17 Facts About Lucius Fairchild

Lucius Fairchild was an American politician, soldier, and diplomat.

Lucius Fairchild served as the tenth governor of Wisconsin and represented the United States as Minister to Spain under presidents Rutherford B Hayes and James A Garfield.

In 1858, with the American Civil War looming, Fairchild volunteered as a private with the Wisconsin militia company known as the "Governor's Guard".

Lucius Fairchild was shot in the upper arm, captured, tended to, and released.

Lucius Fairchild resigned from the military in November 1863 and was appointed Secretary of State of Wisconsin, before being elected three term Governor of Wisconsin.

Lucius Fairchild later served as Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States ; during the former of these terms, he came to national prominence for calling upon God to "palsy" President Grover Cleveland for offering to return several captured Confederate battle flags to the veterans of their respective regiments as a peace gesture towards the South.

Lucius Fairchild was a member of the Society of the Army of the Potomac.

Lucius Fairchild received 95 degrees in the Masonic Order "Egyptian Masonic Rite of Memphis".

Lucius Fairchild died in Madison, Wisconsin in May 1896, and was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery.

Lucius Fairchild believed Reconstruction ended too early, and on terms he described as "cowardly" and "disgraceful".

Lucius Fairchild supported Wisconsin Senator Timothy O Howe in pushing for more severe measures in the South that would guarantee civil rights by force.

Lucius Fairchild had a grandfather and a great-grandfather who fought in the American Revolution.

Lucius Fairchild is a descendant of Thomas Lucius Fairchild who emigrated to North America in 1639.

Lucius Fairchild's wife was Frances Bull Fairchild, and together they had three daughters: Mary, Sarah, and Caryl.

The town of Fairchild, Wisconsin and the 422-foot Liberty ship SS Lucius Fairchild, built in 1943 in Portland, Oregon for the United States War Shipping Administration, were named in his honor, as was Mount Fairchild, a prominent peak located in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

In Kent, Ohio, where Lucius Fairchild was born in 1831, Lucius Fairchild Avenue is named after him.

Lucius Fairchild visited Kent with much fanfare in 1887 and the road was officially named for him in 1904.