| Charles William Fulton | |
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| United States Senator from Oregon | |
| In office March 4, 1903–March 4, 1909 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Simon |
| Succeeded by | George Earle Chamberlain |
| President of the Oregon State Senate | |
| In office 1893–1894 1901–1902 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Simon T. C. Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Simon George C. Brownell |
| Oregon State Senator | |
| In office 1878–1881 1891–1895 1898–1903 |
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| Constituency | Clatsop, Columbia, and Tillamook counties |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 24, 1853 Lima, Ohio |
| Died | January 27, 1918 (aged 64) Portland, Oregon |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Ada M. Hobson |
| Profession | Attorney |
Charles William Fulton (August 24, 1853 – January 27, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Ohio, he grew up in Iowa and Nebraska before settling in Astoria, Oregon. A Republican, he served in the Oregon State Senate, including time as President of the Senate, before he was elected as United States Senator from Oregon.
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Charles William Fulton was born in Lima, Ohio, on August 24, 1853, to Jacob and Eliza A. Fulton.[1] The family moved to Iowa in 1855 and settled in Magnolia, Harrison County.[2] Fulton attended the common schools there, and then moved to Pawnee City, Nebraska, in 1870 where he was educated at the Pawnee City Academy.[1][2] He taught school while he studied law in Nebraska, and passed the bar in April 1875 in that state.[1] Three days after passing the bar he departed for Oregon, arriving in Portland on April 20.[1] Fulton then taught school for a few months to the south in Linn County at Waterloo.[1] In July 1875, he relocated to Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River where he entered private legal practice.[1]
In 1878, Fulton was elected to the Oregon State Senate to represent Clatsop, Columbia, and Tillamook counties as a Republican.[3] He served his four-year term, remaining through the 1880 legislative session.[4] In 1880, he began working as Astoria's city attorney, keeping the job until 1882.[2] In 1890, he was elected to his old seat in the senate for a four-year term.[5] During the 1893 session he served as President of the Senate.[6]
In 1894, he was in contention for the Republican nomination for Oregon Governor, but William Paine Lord was selected as the candidate at the Republican convention.[7] Fulton did not return to the senate during the next two legislatures, but was back during the 1898 special session.[8] In 1900, he won another four-year term, and served as Senate President during the 1901 legislature.[9]
He also served in the 1903 session before the Oregon Legislative Assembly elected him to the U.S. Senate.[1] Fulton served in that office from March 4, 1903, to March 4, 1909.[2] 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).[2] He failed to win re-election in 1908, and served only a single term in the U.S. Senate.[2]
Following Congress, he resumed the practice of law in Portland.[2] Fulton married in 1886 to Ada M. Hobson, and they had one child, a son.[1] Elmer Lincoln Fulton, Charles' brother, was a United States Representative from Oklahoma. Charles William Fulton died on January 27, 1918, at the age of 64 and was buried in Astoria at Ocean View Cemetery.[1][2]
| United States Senate | ||
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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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