Charles William Fulton

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Charles William Fulton
Charles William Fulton

In office
March 4, 1903March 3, 1909
Preceded by Joseph Simon
Succeeded by George Earle Chamberlain

In office
1878-1881
Constituency Clatsop, Columbia, and Tillamook counties

Born August 24, 1853
Lima, Ohio
Died January 27, 1918 (aged 64)
Portland, Oregon
Political party Republican
Profession attorney

Charles William Fulton (August 24, 1853 - January 27, 1918) was a United States Senator from Oregon. Born in Lima, Ohio, he moved to Iowa in 1855 with his parents, who settled in Magnolia. He attended the common schools, moved to Pawnee City, Nebraska in 1870, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1875 and practiced. He moved to Oregon and settled in Astoria in 1875; he was a member of the Oregon Senate in 1878 and city attorney from 1880 to 1882. He was elected to the State senate in 1890, 1898, and 1902, and was its president in 1893 and 1901.

Fulton was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1903, to March 3, 1909; he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. While in the Senate he was chairman, Committee on Canadian Relations (Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses) and a member of the Committee on Claims (Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses). He resumed the practice of law in Portland, where he died; interment in Ocean View Cemetery, Astoria.

Elmer Lincoln Fulton, Charles' brother, was a United States Representative from Oklahoma.

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Preceded by
Joseph Simon
United States Senator (Class 3) from Oregon
1903–1909
Served alongside: John H. Mitchell, John M. Gearin, Frederick W. Mulkey, Jonathan Bourne, Jr.
Succeeded by
George E. Chamberlain
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