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Henry M. Fuller | |
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.jpg) Contemporary photo reproduced in theWilkes-Barre Record for November 2, 1929 | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania | |
| In office March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | |
| Preceded by | John Brisbin |
| Succeeded by | Christian Markle Straub |
| Constituency | 11th district |
| In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | |
| Preceded by | Hendrick Bradley Wright |
| Succeeded by | John Gallagher Montgomery |
| Constituency | 12th district |
| Member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives | |
| In office 1848-1849 | |
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| Born | (1820-01-03)January 3, 1820 |
| Died | December 26, 1860(1860-12-26) (aged 40) |
| Political party | Whig |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
Henry Mills Fuller (January 3, 1820 – December 26, 1860) was aWhig andOpposition Party member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Henry M. Fuller was born inBethany, Pennsylvania. He graduated fromPrinceton College in 1839. He studied law, was admitted to the bar January 3, 1842, and commenced practice inWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was a member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives in 1848 and 1849.
Fuller was elected as a Whig to theThirty-second Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1852. He was reelected as an Opposition Party candidate to theThirty-fourth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in1856. He was running for the Speakership of the House of Representatives, but he was in favor of theMissouri Compromise. A newspaper in Missouri said "We would not care if H.M. Fuller was a Southern man and owned every Negro in Louisiana ... we would spurn him."[1] He resumed the practice of law, and died inPhiladelphia in 1860. Interment in Hollenback Cemetery[2] in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 11th congressional district 1851–1853 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 12th congressional district 1855–1857 | Succeeded by |
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