Philo C. Fuller

Philo C. Fuller

Philo Case Fuller (born August 14, 1787 in Marlborough , Massachusetts , †  August 16, 1855 in Geneva , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1833 and 1836 he represented the state of New York in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Philo Fuller attended the public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1813, he began to work in Albany in this profession. In the meantime he took part in the British-American War of 1812 as a soldier . There he served as the private secretary of General William Wadsworth in Geneseo . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Anti-Masonic Party . As an opponent of the future President Andrew Jackson , he then joined the National Republican Party and later the Whigs . He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1829 and 1830 ; from 1831 to 1832 he was a member of the State Senate .

In the congressional elections of 1832 Fuller was elected as a candidate for the Anti-Masonic Party in the 30th  constituency of New York in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Bates Cooke on March 4, 1833 . After being re-elected as a national republican, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on September 2, 1836 . Ever since President Jackson took office in 1829, there was heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

In 1836 Philo Fuller moved to Adrian , Michigan , where he worked in the banking industry. He also became president of the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad . In 1841 he was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives and President of the House of Representatives . In the same year he ran unsuccessfully as Whig for governor of Michigan. He then returned to Geneseo in New York. In 1841 he was appointed Second Assistant Postmaster General to the Federal Post Office. Between December 18, 1850 and November 4, 1851 he held the office of New York State Comptroller . He died on August 16, 1855 near Geneva.

Web links

• Philo C. Fuller in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Bates Cooke	United States House Representative for New York (30th constituency) March 4, 1833 - September 2, 1836	John Young