span> (aged 67)<br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, US</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Mary E. Taylor (m. 1840)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Erastus_Fairbanks" title="Erastus Fairbanks">Erastus Fairbanks</a> (father)<br /><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Fairbanks" title="Franklin Fairbanks">Franklin Fairbanks</a> (brother)<br /><a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_Fairbanks" title="Thaddeus Fairbanks">Thaddeus Fairbanks</a> (uncle)<br /><a href="/wiki/Ephraim_Paddock" title="Ephraim Paddock">Ephraim Paddock</a> (grand-uncle)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Businessman</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Horace Fairbanks</b> (March 21, 1820 – March 17, 1888) was an American politician and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Vermont">36th governor of Vermont</a> from 1876 to 1878. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horace_Fairbanks&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fairbanks was born in <a href="/wiki/Barnet,_Vermont" title="Barnet, Vermont">Barnet, Vermont</a>, on March 21, 1820, the third of nine children of <a href="/wiki/Erastus_Fairbanks" title="Erastus Fairbanks">Erastus Fairbanks</a> and Lois (Crossman) Fairbanks.<sup id="cite_ref-Ullery_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ullery-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was educated at schools in <a href="/wiki/Peacham,_Vermont" title="Peacham, Vermont">Peacham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lyndon,_Vermont" title="Lyndon, Vermont">Lyndon</a>, Vermont, and <a href="/wiki/Meriden,_New_Hampshire" title="Meriden, New Hampshire">Meriden, New Hampshire</a>, and completed his education at <a href="/wiki/Phillips_Academy" title="Phillips Academy">Phillips Academy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Andover,_Massachusetts" title="Andover, Massachusetts">Andover, Massachusetts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ullery_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ullery-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horace_Fairbanks&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1840, Fairbanks became a confidential clerk at <a href="/wiki/Fairbanks-Morse" title="Fairbanks-Morse">E. & T. Fairbanks & Co.</a> his family's <a href="/wiki/St._Johnsbury,_Vermont" title="St. Johnsbury, Vermont">St. Johnsbury</a> business, which became famous as the maker of the first platform scale.<sup id="cite_ref-Ullery_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ullery-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became a partner in 1843 and later became the company's president.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffrey_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffrey-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fairbanks was active in several other business ventures, including construction of the <a href="/wiki/Portland_and_Ogdensburg_Railway" title="Portland and Ogdensburg Railway">Portland and Ogdensburg Railway</a> from <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine" title="Portland, Maine">Portland, Maine</a> to <a href="/wiki/Ogdensburg,_New_York" title="Ogdensburg, New York">Ogdensburg, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffrey_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffrey-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fairbanks was president of the Vermont division of the railroad and president of the First National Bank of St. Johnsbury. In 1871 Fairbanks presented to St. Johnsbury the <a href="/wiki/St._Johnsbury_Athenaeum" title="St. Johnsbury Athenaeum">St. Johnsbury Athenaeum</a>, which includes a <a href="/wiki/Public_library" title="Public library">public library</a> and an <a href="/wiki/Art_gallery" title="Art gallery">art gallery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffrey_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffrey-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a trustee of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Vermont" title="University of Vermont">University of Vermont</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phillips_Academy" title="Phillips Academy">Phillips Academy</a>. </p><p>Fairbanks was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions of <a href="/wiki/1864_Republican_National_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="1864 Republican National Convention">1864</a> and <a href="/wiki/1868_Republican_National_Convention" title="1868 Republican National Convention">1868</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffrey_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffrey-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/1868_United_States_presidential_election" title="1868 United States presidential election">In 1868</a>, Fairbanks also one of Vermont's electors.<sup id="cite_ref-Ullery_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ullery-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1869 he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Vermont_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Vermont State Senate">Vermont State Senate</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffrey_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffrey-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served one term, but illness prevented him from attending sessions regularly.<sup id="cite_ref-Ullery_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ullery-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a delegate to the <a href="/wiki/1872_Republican_National_Convention" title="1872 Republican National Convention">1872 Republican National Convention</a>, as well one of Vermont's <a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_presidential_election" title="1872 United States presidential election">1872 presidential electors</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffrey_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffrey-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Elected <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Vermont" title="Governor of Vermont">Governor of Vermont</a> in 1876, Fairbanks served a two-year term.