Complex sentence: After his time as governor, Fairchild was appointed U.S. consul at Liverpool (1871) and then consul general at Paris (1880-1881), Fairchild was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain.
Split into simpler sentences: After his time as governor, Fairchild was appointed U.S. consul at Liverpool in 1871 and then consul general at Paris. From 1880 to 1881, Fairchild was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain.