“Missouri Senator” James F. Fulbright Hand Signed 3X5 Card Todd Mueller COA

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“Missouri Senator” James F. Fulbright Hand Signed 3X5 Card.
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James Franklin Fulbright
(January 24, 1877 – April 5, 1948) was a
U.S. Representative
from
Missouri
. Born near
Millersville, Missouri
, Fulbright attended the public schools and was graduated from the State Normal School,
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
, in 1900. He taught school in Cape Girardeau and Ripley Counties for several years. He attended the Washington Law School, St. Louis, Missouri, for a short time. He was admitted to the bar in 1903 and commenced practice in
Doniphan, Missouri
, in 1904. He was appointed and subsequently elected prosecuting attorney of Ripley County in 1906. He was reelected in 1908 and 1910. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1913-1919, serving as speaker pro tempore 1915-1919. He served as mayor of
Doniphan, Missouri
from 1919 to 1921. Fulbright was elected as a
Democrat
to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress. Fulbright was elected to the Seventieth Congress (March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress. Fulbright was elected to the Seventy-second Congress (March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932. He resumed the practice of law. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1928. Permanent chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1936. Fulbright was elected judge of the Springfield Court of Appeals in 1936 and served from January 1, 1937, until his death in
Springfield, Missouri
, April 5, 1948. He was interred in Doniphan Cemetery,
Doniphan, Missouri
.