Jerome Fuller

Jerome Fuller (1808-1880) was a lawyer and chief justice of Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court from 1851 to 1852.

Fuller was born in Litchfield, Connecticut in 1808, but details are scarce about his early years. At some point he moved to Brockport, New York [http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/judgebio.html#fuller Biographies of Judges and Justices of the Minnesota Appellate Courts ] ] , and was a 27th District member of the New York State Senate from 1848 to 1849. He was the founding editor of the "Albany Register" newspaper [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E01E0D91738E334BC4953DFBF668389649FDE] . On November 13, 1851 Fuller was appointed to the Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court by President Millard Fillmore following the removal of Aaron Goodrich [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B01EEDD1431E13BBC4D51DFB667838A649FDE From Washington-Appointments for Minnesota. - Article Preview - The New York Times ] ] . His appointment was rejected by the United States Senate [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E01E0D91738E334BC4953DFBF668389649FDE Article 2 - No Title - Article Preview - The New York Times ] ] , but news of this did not reach St. Paul until after Fuller had arrived and started work. He sat on the court's July 1852 term and continued in his post until the end of that year .

Fuller subsequently returned to Brockport, New York, where he was elected County Judge. He died on September 2, 1880, and was buried in Old Brockport Cemetery, Brockport, N.Y.

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* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fuller.html Jerome Fuller at Political Graveyard]
* [http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/judgebio.html#fuller Brief biography]