Elmer L. Fulton

Elmer Lincoln Fulton (April 22, 1865 – October 4, 1939) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.

Elmer Lincoln Fulton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Oklahoma's 2nd district
In office
November 16, 1907 – March 3, 1909
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byDick T. Morgan
Personal details
BornApril 22, 1865 (1865-04-22)
Magnolia, Iowa
DiedOctober 4, 1939 (1939-10-05) (aged 74)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Citizenship United States
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Mabel Rinehart Fulton
ChildrenMarjorie McAllister Fulton Harrell;Dorothy Belle Fulton Marchbank
Alma materTabor College
ProfessionAttorney politician

Biography

Born in Magnolia, Iowa, 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. He attended the public schools and Tabor College, Tabor, Iowa. 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.[1] He married Mabel Rinehart on March 7, 1906.[2]

Fulton was elected as a Democrat 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.[3] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress, and resumed the practice of law in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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 interred at Valhalla Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri. Senator Charles William Fulton from Oregon, was his brother.[4]

References
  1. "Elmer L. Fulton". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  2. "Elmer L. Fulton". Oklahoma Historical Society. Archived from the original on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  3. "Elmer L. Fulton". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  4. "Elmer L. Fulton". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 23 May 2013.


U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
District created		 United States Representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Oklahoma
1907–1909		 Succeeded by
Dick T. Morgan
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.