Hampton P. Fulmer

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Hampton Pitts Fulmer

|image = HamptonPFulmer.jpg

|state = South Carolina

|district = {{ushr|South Carolina|2|2nd}}

|term_start = March 4, 1933

|term_end = October 19, 1944

|predecessor = Butler B. Hare

|successor = Willa L. Fulmer

|state1 = South Carolina

|district1 = {{ushr|South Carolina|7|7th}}

|term_start1 = March 4, 1921

|term_end1 = March 3, 1933

|predecessor1 = Edward C. Mann

|successor1 = Constituency abolished
Tom Rice after constituency reestablished in 2013

|office2 = Member of South Carolina House of Representatives from Orangeburg County

|term_start2 = January 9, 1917

|term_end2 = March 6, 1920

|birth_date = {{birth date|1875|6|23}}

|birth_place = Springfield, South Carolina

|death_date = {{death date and age|1944|10|19|1875|6|23}}

|death_place = Washington, D.C.

|resting_place= Orangeburg, South Carolina

|party = Democratic

|spouse = {{Marriage|Willa L. Fulmer|1901}}

|profession = Farmer, businessman

|alma_mater = Massey Business College

|signature = Signature of Hampton Pitts Fulmer (1875–1944).png

}}

Hampton Pitts Fulmer (June 23, 1875 – October 19, 1944) was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented South Carolina in the United States House of Representatives from 1921 – October 19, 1944. After his death, his wife Willa L. Fulmer took over his seat.

Early life and education

Fulmer was born near Springfield, South Carolina on June 23, 1875.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historysouthcar07cutlgoog/page/n548/mode/1up |title=History of South Carolina |volume=V |editor-first=Yates |editor-last=Snowden |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company |page=232 |date=1920 |access-date=2024-06-29 |via=Internet Archive}} He attended the public schools and was graduated from Massey Business College in Columbus, Georgia in 1897. He engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits in Norway, South Carolina, and also engaged in banking.

He married Willa E. Lybrand in 1901, and they had three children.

Political career

Fulmer was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives 1917–1920. He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh and to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1921, until his death. While in Congress, he served as chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Seventy-sixth through Seventy-eighth Congresses). He had been nominated for re-election to the Seventy-ninth Congress before dying in Washington, D.C., October 19, 1944.

During World War II but before Pearl Harbor Fullmer was outspokenly pro-British, and he advocated providing Britain with military aid in their war against Nazi Germany. Fulmer also advocated American entry into the war. In 1941 he voted in favor of the 1941 Lend Lease Act.{{Cite web|url=https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH0780117|title=Voteview | Plot Vote: 78th Congress > House > 117}} Fulmer was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Orangeburg, South Carolina.