Texas Legislators: Past & Present

I.D. Fairchild

Full Name: I. D. Fairchild
Birth date: December 31, 1875
Death date: May 1, 1928

Terms of Service

Senate, 40th ⁽⁶⁾ & 39th ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislatures
1/13/1925 - 5/1/1928
Democrat
Senate, 38th ⁽⁴⁾ & 37th ⁽³⁾ Legislatures
1/11/1921 - 1/13/1925
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 6/14/1923, 3rd C.S.
House, 36th Legislature
1/14/1919 - 1/11/1921
Democrat
House, 35th Legislature
1/9/1917 - 1/14/1919
Democrat
House, 34th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ Legislature
4/30/1915 - 1/9/1917
Democrat

(1) I.D. Fairchild, sworn 4/30/1915, succeeded Benjamin A. Calhoun, died 3/24/1915. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) 39th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/15/1925, pp. 34-35. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(3) 37th Legislature - List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 2nd, 1920, oath of office administered, 1/11/1921, pp. 2-3. Senate Journal .
(4) 38th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators/Absent, 1/9/1923, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(5) 39th Legislature - All 31 Senators were elected on November 4, 1924, per Secretary of State, oath of office administered, 1/13/1925, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(6) 40th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/11/1927, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(7) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in 35th-40th Legislatures. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

41st Legislature, R.S. - Memorial resolution SR 65, 2/12/1929, p. 648. Senate Journal .
41st Legislature, R.S. - Memorial address for Senator I.W. Fairchild delivered by T.J. Holbrook, pp. 573-576. Senate Journal .

Photographs

Photograph. I.D. Fairchilds, State Preservation Board
Photograph. I.D. Fairchild, State Preservation Board
Photograph. I.D. Fairchild, State Preservation Board
Photograph. I.D. Fairchild, State Preservation Board
Photograph. I.D. Fairchild, State Preservation Board
Photograph. I.D. Fairchild, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary and photo, Senator I.D. Fairchild, "Flag at Half-Mast," 5/1/1928, pp. 1-2. "Fairchild Burial Held at Lufkin," 5/5/1928, p. 3. Born 12/31/1875 near Burke, Angelina County. Dallas Morning News .
I.D. Fairchild, birth date 12/31/1875 in Burke, Texas, death date 5/1/1928 in Dallas, occupation: Senator. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
I.D. Fairchild, birth date 12/31/1875, death date 5/1/1928, burial in Ryan Chapel Cemetery, Diboll, Angelina County. Includes portrait, reprint of funeral notice from the Dallas Morning News, 5/5/1928. Find a Grave .
Mentioned in I.D. FAIRCHILD STATE FOREST. Handbook of Texas Online .
Husband of FAIRCHILD, MARGUERITE GIBSON SHEARER (1885-1974). Handbook of Texas Online .