George Winthrop Fairchild (May 6, 1854 – December 31, 1924), was a six-term Republican U.S. Representative from New York.
Prior to joining congress, he was a businessman and investor, best known as the chairman of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company from 1915 to 1924, which later became IBM.
He later became chairman of the company and continued in this role when, in February 1924, CTR was renamed as IBM.
His home in Oneonta, known as the Fairchild Mansion, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
[1] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress