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Harrison was born in New York City on March 13, 1869, to Burton Harrison and his wife Constance

Cary.[3] Burton had served as private secretary to Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate
States of America during the American Civil War, and Constance Cary was a novelist.[4] Harrison's
brother, Francis Burton Harrison, was Governor-General of the Philippines from 1913 to 1921.
Another brother was Archibald, and all three brothers attended Yale University. Fairfax Harrison
graduated from Yale in 1890; he was a member of the Skull and Bones secret society.[2] He went on
to attend Columbia University, earning a Masters in Arts.

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