"Indiana Senator" Charles W. Fairbanks Signed 2X3.5 Card Dated 1887 Mueller COA

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"Indiana Senator" Charles W. Fairbanks Hand Signed 2X3.5 Card Dated 1887.
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Charles Warren Fairbanks
(May 11, 1852 – June 4, 1918) was an American politician who served as a
senator
from
Indiana
from 1897 to 1905 and the 26th
vice president of the United States
from 1905 to 1909. He was also the Republican vice presidential nominee in the
1916 presidential election
. Had the Republican ticket been elected, Fairbanks would have become the third (and to date only Republican and non-consecutive) Vice President to multiple presidents, after
George Clinton
and
John C. Calhoun
. Born in
Unionville Center, Ohio
, Fairbanks moved to
Indianapolis
after graduating from
Ohio Wesleyan University
. He became an attorney and railroad financier, working under railroad magnate
Jay Gould
. Fairbanks delivered the keynote address at the
1896 Republican National Convention
and won election to the Senate the following year. In the Senate, he became an advisor to President
William McKinley
and served on a commission that helped settle the
Alaska boundary dispute
. The
1904 Republican National Convention
selected Fairbanks as the running mate for President
Theodore Roosevelt
. As vice president, Fairbanks worked against Roosevelt's
progressive
policies. Fairbanks unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination at the
1908 Republican National Convention
and backed
William Howard Taft
in 1912 against Roosevelt. Fairbanks sought the presidential nomination at the
1916 Republican National Convention
, but was instead selected as the vice presidential nominee, serving on a ticket with
Charles Evans Hughes
. In the 1916 election, the Republican ticket lost to the
Democratic
ticket of President
Woodrow Wilson
and Vice President
Thomas R. Marshall
. Fairbanks was born in a
log cabin
near
Unionville Center, Ohio
, the son of Mary Adelaide (Smith) and Loriston Monroe Fairbanks, a wagon-maker. Fairbanks in his youth saw his family's home used as a hiding place for runaway slaves. After attending country schools and working on a farm, Fairbanks attended
Ohio Wesleyan University
, where he graduated in 1872. While there, Fairbanks was co-editor of the school newspaper with
Cornelia Cole
, whom he married after both graduated from the school.