George Fuller (November 7, 1802 – November 24, 1888) was an American newspaperman and politician who served briefly as a
Democratic member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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from 1844 to 1845.
Biography
George Fuller was born in
Norwich, Connecticut. He later moved to
Montrose, Pennsylvania
Montrose is a borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States, south-southeast of Binghamton, New York and north by west of Scranton. The land is elevated approximately 1,400 feet (427 m) above sea level. It is the Susquehanna Cou ...
and engaged in mercantile pursuits.
Fuller was elected as a Democrat to the
Twenty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Almon H. Read.
He was editor of the ''Montrose Democrat'', the ''Montrose Gazette'', and the ''Susquehanna Register''.
He served as treasurer of
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the
Republican
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Political ideology
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Party during the last 25 years of his life. He died in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1888 and was buried in Montrose.
Sources
The Political Graveyard
1802 births
1888 deaths
People from Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Republicans
19th-century American politicians
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