Fulton, Richard, 1927-2018

LC control no.	no2010151698
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Fulton, Richard, 1927-2018 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Fulton, Mr. (Richard), 1927-2018
Associated place	Tennessee Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)
Birth date	1927-01-27
Death date	2018-11-28
Place of birth	Nashville (Tenn.)
Place of death	Nashville (Tenn.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. House Tennessee. General Assembly. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Mayors Legislators
Found in	Act temporarily continuing surcharge and excises, repealing investment credit, etc., 1969: p. 48 (Richard Fulton) Continued suspension of duty of electrodes imported for use in producing aluminum, 1966: p. 1 (Mr. Fulton of Tennessee, from the Committee on Ways and Means) New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 7, 2018 (in obituary published Dec. 6: Richard H. Fulton; b. Richard Harmon Fulton, Jan. 27, 1927, Nashville; d. there Nov. 28, aged 91; liberal Democrat from Tennessee who in the 1960s and '70s was one of the few Southerners in Congress to support the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, and Medicare, and who as mayor of Metropolitan Nashville oversaw the city's growth; ran for the State Senate in 1954, replacing his brother, Lyle, who had died shortly after receiving the Democratic nomination; Richard Fulton was elected and sworn in, but because he was below 30, the minimum age for senators under the state constitution, the Senate unseated him; he won again in 1956 (he was sworn in a few weeks before his 30th birthday) and 1958) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Sept. 17, 2010 (Fulton, Richard Harmon, a Representative from Tenn.; b. Jan. 27, 1927); viewed Dec. 7, 2018 (b. Jan. 27, 1927, Nashville; member, State senate, 1958-1960; Democratic representative, Jan. 3, 1963-Aug. 14, 1975; mayor, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tenn., Aug. 14, 1975-Oct. 5, 1987; d. Nov. 28, 2018, Nashville)
Associated language	eng