About E. Y. Fair
Lived 1809 – 1886 (aged 76–77). E. Y. Fair was an American lawyer.
Elisha Young Fair (July 2, 1809 – December 23, 1886) was a lawyer and minister to Belgium under president James Buchanan from his appointment on June 14, 1858 through May 8, 1861. Fair lived in Montgomery, Alabama where he also worked as a lawyer. He was a delegate at Alabama's 1865 Constitutional Convention. While he was serving in Belgium, Henry Hotze served in Brussels.
Fair was the son of William Fair (1770-1851) and Elizabeth (Young) Fair (1774-1854). He was part of South Carolina College's class of 1834. He married Martha Ann Cornelia Wyatt April 21, 1849.
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Who was E. Y. Fair?
American lawyer and diplomat
When was E. Y. Fair born?
E. Y. Fair was born in 1809.
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E. Y. Fair died in 1886.
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E. Y. Fair was a lawyer.
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E. Y. Fair was American.
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