Benoni Stinson Fuller (November 13, 1825 – April 14, 1903) was an American educator and politician who served two terms as a

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from

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from 1875 to 1879.

Biography

Born near

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, Fuller attended the common schools, and later taught school in

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. He became

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of Warrick County in 1856 and 1858. He served in the

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in 1862, 1870, and 1872, and served as member of the

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1866-1868.

Congress

Fuller was elected as a

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to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1878.

Later career and death

He then engaged in agricultural pursuits in Warrick County. He died in

, April 14, 1903. He was interred in Old Boonville Cemetery.

Electoral history

References

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