 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Fairbanks akanga ari mumiriri kuRepublican National Conventions ya1864 na1868. Muna 1868, Fairbanks aivawo mumwe wevanhu vaVermont vakasarudzwa musarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika ya1872. Muna 1869 akasarudzwa kuVermont State Senate; Akashanda imwe nguva, asi kurwara kwakamutadzisa kupinda nguva dzose. Akanga ari nhume ku1872 Republican National Convention. 