Hampton P. Fulmer Explained

Hampton Pitts Fulmer
State:South Carolina
Term Start:March 4, 1933
Term End:October 19, 1944
Predecessor:Butler B. Hare
Successor:Willa L. Fulmer
State1:South Carolina
Term Start1:March 4, 1921
Term End1:March 3, 1933
Predecessor1:Edward C. Mann
Successor1:Constituency abolished
Tom Rice after constituency reestablished in 2013
Office2:Member of South Carolina House of Representatives from Orangeburg County
Term Start2:January 9, 1917
Term End2:March 6, 1920
Birth Date:23 June 1875
Birth Place:Springfield, South Carolina
Death Place:Washington, D.C.
Resting Place:Orangeburg, South Carolina
Party:Democratic
Profession:Farmer, businessman
Alma Mater:Massey Business College
Signature:Signature of Hampton Pitts Fulmer (1875–1944).png

Hampton Pitts Fulmer (June 23, 1875 – October 19, 1944) was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented South Carolina in the United States House of Representatives from 1921 – October 19, 1944. After his death, his wife Willa L. Fulmer took over his seat.

Early life and education

Fulmer was born near Springfield, South Carolina on June 23, 1875.[1] He attended the public schools and was graduated from Massey Business College in Columbus, Georgia in 1897. He engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits in Norway, South Carolina, and also engaged in banking.

He married Willa E. Lybrand in 1901, and they had three children.[1]

Political career

Fulmer was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives 1917–1920. He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh and to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1921, until his death. While in Congress, he served as chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Seventy-sixth through Seventy-eighth Congresses). He had been nominated for re-election to the Seventy-ninth Congress before dying in Washington, D.C., October 19, 1944.

During World War II but before Pearl Harbor Fullmer was outspokenly pro-British, and he advocated providing Britain with military aid in their war against Nazi Germany. Fulmer also advocated American entry into the war. In 1941 he voted in favor of the 1941 Lend Lease Act.[2] Fulmer was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Orangeburg, South Carolina.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: History of South Carolina . V . Yates . Snowden . . 232 . 1920 . 2024-06-29 . Internet Archive.
  2. Web site: Voteview | Plot Vote: 78th Congress > House > 117.