Elmer Lincoln Fulton (April 22, 1865 – October 4, 1939) was an American politician and a

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Biography

Born in

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, 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 in

Pawnee City Pawnee City is a city and county seat of Pawnee County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 878 at the 2010 census. History Pawnee City was incorporated in 1858, and is named after the Pawnee Native Americans. By the 1880s, Pawnee Cit ...

. He attended the public schools and Tabor College,

Tabor, Iowa Tabor is a city in Fremont County and extends northward into Mills County in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 928 at the time of the 2020 census. Geography Tabor is located at (40.896605, -95.672368). According to the United States ...

. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1895. He commenced practice at Pawnee City until he moved to Stillwater, in the Territory of Oklahoma, in 1901. There, he continued the practice of law. He married Mabel Rinehart on March 7, 1906. Fulton was elected as a

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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. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress, and resumed the practice of law in

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. Appointed assistant attorney general of Oklahoma in 1919, Fulton served until 1922, when he resigned and again resumed the practice of his profession.

Death

Fulton died on October 4, 1939 (age 74 years, 165 days) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is

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at Valhalla Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri. Senator Charles William Fulton from Oregon, was his brother.

References

External links

Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Fulton, Elmer
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fulton, Elmer Lincoln 1865 births 1939 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma People from Harrison County, Iowa People from Tabor, Iowa People from Stillwater, Oklahoma Politicians from Oklahoma City People from Pawnee City, Nebraska Lawyers from Oklahoma City