Erastus Fairbanks
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| Erastus Fairbanks | |
| Image:Erastus Fairbanks.jpg Erastus Fairbanks | |
| 21st Governor of Vermont
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| In office 1852 – 1853 | |
| Lieutenant(s) | William C. Kittredge |
| Preceded by | Charles K. Williams |
| Succeeded by | John S. Robinson |
| 26th Governor of Vermont
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| In office 1860 – 1861 | |
| Lieutenant(s) | Levi Underwood |
| Preceded by | Hiland Hall |
| Succeeded by | Frederick Holbrook |
| Born | October 28 1792 Brimfield, Massachusetts |
| Died | November 20 1864 (aged 72) |
| Political party | Whig |
| Profession | manufacturer / politician |
Erastus Fairbanks (born October 28, 1792 in Brimfield, Massachusetts; died November 20 1864) was an American manufacturer and Whig politician.
He studied law but abandoned it for mercantile pursuits, finally settling in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, where in 1824 he formed a partnership with his brother Thaddeus for the manufacture of scales, stoves and ploughs. Subsequently the scales (see Fairbanks Scales) invented by Thaddeus were manufactured extensively. Erastus was a member of the state legislature in 1836-1838, and governor of Vermont in 1852-1853 and 1860-1861, during his second term rendering valuable aid in the equipment and despatch of troops in the early days of the American Civil War.
With his brothers Thaddeus and Joseph P., he founded St. Johnsbury Academy.
He was the father of Horace Fairbanks.
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- page with portrait and biography
- Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury, Vermont
- Fairbanks, Lorenzo Sayles, Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633-1897, Boston, 1897.
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