Benoni S. Fuller

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Benoni S. Fuller

Benoni Stinson Fuller (born November 13, 1825 in Boonville , Warrick County , Indiana , †  April 14, 1903 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1879 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Benoni Fuller attended the public schools in his home country and then taught himself as a teacher in Warrick County. In the years 1856 and 1858 he was sheriff chief of police in this district. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Indiana Senate in 1862, 1870, and 1872 ; from 1866 to 1868 he was a member of the State House of Representatives .

In the 1874 congressional election , Fuller was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the first constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded William E. Niblack on March 4, 1875 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1879 . In 1878 he decided not to run again. After leaving the US House of Representatives, Fuller worked in agriculture in Warrick County. He died in Boonville on April 14, 1903.

Web links

  • Benoni S. Fuller in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Fuller, Benoni S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fuller, Benoni Stinson (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH near Boonville , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1903
Place of death Boonville , Indiana