Thomas E. Fairchild

Thomas Fairchild
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In office
August 31, 1981 – February 12, 2007
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In office
1975–1981
Preceded byLuther Merritt Swygert
Succeeded byWalter Cummings
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In office
August 11, 1966 – August 31, 1981
Appointed byLyndon B. Johnson
Preceded byF. Ryan Duffy
Succeeded byJohn Louis Coffey
Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
In office
January 1, 1957 – August 11, 1966
Preceded byEdward Fairchild
Succeeded byLeo B. Hanley
United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin
In office
March 20, 1951 – July 8, 1952
PresidentHarry S. Truman
Preceded byCharles Cashin
Succeeded byFrank Nikolay
31st Attorney General of Wisconsin
In office
November 12, 1948 – January 1, 1951
GovernorOscar Rennebohm
Preceded byGrover L. Broadfoot
Succeeded byVernon W. Thomson
Personal details
Born
Thomas Edward Fairchild

(1912-12-25)December 25, 1912
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedFebruary 12, 2007(2007-02-12) (aged 94)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseEleanor Dahl (Deceased 2005)
Children4
RelativesEdward Fairchild (father)
EducationDeep Springs College
Cornell University (BA)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (LLB)

Thomas Edward Fairchild (December 25, 1912 – February 12, 2007) was an American lawyer and judge. He served forty years as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Earlier in his career he was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, and the 31st Attorney General of Wisconsin.