Elmer Lincoln Fulton | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOklahoma's2nd district | |
| In office November 16, 1907 – March 3, 1909 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Dick T. Morgan |
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| Born | April 22, 1865 (1865-04-22) Magnolia, Iowa, US |
| Died | October 4, 1939(1939-10-04) (aged 74) |
| Resting place | Valhalla Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Mabel Rinehart Fulton |
| Children | Marjorie McAllister Fulton Harrell;Dorothy Belle Fulton Marchbank |
| Alma mater | Tabor College |
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Elmer Lincoln Fulton (April 22, 1865 – October 4, 1939) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as aU.S. Representative fromOklahoma from 1907 to 1909.
Born inMagnolia, Iowa, on April 22, 1865, Fulton was son to Jacob and Eliza Ann McAllester Fulton. He moved to Nebraska in 1870 with his parents, and they settled inPawnee City. He attended the public schools and Tabor College,Tabor, Iowa. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1895. He commenced practice at Pawnee City until he moved toStillwater, in the Territory of Oklahoma, in 1901. There, he continued the practice of law.[1]
Fulton was elected as aDemocrat to the Sixtieth Congress September 17, 1907, and served from November 16, 1907, when Oklahoma was admitted as a State into the Union, until March 4, 1909.[2] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress.
After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law inOklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Appointed assistant attorney general of Oklahoma in 1919, Fulton served until 1922, when he resigned and again resumed the practice of his profession.
Fulton died on October 4, 1939 (age 74 years, 165 days) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He isinterred at Valhalla Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.
He married Mabel Rinehart on March 7, 1906.[3]
SenatorCharles W. Fulton from Oregon, was his brother.[4]
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| Preceded by District created | United States Representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Oklahoma 1907–1909 | Succeeded by |
