Item description for 1848 ALS Jerome Fuller New York State Senator Chief Justice Minnesota

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ALS from Jerome Fuller corresponding to W.D. Soheer perhaps Soher? concerning legal matters. Dated 5^th of February of 1848 Genesco, New York; Two well-written pages.

Jerome Fuller was born in 1808 in Litchfield, Connecticut to parents Alpheus Fuller and Amy Turrill. His mother died when he was 7. He married Lucy Pratt in 1834 and had two sons. He moved to Brockport, New York and he served as a New York state senator for the 27th District from 1848 to 1849. He also worked as an editor of the Albany Register.
He was appointed Chief Justice of the Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court by President Millard Fillmore on November 13, 1851, replacing Aaron Goodrich. The United States Senate rejected his appointment, but word of the rejection did not reach St. Paul until after Fuller had arrived here and begun his duties.
Fuller served on the court from November 13, 1851 to December 16, 1852, participating in one term of the court. During that time he authored 4 opinions. Subsequently he returned to Brockport, New York, where he was elected County Judge. He died there on September 2, 1880.

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