Willa L. Fulmer Explained

Willa Lybrand Fulmer
State:South Carolina
Term Start1:November 7, 1944
Term End1:January 3, 1945
Predecessor1:Hampton P. Fulmer
Successor1:John J. Riley
Birth Name:Willa Essie Lybrand
Birth Date:3 February 1884
Birth Place:Wagener, South Carolina, U.S.
Death Place:North Atlantic Ocean, aboard a ship en route to Europe
Resting Place:Orangeburg, South Carolina
Party:Democratic
Spouse:Hampton P. Fulmer
Profession:farmer
Alma Mater:Greenville (Baptist) Female College

Willa Lybrand Fulmer (February 3, 1884May 13, 1968) was a United States representative from South Carolina. She was born in Wagener, South Carolina, where she attended the Wagener public schools. She graduated from Greenville (Baptist) Female College in Greenville, South Carolina, which eventually merged with Furman University.

Fulmer's husband, Hampton P. Fulmer, was a United States Representative from 1923 to 1944. She was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by his death in 1944, and served from November 7, 1944, to January 3, 1945. She was not a candidate for election to the Seventy-ninth Congress. After leaving Congress, she engaged in agricultural pursuits until her retirement. She died May 13, 1968, aboard a ship on the North Atlantic Ocean en route to Europe and was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Orangeburg, South Carolina.

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