James Graham Fair was a mine superintendent and later U.S. Senator

E530345

James Graham Fair was a prominent 19th-century Irish-American mining magnate and politician who amassed great wealth from the Comstock Lode and later served as a U.S. Senator from Nevada.

All labels observed (1)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States senator ⓘ
human ⓘ
mining magnate ⓘ
politician ⓘ
burialPlace Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart disease ⓘ
child Theresa Alice Fair ⓘ
Virginia Graham Fair ⓘ
countryOfBirth Ireland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1831-12-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1894-12-28 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Irish-American ⓘ
familyName Fair ⓘ
fieldOfWork mining ⓘ
railroads ⓘ
real estate ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
immigratedTo United States of America ⓘ
knownFor amassing great wealth from the Comstock Lode ⓘ
membership in the Bonanza Kings ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
name James Graham Fair ⓘ
notableEvent participation in development of the Comstock Lode in Nevada ⓘ
notableWork development of the Comstock Lode mines ⓘ
occupation businessperson ⓘ
investor ⓘ
mine superintendent ⓘ
miner ⓘ
railroad executive ⓘ
real estate developer ⓘ
partnerInBusinessWith James Clair Flood ⓘ
John William Mackay ⓘ
William S. O'Brien ⓘ
placeOfBirth Clougher, County Tyrone, Ireland ⓘ
placeOfDeath San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ
positionHeld United States Senator from Nevada ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
representedJurisdiction Nevada ⓘ
residence San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ
Virginia City, Nevada, United States of America ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Theresa Rooney Fair ⓘ
termEnd 1887-03-03 ⓘ
termStart 1881-03-04 ⓘ
workLocation San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ
Virginia City, Nevada, United States of America ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bonanza Kings → notableMemberRole → James Graham Fair was a mine superintendent and later U.S. Senator ⓘ
subject linked to: Bonanza kings