Thomas Wafer Fuller
| Thomas Wafer Fuller | |
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Early photograph of Louisiana State Senator Thomas W. Fuller
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| Louisiana State Senator for Bienville, Bossier and Webster parishes | |
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In office 1896–1900 |
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| Preceded by | W. L. Stroud |
| Succeeded by | E. S. Dortch |
| Superintendent of Webster Parish Schools | |
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In office 1908–1920 |
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| Preceded by | John M. Davies |
| Succeeded by | Edwin Sanders Richardson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 28, 1867 Minden, Webster Parish |
| Died | December 20, 1920 (aged 53) Minden, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Alma Bright Fuller (married 1891–1920, his death) |
| Children |
Lee Aura Fuller Griffin |
| Parents |
Thomas Walker Fuller |
| Alma mater | Centenary College of Louisiana |
| Occupation |
Educator Newspaperman |
Lee Aura Fuller Griffin
Xenia Doyle Fuller Ruffin
Thomas Walker Fuller
Thomas Wafer Fuller (May 28, 1867 – December 20, 1920) was an educator and newspaperman from Minden, Louisiana, who served as a Democrat in the Louisiana State Senate from 1896 to 1900.
Fuller's Senate colleague from Bossier Parish was J. A. W. Lowry, who died in 1899; the two represented Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, and Webster parishes. Thereafter, a single-member district was created for Bossier and Webster parishes with E. S. Dortch of Haughton in Bossier Parish as the senator from 1900 to 1908. One of the Senate colleagues of Fuller and Lowry was Samuel Lawrason of West and East Feliciana parishes, the author of the Lawrason Act, which defines the scope of municipal government in Louisiana.
Fuller was the fifth of six children born to a planter, lawyer, Confederate captain, and district attorney, Thomas Walker Fuller (1828–1896), a native of Houston County, Georgia. His mother was the former Margaret A. Wafer (1832–1880) of then Claiborne Parish, from which Webster Parish was severed in 1871. Margaret Fuller was a graduate of the former Minden Female College. Thomas Walker and Margaret Wafer Fuller are interred in the former Fuller Memorial Shrine Cemetery behind West Union Street in Minden.
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