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  Charles W. Fairbanks
Charles Warren Fairbanks (May 11, 1852) - (June 4, 1918) was a Senator from Indiana and a Vice President of the United States.
Fairbanks was an agent of the Associated Press in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and in Cleveland, Ohio.
Fairbanks was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1893.
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 CHF Memorial- Historical Archaeology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Charles H. Fairbanks, one of the country's pioneers in historical archaeology, died in Gainesville, Florida, on 7 July, 1984.
Charles Fairbanks was born in Bainbridge, New York in 1913.
At Michigan, Charles Fairbanks studied with James B. Griffin and became part of the Michigan-trained group of archaeologists who subsequently were to become very influential in the development of both historic and prehistoric archaeology in the southeastern United States.
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 Fairbanks Local School District - Welcome: Main Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Charles W. Fairbanks graduated from school at Unionville Center and from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1872, where he studied law and was admitted to the bar.
Charles W. Fairbanks was elected to the United States Senate (Republican, Indiana) in 1896, from which he resigned in 1904 to run as Theodore Roosevelt's Vice President.
Fairbanks died in 1918 and is buried in Indianapolis.
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 US Vice - Presidents - Charles Fairbanks
In 1896 Charles Fairbanks spoke in favor of William McKinley at the Republican convention and strongly defended the Gold standard.
As Vice President Fairbanks never had to break a tie vote in the Senate, but he was able to play a role in passing some of Roosevelt’s aggressive legislation, which included the Hepburn act to regulate railroad rates, and the Pure Food and Drug act.
Fairbanks disagreed and sided with the Senate when it came to Roosevelt’s efforts to expand the powers of the Presidency at the expense of the legislature.
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 ALMOST PRESIDENT: CHARLES FAIRBANKS
Charles Fairbanks was born in 1852 in a one-room log cabin in Unionville Center, Ohio.
In 1896, Fairbanks was the temporary chairman and keynote speaker at the Republican Convention.
As a senator, Fairbanks was an influential spokesman for the McKinley Administration in the Senate.
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 Charles Herron Fairbanks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Charles Herron Fairbanks was born in Bainbridge, NY in 1913.
Charles Fairbanks graduated in 1939, after that he left to work as an archaeologist at the Okmulgee National Monument in Macon, Georgia.
In 1963, Charles left FSU and went for the position as chairman of the Anthropology department at the University of Florida.
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 Fairbanks, Alaska
Fairbanks is located in the heart of Alaska's Interior, on the banks of the Chena River in the Tanana Valley.
Fairbanks experiences 21 hours of daylight between May 10th and Aug. 2nd each summer, and less than 4 hours of daylight between Nov. 18th and Jan. 24th each winter.
Fairbanks is at the confluence of the Richardson Hwy., George Parks Hwy., Steese Hwy., and Elliott Hwy., connecting the Interior to Anchorage, Canada and the lower 48 states.
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 Fairbanks Alaska, Alaskan cities
Fairbanks, situated in the heart of the Tanana Valley with the Alaska Range to the south and the gold-bearing hills to the north, is still, in spirit, a frontier town.
Fairbanks is Alaska's second largest city and has expanded its borders to include a city population of 30,224, and an overall area population of 82,840 incorporated as the Fairbanks North Star Borough.
Fairbanks economy is tied to government, military, the petroleum industry, transportation, the University of Alaska and tourism.
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 International Reporting Project - Seminar Highlights   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In a seminar with IRP fellows today, Fairbanks noted interference in Ukraine's recent elections as the latest incident of Russia flexing its muscle in the former Soviet republics known as the “near abroad.” “One senses that events have made Putin respond less reasonably and more emotionally,” Fairbanks said.
Fairbanks, director of the The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies' Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, says the posture change marks a new phase in Russia's foreign policy.
Fairbanks acknowledged exceptions to what he characterized as Russia's latest destabilizing role in the region, noting, for instance, Putin's attempts to mend relations with Azerbaijan in the oil-rich Caspian Sea.
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 U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Sculptures > Charles W. Fairbanks
Charles Fairbanks was vice president-elect in 1905 when he sat for the bust intermittently during visits to Washington.
