Charles Fairbanks

Charles Fairbanks (May 11, 1852 – June 4, 1918) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1905 to March 4, 1909.

As a President of the conservative Republican circles, Fairbanks is mainly remembered for his vetoing of the Comprehensive Federal Trade Act, the one directed at improvement of the social security system in the United States, in spite of the Senate's vote majority in support of it. This act was poorly recieved by the public and the political elite alike and the President's personal unpopularity led to the ratifying of the Congressional Government Amendment that stripped the chief executive of most of his powers and established a parliamentary structure in the Second Republic in lieu of the presidental system.