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffrey_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffrey-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His term included initiatives such as establishing the state board of agriculture, improvement to conditions in state prisons and county jails, and statewide licensing requirements for medical doctors. </p><p>Fairbanks died in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> on March 17, 1888.<sup id="cite_ref-Ullery_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ullery-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is interred at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in St. Johnsbury.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horace_Fairbanks&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fairbanks married Mary E. Taylor (1824-1901) on August 9, 1840.<sup id="cite_ref-Ullery_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ullery-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were the parents of three children, Helen, Agnes, and Isabel.<sup id="cite_ref-Ullery_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ullery-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fairbanks was the brother of <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Fairbanks" title="Franklin Fairbanks">Franklin Fairbanks</a>, who served as <a href="/wiki/List_of_Speakers_of_the_Vermont_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Speakers of the Vermont House of Representatives">Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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(1894). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/menofvermontillu00ulle"><i>Men of Vermont Illustrated</i></a>. Brattleboro, VT: Brattleboro Transcript Publishing Company. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/menofvermontillu00ulle/page/101">101</a>-103 – via <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Men+of+Vermont+Illustrated&rft.place=Brattleboro%2C+VT&rft.pages=101-103&rft.pub=Brattleboro+Transcript+Publishing+Company&rft.date=1894&rft.aulast=Ullery&rft.aufirst=Jacob+G.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmenofvermontillu00ulle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHorace+Fairbanks" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jeffrey-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Jeffrey_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jeffrey_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jeffrey_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jeffrey_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jeffrey_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jeffrey_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jeffrey_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJeffrey1904" class="citation book cs1">Jeffrey, William H. 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East Burke, VT: The Historical Publishing Company. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/successfulvermon00jeff/page/120">120</a> – via <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Successful+Vermonters%3B+A+Modern+Gazetteer+of+Caledonia%2C+Essex%2C+and+Orleans+Counties&rft.place=East+Burke%2C+VT&rft.pages=120&rft.pub=The+Historical+Publishing+Company&rft.date=1904&rft.aulast=Jeffrey&rft.aufirst=William+H.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fsuccessfulvermon00jeff&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHorace+Fairbanks" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/365104111/">"At Rest: The Obsequies of Ex-Gov. Fairbanks"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Caledonian-Record" title="The Caledonian-Record">The Caledonian</a></i>. St. Johnsbury, VT. March 29, 1888. p. 2 – via <a href="/wiki/Newspapers.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspapers.com">Newspapers.com</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Caledonian&rft.atitle=At+Rest%3A+The+Obsequies+of+Ex-Gov.+Fairbanks&rft.pages=2&rft.date=1888-03-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fimage%2F365104111%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHorace+Fairbanks" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/365104095/">"Horace Fairbanks: A Noble and Useful Life Ended"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Caledonian-Record" title="The Caledonian-Record">The Caledonian</a></i>. 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March 22, 1888. p. 4 – via <a href="/wiki/Newspapers.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspapers.com">Newspapers.com</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Caledonian&rft.atitle=Horace+Fairbanks%3A+A+Noble+and+Useful+Life+Ended&rft.pages=4&rft.date=1888-03-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fimage%2F365104095%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHorace+Fairbanks" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horace_Fairbanks&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFairbanks1897" class="citation book cs1">Fairbanks, Lorenzo Sayles (1897). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/genealogyfairba00fairgoog/page/n7"><i>Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633–1897</i></a>. Boston, MA: American Publishing and Engraving Company – via <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Genealogy+of+the+Fairbanks+Family+in+America+1633%E2%80%931897&rft.place=Boston%2C+MA&rft.pub=American+Publishing+and+Engraving+Company&rft.date=1897&rft.aulast=Fairbanks&rft.aufirst=Lorenzo+Sayles&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgenealogyfairba00fairgoog%2Fpage%2Fn7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHorace+Fairbanks" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#357.41.81">Horace Fairbanks</a> at The Political Graveyard</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nga.org/governor/horace-fairbanks/">Horace Fairbanks</a> at National Governors Association</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13092391">Horace Fairbanks</a> at <a href="/wiki/Find_a_Grave" title="Find a Grave">Find a Grave</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Asahel_Peck" title="Asahel Peck">Asahel Peck</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Vermont" title="Governor of Vermont">Governor of Vermont</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1876_Vermont_gubernatorial_election" title="1876 Vermont gubernatorial election">1876</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" 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