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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaLouis William FAIRFIELD
(1858-1930)
FAIRFIELD, Louis William,
a Representative from Indiana; born in a log cabin near Wapakoneta,
Auglaize County, Ohio, October 15, 1858; moved to Allen County,
Ohio, in 1866 and resided on a farm near Lima; attended the public
schools; moved to Middle Point, Van Wert County, Ohio, in 1872;
taught school for six months, and then attended the Ohio Northern
University at Ada in 1876; continued teaching and attending school
until 1888; editor of the Hardin County Republican at Kenton, Ohio,
in 1881 and 1882; taught school in Middle Point in 1883 and 1884;
moved to Angola, Steuben County, Ind., in 1885, being selected to
assist in the building of Tri-State College, Angola, Ind.; vice
president of and teacher at Tri-State College 1885-1917;
unsuccessful candidate for the State senate in 1912; elected as a
Republican to the Sixty-fifth and to the three succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1925); chairman, Committee on
Insular Affairs (Sixty-eighth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for
renomination in 1924; occasionally engaged as a lecturer and
resided in Angola, Ind.; died in Joilet, Ill., while on a visit,
February 20, 1930; interment in Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola,
Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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