Elmer L. Fulton
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Elmer Lincoln Fulton
| image = Elmer L. Fulton.jpg
| state = Oklahoma
| district = 2nd
| term_start = November 16, 1907
| term_end = March 3, 1909
| preceded = District created
| succeeded = Dick T. Morgan
| birth_date = {{birth-date|April 22, 1865}}
| death_date = {{death-date and age|October 4, 1939|April 22, 1865}}
| birth_place = Magnolia, Iowa, US
| death_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US
| spouse = Mabel Rinehart Fulton
| children = Marjorie McAllister Fulton Harrell;Dorothy Belle Fulton Marchbank
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| party = Democratic
| alma_mater = Tabor College
| resting_place = Valhalla Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri
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Elmer Lincoln Fulton (April 22, 1865 – October 4, 1939) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma from 1907 to 1909.
Biography
Born in Magnolia, Iowa, on April 22, 1865, Fulton was son to Jacob and Eliza Ann McAllester Fulton. He moved to Nebraska in 1870 with his parents, and they settled in Pawnee City. He attended the public schools and Tabor College, Tabor, Iowa. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1895. He commenced practice at Pawnee City until he moved to Stillwater, in the Territory of Oklahoma, in 1901. There, he continued the practice of law.{{cite web|title=Elmer L. Fulton|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000421|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=23 May 2013}}
= Congress =
Fulton was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress September 17, 1907, and served from November 16, 1907, when Oklahoma was admitted as a State into the Union, until March 4, 1909.{{cite web|title=Elmer L. Fulton|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/elmer_fulton/404363|publisher=Govtrack US Congress|access-date=23 May 2013}} He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress.
= Later career =
After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Appointed assistant attorney general of Oklahoma in 1919, Fulton served until 1922, when he resigned and again resumed the practice of his profession.
Death
Fulton died on October 4, 1939 (age 74 years, 165 days) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is interred at Valhalla Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.
= Family =
He married Mabel Rinehart on March 7, 1906.{{cite web|title=Elmer L. Fulton|url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/F/FU002.html|publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society|access-date=23 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119152936/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/F/FU002.html|archive-date=19 November 2012|url-status=dead}}
Senator Charles William Fulton from Oregon, was his brother.{{cite web|title=Elmer L. Fulton|url=https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fulton.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|access-date=23 May 2013}}
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121119152936/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/F/FU002.html Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Fulton, Elmer]
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Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma
Category:People from Harrison County, Iowa
Category:People from Tabor, Iowa
Category:People from Stillwater, Oklahoma
Category:Politicians from Oklahoma City
Category:People from Pawnee City, Nebraska
Category:Lawyers from Oklahoma City
Category:Candidates in the 1908 United States elections
Category:Candidates in the 1910 United States elections
Category:20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives