Political and Diplomatic Career
Fairchild resigned from the military in November, 1863 and was appointed Secretary of State of Wisconsin (1864–1866), before being elected three term Governor of Wisconsin (1866–1872). 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. Fairchild's later served as Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic (1886–87) and of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (1893–95); during the former of these terms, he came to national prominence for calling upon God to "palsy" U.S. President Grover Cleveland for ordering some captured Confederate standards returned to the appropriate southern states. General Fairchild also received 95 degrees in the Masonic Order "Egyptian Masonic Rite of Memphis."
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