Philo C. Fuller

Philo Case Fuller ( * 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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

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

In the congressional elections of 1832 Fuller was a candidate of the Anti- Masonic Party in the 30th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Bates Cooke on March 4, 1833. After a re-election as Nationalrepublikaner he could remain until his resignation on September 2, 1836 in Congress. Since the inauguration of President Jackson in 1829, was discussed inside and outside of Congress vehemently about its policy. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act, the conflict with the State of South Carolina, which culminated in the Nullifikationskrise, and banking policy of the President.

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