Charles S. Fairchild | |
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38th United States Secretary of the Treasury | |
In office April 1, 1887 – March 6, 1889 | |
President | Grover Cleveland |
Preceded by | Daniel Manning |
Succeeded by | William Windom |
33rd Attorney General of New York | |
In office January 1, 1876 – December 31, 1877 | |
Governor | Samuel J. Tilden Lucius Robinson |
Preceded by | Daniel Pratt |
Succeeded by | Augustus Schoonmaker Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Stebbins Fairchild April 30, 1842 Cazenovia, New York, U.S. |
Died | November 24, 1924 Cazenovia, New York, U.S. | (aged 82)
Education | Harvard University (BA, LLB) |
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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. He was a notable anti-suffragist, challenging the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920 and serving as president of the American Constitutional League.