10 Facts About Richard Fulton

Richard Fulton graduated from East Nashville High School and served in the United States Navy in World War II.

Richard Fulton died on November 28,2018, at a hospice in Nashville at the age of 91.

In 1954, Fulton was elected to the Tennessee State Senate in place of his brother Lyle, who suddenly died from cancer shortly after receiving the Democratic nomination for that post.

Richard Fulton was sworn in on January 3,1955, but because he was only 27, below the minimum age for Senators under the Tennessee State Constitution, the Senate voted unanimously to unseat him.

Richard Fulton was reelected to the Senate in 1958, then left politics to begin a career in real estate.

The election commission initially declared Loser the winner; however, a friend of Richard Fulton successfully filed suit to throw out the primary results after The Tennessean reported corruption at the commission.

Richard Fulton voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Richard Fulton served three terms as mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1975 until 1987.

Richard Fulton was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor in 1978 and 1986.

From 1983 until 1984, Richard Fulton served as president of the United States Conference of Mayors.