Philo C. Fuller

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::summary American politician ::

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Field	Value
name	Philo C. Fuller
image	Philo C. Fuller.png
office	New York State Comptroller
term_start	1850
term_end	1851
governor	Hamilton Fish
Washington Hunt
predecessor	Washington Hunt
successor	John Wright
order2	5th
office2	Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives
term_start2	1841
term_end2	1841
predecessor2	Henry Acker
successor2	John Biddle
state_house3	Michigan
district3	Lenawee County
term_start3	1841
term_end3	1841
state4	New York
district4	30th
term_start4	March 4, 1833
term_end4	September 2, 1836
predecessor4	Bates Cooke
successor4	John Young
state_senate5	New York
district5	8th
term_start5	1831
term_end5	1832
state_assembly6	New York
district6	Livingston County
term_start6	1829
term_end6	1830
birth_date
birth_place	Marlborough, Massachusetts
death_date
death_place	Geneva, New York
restingplace	Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, New York
spouse	Sophia Nowlen
children	3
parents	Samuel Fuller
Delia Case
branch	United States Army
battles	War of 1812
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Philo Case Fuller (August 14, 1787, near Marlboro, Middlesex County, Massachusetts – August 16, 1855, near Geneva, Ontario County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician.

Early life

Fuller was born on August 14, 1787, in Marlborough, Massachusetts. He was the son of Samuel Fuller and Delia (née Case) Fuller. He served in the War of 1812.

Fuller was educated at the local common schools. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1813, and practiced in Geneseo, New York.

Career

Fuller served as private secretary to General William Wadsworth of Geneseo, New York, and practiced law in Albany, New York.

From 1829 to 1830, he was a member of the New York State Assembly (Livingston Co.) in 52nd and 53rd New York State Legislatures. From 1831 to 1832, he was a member of the New York State Senate (8th D.), sitting in the 54th and 55th New York State Legislatures.

Fuller was elected as an Anti-Mason to the 23rd United States Congress, and re-elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the 24th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1833, to September 2, 1836, when he resigned, and moved to Adrian, Michigan, where he engaged in banking and was president of the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad.

He was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives in 1841 and was Speaker until April 3 when he resigned having been appointed Assistant United States Postmaster General by President William Henry Harrison. Later that year, he was an unsuccessful Whig candidate for Governor of Michigan. Afterwards he returned to Geneseo, New York.

On December 18, 1850, he was appointed New York State Comptroller, and served for the remainder of Washington Hunt's unexpired term until the end of 1851.

Personal life

In April 1817, he married Sophia Nowlen ( – 1850), a native of Connecticut. Their children were:

• Samuel Lucius Fuller (1818–1897), who served as private secretary to Charles H. Carroll.
• Edward Philo Fuller (1820–1866), who married Cornelia Granger Carroll (1826–1909), daughter of Congressman Charles H. Carroll
• George A. Fuller (b. 1822).

Fuller died near Geneva, New York, on August 16, 1855. He was buried at the Temple Hill Cemetery in Geneseo.

References

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;Sources

• Philo Fuller Political Graveyard
• List of Speakers of the MI House, at MI Legislature (PDF)
• Fuller family, at rootsweb
• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 34, 141 and 274; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

References

1. "FULLER, Philo Case - Biographical Information". [[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]].
2. (1915). "Genealogies of the State of New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation". Lewis Historical Publishing Company.
3. (1897). "Annual Report of the Secretary of the Michigan State Horticultural Society". by Authority.

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