Timothy Fuller
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's4th district
In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1825
Preceded by	Asahel Stearns
Succeeded by	Edward Everett
Member of theMassachusetts Senate
In office 1813-1816
Personal details
Born	(1778-07-11)July 11, 1778 Chilmark, Massachusetts
Died	October 1, 1835(1835-10-01) (aged 57) Groton, Massachusetts
Political party	Democratic-Republican
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Lawyer, schoolteacher

Timothy Fuller (July 11, 1778 – October 1, 1835) was aU.S. representative fromMassachusetts.

Fuller was born inChilmark, Massachusetts. His father, also named Timothy, the first settled minister ofPrinceton, Massachusetts, was third in descent, from Thomas,^[1] who emigrated from England in 1638. The younger Timothy received a classical education and graduated fromHarvard University in 1801 with second honors. He taught atLeicester Academy, then studied law withLevi Lincoln.^[2] He wasadmitted to the bar and commenced practice inBoston. He served as member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives, as a State councilor and served in theMassachusetts State Senate from 1813 to 1816.

Fuller was elected as aDemocratic-Republican to theFifteenth through theSeventeenth Congresses and reelected as an Adams–Clay Republican to theEighteenth Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1825). He served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs in the Seventeenth Congress. He was distinguished as an orator, making effective speeches in behalf of theSeminole Indians, and against theMissouri compromise. He was an ardent supporter ofJohn Quincy Adams, and published a pamphlet entitled "The Election for the Presidency Considered," which was widely circulated.^[2]

Fuller married Margaret Crane in 1809 and moved to71 Cherry Street inCambridgeport, Massachusetts. He was the father of earlyfeministMargaret Fuller and Unitarian ministerArthur Buckminster Fuller. Through the latter, he is also the great-grandfather of inventor and thinkerBuckminster Fuller.^[3] and, through Arthur's brother Richard Frederick Fuller, the great-great-great-grandfather of US Treasury SecretaryTimothy Geithner.^[4] He died suddenly of cholera, intestate and insolvent,^[2] inGroton, Massachusetts, on October 1, 1835, and was interred inMount Auburn Cemetery inCambridge.

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