He attended public schools, and graduated from Denison University, Granville, Ohio.

[1][2] He then read law and after admission to the bar, he practiced in Newark, Ohio.

[1][2] Fulton was elected as a Democrat to the Ohio House of Representatives to the 79th (1911–1912) and 80th (1913–1914) General Assemblies.

[3] In the 80th Assembly, he authored the bill that Gerrymandered the state's Congressional districts.

[2] Fulton died March 1925 in Mount Clemens, Michigan.