12 Facts About Timothy Fuller

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Timothy Fuller was a US Representative from Massachusetts.

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Timothy Fuller's father, named Timothy, the first settled minister of Princeton, Massachusetts, was third in descent, from Thomas, who emigrated from England in 1638.

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The younger Timothy received a classical education and graduated from Harvard University in 1801 with second honors.

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Timothy Fuller taught at Leicester Academy, then studied law with Levi Lincoln.

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Timothy Fuller was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Boston.

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Timothy Fuller served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, as a State councilor and served in the Massachusetts State Senate from 1813 to 1816.

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Timothy Fuller served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs in the Seventeenth Congress.

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Timothy Fuller was distinguished as an orator, making effective speeches in behalf of the Seminole Indians, and against the Missouri compromise.

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Timothy Fuller was an ardent supporter of John Quincy Adams, and published a pamphlet entitled "The Election for the Presidency Considered," which was widely circulated.

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Timothy Fuller married Margaret Crane in 1809 and moved to 71 Cherry Street in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts.

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Timothy Fuller was the father of early feminist Margaret Fuller and Unitarian minister Arthur Buckminster Fuller.

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Timothy Fuller died suddenly of cholera, intestate and insolvent, in Groton, Massachusetts, on October 1,1835, and was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.