David FULLERTON, Congress, PA (1772-1843)

1772-1843

FULLERTON, David, (uncle of David Fullerton Robison), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in the Cumberland Valley, near Greencastle, Franklin County, Pa., October 4, 1772; attended the public schools; served as major in the War of 1812; settled in Greencastle and engaged in mercantile pursuits and banking; elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1819, until May 15, 1820, when he resigned; was not a candidate for renomination; resumed mercantile pursuits and banking; member of the State senate 1827-1839; died in Greencastle, Pa., February 1, 1843; interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present