- John Fairfield
John Fairfield (
January 30 ,1797 –December 24 ,1847 ) was a U.S. politician from Maine.He was born in
Saco, Maine and attended the Saco schools,Thornton Academy andBowdoin College inBrunswick, Maine . He then engaged in trade and studied law, being admitted to the bar in 1826, and practiced successfully in his native town and inBiddeford, Maine . He was appointed a trustee of Thornton Academy in 1826 and served as president of the board of trustees from 1845 to 1847.He was appointed reporter of the
Maine Supreme Judicial Court in 1832, and was then elected to theUnited States House of Representatives as a Democrat, serving fromMarch 4 ,1835 , toDecember 24 ,1838 , when he resigned, having been elected Governor.He was
Governor of Maine from 1838 to 1841, and again from 1842 to 1843, when he resigned, having been elected a United States Senator to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofReuel Williams , he was then reelected, and served from March 3, 1843 until his death in 1847. During his time in the Congress he was chairman of theU.S. Senate Committee on Naval Affairs for the 29th and30th Congress es. He was the author of "Supreme Court Reports", published in Augusta, Maine between 1835 and 1837.References
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External links
* [http://history.rays-place.com/governors/me/fairfield-john.htm "Representative Men of Maine": Governor John Fairfield]
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