| William S. Fulton | |
| Image Name: | WSFulton.jpg |
| Jr/Sr: | United States Senator |
| State: | Arkansas |
| Term Start: | September 18, 1836 |
| Term End: | August 15, 1844 |
| Preceded: | new constituency |
| Succeeded: | Chester Ashley |
| Order2: | 4th Governor of Arkansas Territory |
| Term Start2: | March 9, 1835 |
| Term End2: | June 15, 1836 |
| President2: | Andrew Jackson |
| Predecessor2: | John Pope |
| Successor2: | James Conway |
| Office3: | 2nd Secretary of the Arkansas Territory |
| Term Start3: | April 8, 1829 |
| Term End3: | February 23, 1835 |
| Preceded3: | Robert Crittenden |
| President3: | Andrew Jackson |
| Succeeded3: | Lewis Randolph |
| Birth Name: | William Savin Fulton |
| Birth Date: | June 2, 1795 |
| Birth Place: | Cecil County, Maryland, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Resting Place Coordinates: | 34.7376°N -92.2785°W |
| Party: | Democratic (Jacksonian) |
| Spouse: | Matilda Nowland |
| Allegiance: |  United States |
| Branch: | Maryland Militia |
| Serviceyears: | 1813–1814 |
| Rank: | Corporal |
| Unit: | Captain Nicholson's Company of Artillery |
| Battles: | War of 1812 |
William Savin Fulton (June 2, 1795 – August 15, 1844) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1836 until his death in 1844. He had previously served as the fourth governor of Arkansas Territory, from 1835 to 1836, and the second secretary of the Arkansas Territory from 1829 to 1835.
Fulton was born in Cecil County, Maryland, and graduated from Baltimore College in 1813. He had intended to study law, but with the outbreak of the War of 1812 he enlisted in a company of volunteers at Fort McHenry. Fulton was military secretary to General Andrew Jackson during the Seminole War in 1818. After the war, Fulton moved to Gallatin, Tennessee, where he was admitted to the bar in 1817. He owned slaves.
In 1820, Fulton settled in Florence, Alabama. In 1821, he was elected to the Legislature. He was appointed Secretary of the Arkansas Territory by President Andrew Jackson in 1829.[1] Fulton served as Secretary until 1835, when he was appointed Governor of the Territory. When Arkansas was admitted as a state in 1836, he became one of its first Senators. In the United States Senate he became a member of the Democratic Party. Fulton remained a Senator until his death in 1844.[2]
Fulton died at his home in Little Rock and was buried in the historic Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock.
Fulton County, Arkansas is named for him.[3] [4]