Abram Fulkerson

Abram Fulkerson (born May 13, 1834 in Washington County , Virginia , †  December 17, 1902 in Bristol , Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1881 and 1883 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Abram Fulkerson attended the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington until 1857 and then taught as a teacher in Palmyra and Rogersville ( Tennessee ). During the civil war he served in various units in the Confederation Army , in which he rose to colonel. He took part in several battles and was wounded several times. In 1864 he was taken prisoner. After a law degree following the war and his admission to the bar in 1866, he began to work in this profession in Bristol. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a democrat . At times he was also a member of the short-lived Readjuster Party . He served in the Virginia House of Representatives from 1871 to 1873 . From 1877 to 1879 he was a member of the State Senate .

In the 1880 congressional election , Fulkerson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the ninth constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded James Buchanan Richmond on March 4, 1881 . Until March 3, 1883 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Abram Fulkerson practiced again as a lawyer. In 1888 he was re-elected to the Virginia House of Representatives. In July 1896 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago . He died in Bristol on December 17, 1902.

Web links

• Abram Fulkerson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Abram Fulkerson in the database of Find a Grave (English)