Joseph Paddock Fairbanks

Joseph FAIRBANKS (1806-1855)), with brothers Erastus FAIRBANKS (1792-1864) and Thaddeus FAIRBANKS (1796-1886, founder and benefactor of St. Johnsbury Academy, VT and founder of E. & T. Fairbanks & Co. (now Fairbanks Scales, Inc.), and inventor and developer of the platform scales (1830, patented 1831).

Joseph Paddock Fairbanks was born in 1806. He studied law from 1828 to 1833 and had a law practice in Vermont before joining his brothers in the platform scale business. He was elected to the legislature in 1845 and fought for improvements in education, temperance, and spoke out against slavery and against the Mexican War. Together with his brothers he founded St. Johnsbury Academy.

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