Born in Union County, Ohio, Fairbanks was a keynote speaker at the 1896 Republican National Convention that nominated William McKinley for president.
In that same year, Fairbanks was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served from 1897 to 1905, chairing the Committee on Immigration and the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
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 History of Fairbanks
Charles Fairbanks later became the Vice President of the United States under Theodore Roosevelt.
The residents believed that Fairbanks was sufficiently established and that they should be given the responsibility to provide for their own daily community functions.
Partnered with the City of Fairbanks and the Fairbanks Police Department, their mission is to promote community-oriented policing and problem-solving, recognizing that law enforcement cannot do their job without the help and input from the community.
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 FNSB for Residents
The Fairbanks North Star Borough was established on January 1, 1964, by an act of the Alaska State Legislature.
The Borough population increased by 31.4% between the 1960 and 1980, and 53.5% from 1980 to 2000 according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
population in the Fairbanks North Star Borough was 82,840 in 2000 as released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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 Frequently Asked Questions
Fairbanks was named by its founder, E.T. Barnette, in honor of Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana.
Fairbanks is almost directly in the middle of the state, almost 400 miles from the nearest deep water port.
Fairbanks has most of the amenities of a large city without the frenetic pace and overcrowding.
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 AII POW-MIA InterNetwork
Charles Fairbanks left Bethel in August 1862 to begin life as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion.
Charles was barely 16, and the recruiter initially refused to consider him, but when young Fairbanks put 10 consecutive shots in a 10-inch target from 100 yards, including one in the bull's eye, the recruiter sent him home with a waiver to sign that would fudge his age and allow him to become a soldier.
Thirty-four years later, just as the 20th century was dawning, Charles Fairbanks' daughter prevailed upon her father to write a memoir of his three years in the service.
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 Fairbanks History
Fairbanks survived food shortages in the winters of 1902 and 1903, a flood in 1905, and a fire that wiped out downtown in 1906.
Fairbanks survived as a mining town when others disappeared, in part because of how hard it was to remove gold from the ground.
As Fairbanks grew, it became home to The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, the offices and warehouses for the Fairbanks Exploration (F.E.) Company, and the subdivision of Slaterville, an early "bedroom'' community for F.E. employees.
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 Jason Fairbanks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was the son of Ebenezer and Prudence Farrington Fairbanks and lived in the Fairbanks House, today the oldest house in the country.
Finally on May 18, 1801, Fairbanks was determined to force her to make up her mind and met with Fales in a birch grove next to "Mason's pasture" in Dedham, though the exact location today is not known.
Fairbanks was returned to the Boston jail, for authorities no longer trusted the Dedham jail, and, on September 10, 1801 Fairbanks was hanged.
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 CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS LETTER, 17 FEBRUARY 1899
Charles Warren Fairbanks (1852–1918), the son of Lorsiton M. and Mary A. (Smith) Fairbanks, was born in a log cabin near Unionville Center, Ohio.
For the next twenty years, Fairbanks specialized in railroad law, practicing in Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana.  He was paid well for his work, and amassed a considerable fortune, which permitted him to give up practice when he decided to enter politics.
In 1897, Fairbanks was elected to the U.S. Senate.  He served on several committees, and, as a close friend of President McKinley, he often served as the president's spokesman in the SenateFairbanks was also a member of a joint commission that negotiated outstanding disputes with Great Britain.
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 .: Biography of Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks (1905-1909) - American Vice Presidents :. .: All American Patriots ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Charles Fairbanks was born on May 11, 1852, in a modest log house in Ohio.
Charles Fairbanks assumed the principal Republican campaign duties for the ticket in 1904, as tradition dictated that incumbent presidents remain at work in the White House.
Fairbanks is an argument for the re -election of Mr.
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 Fairbanks : Introduction | Frommers.com
If the story of the founding of Fairbanks had happened anywhere else, it wouldn't be told so proudly, for the city's father was a swindler and its undignified birth contained an element of chance not usually admitted in polite society.
