Edward T. Fairchild (judge)
{{short description|20th century American judge}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = The Honorable
| name = Edward T. Fairchild
| image name = Edward T. Fairchild (1872-1965) (8253035657) (1).jpg
| caption = Fairchild, circa 1940
|order = 15th
|title = Chief Justice of the {{nowrap|Wisconsin Supreme Court}}
| term_start = January 1, 1954
| term_end = January 7, 1957
| predecessor = Oscar M. Fritz
| successor = John E. Martin
|office1 = Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
| appointer1 = Walter J. Kohler, Sr.
| term_start1 = April 30, 1930
| term_end1 = January 7, 1957
| predecessor1 = Franz C. Eschweiler
| successor1 = Thomas E. Fairchild
|office2 = Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge {{nobreak|of the 2nd Circuit, Branch 6}}
| appointer2 = Emanuel L. Philipp
| term_start2 = September 1916
| term_end2 = April 30, 1930
| predecessor2 = Franz C. Eschweiler
| successor2 = John C. Kleczka
|state3 = Wisconsin
|state_senate3 = Wisconsin
|district3 = 5th
| term_start3 = January 13, 1915
| term_end3 = September 1916
| predecessor3 = George J. Weigle
| successor3 = Henry Otto Reinnoldt
| term_start4 = January 9, 1907
| term_end4 = January 11, 1911
| predecessor4 = Charles Cassius Rogers
| successor4 = George J. Weigle
|birth_name = Edward Thomas Fairchild
| birth_date = {{birth date|1872|6|17}}
| birth_place = Towanda, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1965|10|29|1872|6|17}}
| death_place = Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
|restingplace = Green Mount Cemetery
Dansville, New York
| party = Republican
| spouse = {{unbulleted list
| Helen McCurdy Edwards
| (m. 1903; died 1962)
}}
| children = {{unbulleted list
| Anne Edwards (Carter)
| {{sup|(b. 1905; died 1998)}}
| {{sup|(b. 1912; died 2007)}}
| 3 others
}}
| alma_mater =
}}
Edward Thomas Fairchild (June 17, 1872{{spaced ndash}}October 29, 1965) was an American jurist and legislator from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the 15th chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court; he served on the Court for 27 years, from 1930 to 1957. Before that, he served 14 years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Milwaukee County. He also represented central Milwaukee County for six years as a Republican in the Wisconsin Senate. His son, Thomas E. Fairchild, was also a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and a judge of the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Early life and education
Born in Towanda, Pennsylvania, Fairchild grew up in Dansville, New York, where he was educated. He was employed in a newspaper and studied law in the office of Rowe and Coyne. Later, he bought a farm in Dansville, where he would go to for vacations.{{cite report|chapter-url=http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1907 |title= The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin, 1907 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |chapter= Biographical sketches|pages= 1126–1127 |accessdate= April 23, 2019}}
Career
After being admitted to the New York bar, he moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he worked in the district attorney's office.
In 1906 he was elected to his first of three terms in the Wisconsin State Senate, ultimately serving in the 48th, 49th, and 52nd sessions of the Wisconsin legislature. In 1916, during the 52nd session of the legislature, he was appointed a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Milwaukee County.
In 1930, Fairchild was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court{{cite report|chapter-url=http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1931 |title=The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1931|publisher= State of Wisconsin|chapter= Judicial branch of the state government |page =385 |accessdate= April 23, 2019}} and served as chief justice from 1954 until his retirement in 1957. He was re-elected in 1936 and 1946.
In 1957, he administered the oath of office when his son, Thomas E. Fairchild, was sworn in as a member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.{{cite web |url=http://wicourts.gov/about/judges/supreme/retired/fairchild.htm |title=Wisconsin Court System - Edward T. Fairchild |accessdate=2010-07-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609115312/http://www.wicourts.gov/about/judges/supreme/retired/fairchild.htm |archivedate=2010-06-09 }} Thomas had been elected Edward's seat in 1956. He died in Madison Wisconsin in 1965 at 93
Notes
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{{s-bef|before = Charles Cassius Rogers}}
{{s-ttl|title = Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 5th district|years=1907{{spaced ndash}}1911}}
{{s-aft|after = George J. Weigle}}
{{s-bef|before = George J. Weigle}}
{{s-ttl|title = Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 5th district|years=1915{{spaced ndash}}1916}}
{{s-aft|after = Henry Otto Reinnoldt}}
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{{s-bef|before = Franz C. Eschweiler}}
{{s-ttl|title = Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge {{nobreak|of the 2nd Circuit, Branch 6}}|years=1916{{spaced ndash}}1930}}
{{s-aft|after = John C. Kleczka}}
{{s-bef|before = Franz C. Eschweiler}}
{{s-ttl|title = Justice of the {{nobreak|Wisconsin Supreme Court}}|years=1930{{spaced ndash}}1957}}
{{s-aft|after = Thomas E. Fairchild}}
{{s-bef|before = Oscar M. Fritz}}
{{s-ttl|title = Chief Justice of the {{nobreak|Wisconsin Supreme Court}}|years=1954{{spaced ndash}}1957}}
{{s-aft|after = John E. Martin}}
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Category:People from Dansville, New York
Category:People from Towanda, Pennsylvania
Category:Politicians from Milwaukee
Category:Republican Party Wisconsin state senators
Category:Wisconsin circuit court judges
Category:Chief justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Category:Lawyers from Milwaukee