John Hall Fulton (1792 – January 28, 1836) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from

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. He was the brother of Andrew S. Fulton.

Biography

Born in

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, Fulton attended common schools as a child and went on to graduate from

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. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in

Abingdon, Virginia Abingdon is a town in and the county seat of Washington County, Virginia, United States, southwest of Roanoke. The population was 8,376 at the 2020 census. The town encompasses several historically significant sites and features a fine arts a ...

. He was a member of the

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in 1823 and 1824 and the

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from 1829 to 1831. Fulton was elected a Jacksonian to the

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in 1832, serving from 1833 to 1835, being unsuccessful for reelection in 1834. He ran for the House again in 1836, but died before the election on January 28, 1836, in

. He was interred in Sinking Spring Cemetery in Abingdon.

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