Benoni Stinson FULLER, Congress, IN (1825-1903)

FULLER, Benoni Stinson, a Representative from Indiana; born near Boonville, Warrick County, Ind., November 13, 1825; attended the common schools; taught school in Warrick County; sheriff of Warrick County in 1856 and 1858; served in the State senate in 1862, 1870, and 1872; member of the State house of representatives 1866-1868; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879); was not a candidate for renomination in 1878; engaged in agricultural pursuits in Warrick County; died in Boonville, Ind., April 14, 1903; interment in Old Boonville Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present