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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | William Savin Fulton |
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Little Rock, Arkansas , United States |
| Email | None |
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June 02, 1795
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| Died | August 15, 1844
(49 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | William Savin Fulton
Born: June 2, 1795, in Cecil County, Maryland
Died: August 15, 1844, at “Rosewood”, near Little Rock, Arkansas
Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock
Served: 1835-1836
William Savin Fulton studied law and served during the War of 1812 as an aide on the staff of Colonel Armistead, commander of Fort McHenry. After the war, he returned briefly to the law before becoming private secretary to General Andrew Jackson during his campaign against the Seminoles of Florida. At its close he settled in Alabama for the practice of the law. In 1829 President Jackson appointed Fulton secretary of the territory of Arkansas, and in 1835 its governor, which office he held until the territory became a state. During Fulton’s brief governorship he courted controversy by opposing the drafting of a proposed state constitution without prior approval by Congress. Over his objections the document was drafted, adopted by the constitutional convention, then submitted to Congress; it was approved, after hot debate. Fulton was then chosen as one of Arkansas’s first U. S. senators, serving from December 1836 until his death.
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