Timothy Fuller

Timothy Fuller

Timothy Fuller (born July 11, 1778 in Chilmark , Dukes County , Massachusetts , †  October 1, 1835 in Groton , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1817 and 1825 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Timothy Fuller enjoyed a good education and then studied at Harvard University until 1801 . He then worked for some time as a teacher at the Leicester Academy . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1804, he began to work in this profession in Boston . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Republican Party . Between 1813 and 1817 he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate .

In the congressional election of 1816 Fuller was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Asahel Stearns on March 4, 1817 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1825 . From 1821 to 1823 he was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs. Fuller was a supporter of President John Quincy Adams . Between 1825 and 1828 and again in 1831 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives . Timothy Fuller died in Groton on October 1, 1835.

Timothy Fuller's eldest daughter was the social reformer and writer Margaret Fuller .

Web links

• Timothy Fuller in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Timothy Fuller in the database of Find a Grave (English)