Fairbanks is Alaska's second-largest city now, with a population of about 30,000 in the city limits and 82,000 in the greater metropolitan area, but it has never learned to put on airs.
There's plenty for families to do in Fairbanks, much of it at least a little corny and requiring drives to widespread sites at the university, on the Chena River, in the gold mining area north of town, and at Pioneer Park.
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 CHARLES FAIRBANKS Autograph
In part: "This is to certify that C.W. Fairbanks is entitled to one hundred shares of one hundred dollars each, in the capital stock of The St. Louis Southern Railroad Company, incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois." The certificate, dated May 16, 1893, is signed by the railroad's President and Secretary.
Fairbanks has signed on verso, transferring the stock to George Foster Peabody, industrialist, financier and philanthropist.
Charles Warren Fairbanks, one of America's last "log cabin" statesmen, made his mark as an attorney in railroad litigation in Indiana, where he became noted for his expertise in every aspect of the railroad business.
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 Vice President Charles Fairbanks
Political Party: Fairbanks was a Republican, from Indiana.
Charles Fairbanks was born and educated in Ohio, then began practicing law in Indiana in 1874, where he became well-known for representing the railroads.
Fairbanks wasn't nearly as progressive as Roosevelt, and disagreed with many of Teddy's labor-friendly policies and often colluded with the opposition against him.
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 Dead Vice Presidents
Charles Fairbanks was the fifth dead vice president, and the 21st overall, that my wife Debbie and I visited on "The Five DPOTUS Tour '05".
Charles Fairbanks was born in a modest log house in Ohio.
Fairbanks also tried to use favorable publicity to bolster his image by having himself photographed chopping down a tree on his farm, perhaps trying to emulate Roosevelt's much-admired vigor.
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 SitNews -Fairbanks: Golden Heart City; A story of its founding   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A fl spruce or two along the river's cutbanks that had toppled into the water during the spring's ice breakup swept the hull of the overloaded steamer as she labored upstream.
And then in 1906 Fairbanks the commercial district was devastated by a major fire, the town's first, but not its last, major disaster.
The one thing that remained constant was the spirit and zest of Fairbanks, its determination to survive and prosper ­ and maybe the memory of the saints and sinners who built it.
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 Fairbanks Charles Warren - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Fairbanks, Charles Warren (1852-1918), American political leader and 26th vice-president of the United States (1905-1909).
Fairbanks, Douglas (1883-1939), American film actor and producer, noted especially for the daring athletic feats and expert swordsmanship that...
In 1885 he welcomed the British agent, Charles Warren, who established the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
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 Charles W. Fairbanks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
His sixth cousin, once removed, was murderer Jason Fairbanks.
Although unsuccessful, it should be noted however that Fairbanks was the second of two former Vice Presidents to be nominated by his party for his former office.
Fairbanks • Coolidge • Dawes • Curtis • Knox • McNary • Bricker • Warren • Nixon • Lodge • Miller • Agnew • Dole • Bush Quayle • Kemp • Cheney
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 Fairbanks Alaska History
Earlier that year, Barnette had promised Federal Judge James Wickersham that he's name his trading post "Fairbanks" in honor of Charles Fairbanks, the Republican senator from Indiana, a man that the judge greatly admired.
By November of that year, Fairbanks was incorporated into a city and Barnette was elected as the first Mayor.
Early Fairbanks survived food shortages in the winters of 1902 and 1903, a flood in 1905 and a fire that wiped out downtown in 1906.
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 FAIRBANKS MSS.
The Fairbanks mss., 1819-1939, consist of letters and papers of Charles Warren Fairbanks, 1852-1918, U.S. senator and vice-president of the U.S., and his son, Warren Charles Fairbanks, 1878-1938, newspaper publisher.
Most of the material belongs to Fairbanks' early years of practice as a railroad attorney and to his senatorial and vice- presidential periods.
The Warren Charles Fairbanks papers, 1918-1938, relate to the settlement of the estate of his father, Charles Warren Fairbanks; the Indianapolis News; the Fairbanks Blue ridge farms in Piatt County, Illinois; and the Fairbanks Valley farms in Greene County, Illinois.
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