John Fairfield (30 January 1797 – 24 December 1847) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-ME 1) from 4 March 1835 to 24 December 1838 (succeeding Rufus McIntire and preceding Nathan Clifford), Governor from 2 January 1839 to 12 January 1841 (succeeding Edward Kent and preceding Richard H. Vose) and from 5 January 1842 to 7 March 1843 (succeeding Kent and preceding Edward Kavanagh), and a US Senator from 7 March 1843 to 24 December 1847 (succeeding Reuel Williams and preceding Wyman B.S. Moor).
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John Fairfield was born in Saco, Maine in 1797, and he served in the state judiciary before serving in the US House of Representatives from 1835 to 1838, as Governor from 1839 to 1841 and from 1842 to 1843, and in the US Senate from 1843 to 1847. He died in office in 1847, and Fort Fairfield was named for him.