James Graham Fair (December 3, 1831 – December 28, 1894) was an Irish immigrant to the United States who became a highly successful mining engineer and businessman. His investments in silver mines in Nevada made him a millionaire, and he was one of the famous "silver kings" who became wealthy on the Comstock Lode. Fair later became a real estate investor and railroad builder in California. In 1881, he was elected a United States Senator from Nevada.
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3 December 1831 Clogher, County Tyrone, United Kingdom
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Died |
28 December 1894 (aged 63) San Francisco, California
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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