Henry Mills Fuller

Henry M. Fuller
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 12th district
In office
March 4, 1855  March 3, 1857
Preceded by Hendrick Bradley Wright
Succeeded by John Gallagher Montgomery
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 11th district
In office
March 4, 1851  March 3, 1853
Preceded by John Brisbin
Succeeded by Christian Markle Straub
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1848-1849
Personal details
Born (1820-01-03)January 3, 1820
Bethany, Pennsylvania
Died December 26, 1860(1860-12-26) (aged 40)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political party Whig
Alma mater Princeton 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

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 resumed the practice of law, and died in Philadelphia in 1860. Interment in Hollenback Cemetery in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

Sources

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
John Brisbin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district

1851–1853
Succeeded by
Christian M. Straub
Preceded by
Hendrick B. Wright
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district

1855–1857
Succeeded by
John G. Montgomery


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