William Fuller | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIowa's4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 | |
| Preceded by | Luman H. Weller |
| Succeeded by | Joseph H. Sweney |
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| Born | (1846-03-30)March 30, 1846 Howard, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | April 23, 1918(1918-04-23) (aged 72) Washington, D.C., U.S |
| Political party | Republican |
William Elijah Fuller (March 30, 1846 – April 23, 1918), was an attorney, and a two-termRepublicanU.S. Representative fromIowa's 4th congressional district in northeastern Iowa during the 1880s.
Born inHoward, Pennsylvania, Fuller moved with his parents toWest Union, Iowa, in 1853.He attended the common schools, and theUpper Iowa University at nearbyFayette. In 1866 and 1867, he held a position in theOffice of Indian Affairs of theUnited States Department of the Interior. He then attended theUniversity of Iowa College of Law atIowa City, where he received his law degree in June 1870. He wasadmitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in West Union.
He served as member of the West Union Board of Education for six years.In 1876 and 1877 he served as member of theIowa House of Representatives.He also served as member of the Republican state and congressional district committees.
In 1884 Fuller ran as aRepublican to represent Iowa's 4th congressional district in the U.S. House. After winning the Republican nomination, he defeated incumbentGreenback Party CongressmanLuman Hamlin Weller, who had become known in Washington as "Calamity" Weller.[1] After serving one term in the49th United States Congress, Fuller won the customary re-election that the district gave to incumbents, and served in the50th United States Congress. However, in 1888 he found himself beaten for renomination by state senator Joseph H. Sweney, who had been spoken of as a possible candidate two years before.[2] In all he served in Congress from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1889.
Fuller's House service was respectable enough, but undistinguished. On the old war issues and on pensions for veterans, he voted as Republicans wanted. He offered bills to refund the direct tax of 1861 imposed on the states and to donate a condemned cannon to the GAR post back home in West Union. He supported a tax on oleomargarine.
Starting in 1901 he served as an assistant attorney general with theSpanish Treaty Claims Commission until 1907. Afterwards he returned to the practice of law until his death inWashington, D.C., on April 23, 1918. He was interred in West Union Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | U.S. House of Representatives, 4th Iowa District 1885–1889 | Succeeded by |
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