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Henry Mills Fuller

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Henry M. Fuller
Contemporary photo reproduced in the Wilkes-Barre Record for November 2, 1929
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania
In office
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Preceded byJohn Brisbin
Succeeded byChristian Markle Straub
Constituency11th district
In office
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Preceded byHendrick Bradley Wright
Succeeded byJohn Gallagher Montgomery
Constituency12th district
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1848-1849
Personal details
Born(1820-01-03)January 3, 1820
Bethany, Pennsylvania
DiedDecember 26, 1860(1860-12-26) (aged 40)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political partyWhig
Alma materPrinceton University

Henry Mills Fuller (January 3, 1820 – December 26, 1860) was a Whig and Opposition Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

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Henry M. Fuller was born in Bethany, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Princeton College in 1839. He studied law, was admitted to the bar January 3, 1842, and commenced practice in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1848 and 1849.

Fuller was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852. He was reelected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1856. He was runninng the Speakership of House of Reprensatives, but he was a favor of Missouri Compromsive. A newspaper in Missouri said "We would not care if H.M. Fuller was a Southern man and owner every Negro in Lousiana ... we would spurn him."[1] He resumed the practice of law, and died in Philadelphia in 1860. Interment in Hollenback Cemetery[2] in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

References

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  1. ^ The Brunswicker January 26, 1856, 2.
  2. ^ Hollenback Cemetery https://www.pahomepage.com/top-stories/exploring-the-history-of-hollenback-cemetery/

Sources

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  • United States Congress. "Henry Mills Fuller (id: F000410)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district

1851–1853
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district

1855–1857
Succeeded by