American politician
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.[ 1]
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.[ 2]
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 .[ 1]
Career
Fuller served as private secretary to General William Wadsworth of Geneseo, New York , and practiced law in Albany, New York .[ 1]
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 .[ 1]
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 .[ 1]
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 .[ 1]
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.[ 1]
Personal life
In April 1817, he married Sophia Nowlen (c. 1791 – 1850), a native of Connecticut.[ 3] Their children were:[ 2]
Samuel Lucius Fuller (1818–1897), who served as private secretary to Charles H. Carroll .[ 3]
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.[ 1]
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