| LC control no. | n 86114870 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Fairbanks, Charles W. (Charles Warren), 1852-1918 |
| Birth date | 18520511 |
| Death date | 19180604 |
| Place of birth | Unionville (Ohio) |
| Place of death | Indianapolis (Ind.) |
| Affiliation | Ohio Wesleyan University Associated Press United States. Congress. Senate United States. Office of the Vice President Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Vice-Presidents Lawyers |
| Found in | NUCMC data from New Jersey Historical Soc. for Murphy, F. Papers, 1863-1921 (Charles W. Fairbanks) NUCMC file (Fairbanks, Charles W. (Charles Warren), 1852-1918; lawyer, U.S. Sen., and U.S. vice president, of Indiana) Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress website, July 16, 2014 (Fairbanks, Charles Warren, a Senator from Indiana and a Vice President of the United States; born near Unionville Center, Union County, Ohio, May 11, 1852; attended the common schools and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, in 1872; agent of the Associated Press in Pittsburgh, Pa., and in Cleveland, Ohio; studied law; admitted to the Ohio bar in 1874; moved to Indianapolis, Ind., the same year and commenced practice; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1893; appointed a member of the United States and British Joint High Commission which met in Quebec in 1898 for the adjustment of Canadian questions; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1896; reelected in 1902 and served from March 4, 1897, until his resignation March 3, 1905, having been elected Vice President of the United States; chairman, Committee on Immigration (Fifty-fifth Congress), Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Fifty-sixth through Fifty-eighth Congresses); elected Vice President of the United States in 1904 on the Republican ticket with Theodore Roosevelt and served from March 4, 1905, to March 3, 1909; unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket with Charles E. Hughes for President in 1916; resumed the practice of law in Indianapolis, Ind., where he died June 4, 1918; interment in Crown Hill Cemetery) |
| Associated language | eng |
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