George FULLER, Congress, PA (1802-1888)

FULLER, George, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Norwich, Conn., November 7, 1802; attended the public schools; moved to Pennsylvania and resided in Montrose; engaged in mercantile pursuits; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Almon H. Read and served from December 2, 1844, to March 3, 1845; editor of the Montrose (Pa.) Democrat, the Montrose Gazette, and the Susquehanna Register; treasurer of Susquehanna County; member of the Republican Party during the last twenty-five years of his life; died in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa., on November 24, 1888; interment in Montrose, Pa.

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