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Senator Samuel Fullenwider View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 11/19/1896
Birth Place: Shelby County, Kentucky
Party Affiliation: Whig
Assemblies Served:
Senate: 1 (1846)
Home County: Des Moines
Samuel Fullenwider
Des Moines County
Dr. Fullenwider was one of the pioneers of Iowa having settled in the eastern part of the state in 1837. He was born in Shelby County, Kentucky, September 6, 1803, where he resided until he removed to Iowa. Mr. Fullenwider was a member of the first state senate, and a prominent physician and politician in the early history of Iowa.
Sources:
Senate District 6
Committees
1st GA (1846)
Legislation Sponsored
1st GA (1846)