Henry Mills Fuller (January 3, 1820 – December 26, 1860) was a Whig and

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Party member of the

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from

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Biography

Henry M. Fuller was born in Bethany, Pennsylvania. He graduated from

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in 1839. He studied law, was admitted to the bar January 3, 1842, and commenced practice in

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. He was a member of the

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in 1848 and 1849. Fuller was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in

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. He was reelected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in

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. He resumed the practice of law, and died in

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in 1860. Interment in Hollenback Cemetery in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

Sources

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