Henry Mills Fuller was a Whig

Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

 and Opposition

Opposition Party (United States)

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 Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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Henry M. Fuller was born in Bethany, Pennsylvania

Bethany, Pennsylvania

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. He graduated from Princeton College in 1839. He studied law, was admitted to the bar January 3, 1842, and commenced practice in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

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. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

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 in 1848 and 1849.

Fuller was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second

32nd United States Congress

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 Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852

United States House election, 1852

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. He was reelected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth

34th United States Congress

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 Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1856

United States House election, 1856

The U.S. House election of 1856 returned a semblance of normality to the Democratic Party, as they retook a House majority and retained the presidency...

. He resumed the practice of law, and died in Philadelphia in 1860. Interment in Hollenback Cemetery in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

Sources

• The Political Graveyard