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CHARLES J. FULTON
MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee, appointed to prepare suitable resolutions commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Charles J. Fulton, begs leave to submit the following:
Hon. C. J. Fulton was born in Jefferson county, Iowa, on January 27, 1860, and died at Fairfield, Iowa, on the 6th day of December, 1937. He was one of the most learned and best informed men the State of Iowa has ever produced. After graduating from the public schools he entered Parsons College and graduated in the class of 1883. After several years spent as a salesman in Texas and Oklahoma, in 1891 he became affiliated with the Louden Machinery Company of Fairfield, Iowa, and was one of the men responsible for its success. He was always interested in education, served on city and county school boards and was a trustee of Parsons College. He was mayor of the city of Fairfield, Iowa, for several years and he served as a member of the legislature for about twelve years, serving in the lower house until he was elected to the Senate for the Jefferson-Van Buren District, in which capacity he served in the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, Forty-first and Forty-second General Assemblies.
From 1892 until 1930 he was secretary of the Fairfield Public Library Board. In 1930 he became president of that board, which position he held at the time of his death. During the World War he served as chairman of the Jefferson County Exemption Board. He was instrumental in the formation of the Fairfield Chautauqua Association, of which he was president for many years and a director until his death. He was a Mason, an Odd Fellow and an Elk.
His interest in education and literary matters led him to acquire one of the finest private libraries in the state and his knowledge of books and literature was remarkable. During his service in the legislature he was recognized as one of the most competent men in the service of the state of Iowa and throughout his life he enjoyed the respect and confidence of his associates.
Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Forty-eighth General Assembly: In the passing of Senator Fulton the state has lost a valuable citizen and a faithful public servant whose counsel will be missed.
Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be entered in the memorial section of the Journal of the Senate, and a copy sent to the surviving relatives.
SANFORD ZEIGLER, JR.,
STANLEY L. HART,
E. P. CORWIN,
Committee.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.