Timothy Fuller

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Timothy Fuller (July 11, 1778 - October 1, 1835) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Chilmark, Fuller received a classical education and was graduated from Harvard University in 1801. He taught at Leicester Academy, then studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Boston. He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, as a State councilor and served in the Massachusetts State Senate.

Fuller was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth through the Seventeenth Congresses and reelected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1825). He served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs in the (Seventeenth Congress). He died in Groton, October 1, 1835,and was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.

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• Timothy Fuller at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Asahel Stearns

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th congressional district 1817-1825

Succeeded by Edward Everett