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24 december 1847 january 30 , 1797 december 12 , 1841 january 5 , 1842 -- march 7 24 , 1843 , 1847 december 24 , 1838 january laurel hill cemetery , saco , maine bowdoin college washington , d.c. 200px law , trade reuel williams rufus mcintire edward kent -lrb- twice -rrb- december 2 , 1839 4 , 1843 march 4 , 1835 january member 's 1st district 13th & 16th governor of maine of the u.s. house of representatives from maine johnfairfield.jpg john fairfield wyman edward kavanagh b. s. moor nathan clifford richard h. vose saco , maine united states senator democratic maine john fairfield

john fairfield

john fairfield -lrb- january 30 , 1797december 24 , 1847 -rrb- was a u.s. politician from maine having served separately as a u.s. congressman , state governor and u.s. senator .
he was born in saco , maine and attended the saco schools , thornton academy , and bowdoin college in brunswick , maine .
he then engaged in trade and studied law , being admitted to the bar in 1826 , and practiced successfully in his native town and in biddeford , maine .
he was appointed a trustee of thornton academy in 1826 and served as president of the board of trustees from 1845 to 1847 .
he was appointed reporter of the maine supreme judicial court in 1834 , and was then elected to the united states house of representatives as a democrat , serving from march 4 , 1835 , to december 24 , 1838 , when he resigned , having been elected governor .
he was the 13th and 16th governor of maine from 1838 to 1841 , and again from 1842 to 1843 , when he resigned , having been elected a united states senator to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of reuel williams .
he was then reelected and served from march 3 , 1843 until his death in 1847 .
during his time in the congress he was chairman of the u.s. senate committee on naval affairs for the 29th and 30th congresses .
he was the author of `` supreme court reports '' , published in augusta , maine between 1835 and 1837 .
john fairfield is the namesake of the town of fort fairfield , maine .
