Alma mater Princeton University Resigned March 3, 1857 Name Henry Fuller | ||
Preceded by Hendrick Bradley Wright Succeeded by Christian Markle Straub Role Former U.S. Representative Previous office Representative (PA 12th District) 1855–1857 Books Speech of Hon Henry M Fuller, Upon the Contested Election from the Eleventh Congressional District of Pennsylvania, Hendrick B Wright Vs. Henry M | ||
Henry Mills Fuller (January 3, 1820 – December 26, 1860) was a Whig and Opposition Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Henry M. Fuller was born in Bethany, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Princeton College in 1839. He studied law, was admitted to the bar January 3, 1842, and commenced practice in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1848 and 1849.
Fuller was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852. He was reelected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1856. He resumed the practice of law, and died in Philadelphia in 1860. Interment in Hollenback Cemetery in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.