Born in Howard, Pennsylvania, Fuller moved with his parents to West Union, Iowa, in 1853.

However, in 1888 he found himself beaten for renomination by state senator Joseph H. Sweney, who had been spoken of as a possible candidate two years before.

He offered bills to refund the direct tax of 1861 imposed on the states and to donate a condemned cannon to the GAR post back home in West Union.

Starting in 1901 he served as an assistant attorney general with the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission until 1907.

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