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Permanent LinkSenator Ambrose Cowperthwaite Fulton View All Years
AMBROSE C. FULTON was born in Chester county, Pa., July 7, 1811; he died in Davenport, Oct. 16, 1903. Mr. Fulton’s long life was an unusually eventful one, full of strange, romantic adventure. Much of this he has given to the public in his book. “A portion of a life’s voyage,” published in 1902. In 1842 he settled in Davenport and has since been identified with the life of that city. He was at an early day interested in various plans for its improvement—the erection of a flour mill, the building of roads, bridges, and railroads. He served as county commissioner for Scott county, was twice nominated for representative in the Iowa General Assembly, but defeated. In 1854 he was elected to the senate by the antislavery whigs, and served in the 5th G. A. In 1857 he was elected a life member of the Northwestern Freedmen’s Aid Commission. During the civil war he received the thanks of Secretary of War Cameron, for furnishing valuable information concerning New Orleans and vicinity. It is impossible to enumerate all of the enterprises and reform movements with which he was identified, but it is doubtful if any other man has done more to promote the welfare of Davenport and vicinity.