The 26th Vice President serving under Teddy Roosevelt, Charles W. Fairbanks was famous for his opposition to Roosevelt’s “Square Deal” earning him the nickname of the “Puppet of Wall Street” and the ire of many Americans…
A lawyer by trade, Fairbanks was born in a log cabin and through his own sheer intelligence (and some back alley deal making) rose up through the ranks of the Republican Party to win the VP nomination not once, but twice, and for two different presidents.
Indeed, had he and Charles Evans Hughes won the 1916 election, Fairbanks would’ve become one of only three men to serve as vice president (after George Clinton and John C. Calhoun) and the only to serve non-consecutive terms!
