Thomas Charles Fuller (February 27, 1832 – October 20, 1901) was a prominent politician of the Confederate States of America and later a federal judge.
Thomas Charles Fuller | |
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| Member of the Confederate House of Representatives | |
| In office 1864–1865 | |
| Constituency | Fayetteville |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 27, 1832 Fayetteville, North Carolina |
| Died | October 20, 1901 (aged 69) Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse |
Caroline Douglas Whitehead
(m. 1857) |
| Children | 11 |
| Occupation | Jurist, politician |
Biography
editBorn in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he was the youngest of three children born to Thomas, a merchant, and Catherine Eleanor (Raboteau) Fuller.[1] After his father's premature death, Fuller's mother moved the family to Louisburg, where her husband was originally from. Fuller attended the University of North Carolina from 1849 to 1851 and later returned to Fayetteville and established a law practice there with his brother Bartholomew.[2]
He married Caroline Douglas Whitehead on November 5, 1857, and they had 11 children.[1]
Upon the outbreak of the American Civil War he served as a colonel in the Confederate Army. He represented North Carolina in the Second Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865 as a Whig.[1]
In 1890, President Benjamin Harrison appointed Fuller as a justice of the United States Court of Private Land Claims.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Ashe, Samuel A'Court (1905). Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present. Vol. I. Charles L. Van Noppen. pp. 277–286. Retrieved August 5, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ Raney, Carolyn F.; Mena F. Webb. "Fuller, Bartholomew". In William S. Powell (ed.). Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. Vol. 2. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press. pp. 247–48. Retrieved May 19, 2008.
- ^ "Judge Thomas C. Fuller". New York Times. October 21, 1901. Retrieved August 6, 2008.
- ^ "Judge Thomas C. Fuller Dies at 1 O'Clock This Morning". The Morning Post. October 20, 1901. p. 11. Retrieved August 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.