Claude A. Fuller

Claude A. Fuller

Claude Albert Fuller (born January 20, 1876 in Prophetstown , Whiteside County , Illinois , † January 8, 1968 in Eureka Springs , Arkansas ) was an American politician . Between 1929 and 1939 he represented the third constituency of the state of Arkansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1885, Claude Fuller moved with his parents to Arkansas, where the family settled on a farm near Eureka Springs. Claude attended public schools in his new home and then studied law at Kent College of Law in Chicago . After his admission to the bar in 1898, he began to work in this profession in Eureka Springs.

Fuller became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1898 and 1902 he was a City Clerk in his hometown; from 1903 to 1905 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Arkansas . He was then mayor of Eureka Springs between 1906 and 1910, an office he was to hold again between 1920 and 1928. From 1910 to 1914, Fuller was a district attorney in the fourth judicial district. Between 1916 and 1928 he also served as chairman of the Eureka Springs school board. From 1903 to 1943 he was a delegate at all Democratic congresses in Arkansas. In 1908 and 1912 and between 1924 and 1960 he was a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions .

In 1928, Fuller was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third district of Arkansas , where he replaced John N. Tillman on March 4, 1929 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete a total of five legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1939 . After he was not nominated by his party for another term in 1938, Fuller had to leave Congress in March 1939. After his tenure in the House of Representatives was over, Fuller returned to work as a lawyer. But he also dealt with banking and agriculture. Claude Fuller died in early January 1968 in Eureka Springs and was buried there.

Web links

• Claude A. Fuller in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Claude A. Fuller in the database of Find a Grave (English)