Thomas Charles Fuller (February 27, 1832 – October 20, 1901) was a prominent politician of the

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and later a federal judge.

Biography

Born in

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, he was the youngest of three children born to Thomas, a merchant, and Catherine Eleanor (Raboteau) Fuller. After his father's premature death, Fuller's mother moved the family to Louisburg, where her husband was originally from. Fuller attended the

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from 1849 to 1851 and later returned to Fayetteville and established a

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there with his brother Bartholomew. He married Caroline Douglas Whitehead on November 5, 1857, and they had 11 children. Upon the outbreak of the

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he served as a

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in the

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. He represented North Carolina in the

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from 1864 to 1865 as a Whig. In 1890, President

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appointed Fuller as a justice of the

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. He died in

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on October 20, 1901.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fuller, Thomas Charles 1832 births 1901 deaths Confederate States Army officers University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni United States Court of Private Land Claims judges Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from North Carolina United States Article I federal judges appointed by Benjamin Harrison 19th-century American judges Politicians from Fayetteville, North Carolina People from Louisburg, North Carolina