Frank Ballard Fulkerson (March 5, 1866 – August 30, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they compose the legislature of the United States.
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States. With over six million residents, it is the 18th-most populous state of the Union. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia; the capital is Jefferson City. The state is the 21st-most extensive in area. In the South are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center of the state into the Mississippi River, which makes up Missouri's eastern border.
Born near Edinburg, Missouri, Fulkerson moved with his parents to a farm near Higginsville, Missouri. He attended the common schools and was graduated from Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, in 1888. He then taught school for two years.
Edinburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grundy County, Missouri, United States, 5 miles (8 km) west of Trenton. As of the 2010 census, Edinburg had a population of 92.
Higginsville is a city in Lafayette County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,797 at the 2010 census.
Fulton is the largest city in and the county seat of Callaway County, Missouri, United States. Approximately 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Jefferson City and the Missouri River and 20 miles (32 km) east of Columbia, the city is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 12,790 in the 2010 census. The city is home to two universities, Westminster College and William Woods University, the Missouri School for the Deaf, the Fulton State Hospital, and Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center. The city and Westminster College are well known for being the venues for Winston Churchill's famous May 1946 speech referencing the Iron Curtain.
Fulkerson attended the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, graduating from the law department of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri in 1892. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Warrensburg, Missouri. After serving as city attorney of Warrensburg from 1893 to 1895, he was prosecuting attorney of Johnson County for two years 1895 and 1896. Fulkerson's law practice continued as he moved first to Holden, Missouri in 1897 and then to St. Joseph, Missouri in 1900. In 1899 and 1900 he served as city attorney of Holden.
The University of Missouri is a public, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It was founded in 1839 as the first public institution of higher education west of the Mississippi River. The state's largest university, it enrolled 30,870 students in 2017 and offered over 300 degree programs in 21 academic divisions. It is the flagship campus of the University of Missouri System, which also has campuses in Kansas City, Rolla, and St. Louis. There are more than 300,000 MU alumni living worldwide with over one half residing in Missouri.
Columbia is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is the county seat of Boone County and home to the University of Missouri. Founded in 1821, it is the principal city of the five-county Columbia metropolitan area. It is Missouri's fourth most-populous and fastest growing city, with an estimated 121,717 residents in 2017.
Warrensburg is a city in Johnson County, Missouri, United States. The population was 18,838 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Johnson County. The Warrensburg Micropolitan Statistical Area consists of Johnson County. It is home to the University of Central Missouri.
Fulkerson was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907). However, his bid for reelection in 1906 to the Sixtieth Congress was unsuccessful. He also made unsuccessful bids for attorney general of Missouri in 1908 and for mayor of St. Joseph, Missouri in that same year.
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major political parties in the United States; the other is its historic rival, the Democratic Party.
Fulkerson resumed the practice of law in St. Joseph, Missouri and served as delegate to several Republican State conventions, as well as to the Republican National Convention in 1908. He served as president of the city police board in 1909 and as city counselor of St. Joseph in 1913 and 1914. He returned to Lafayette County, Missouri, in 1918 and continued the practice of law, also engaging in agricultural pursuits near Higginsville. He served as prosecuting attorney of Lafayette County in 1921–1925.
Lafayette County is a county located in the western portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 33,381. Its county seat is Lexington. The county was organized November 16, 1820 from Cooper County and originally named Lillard County for James Lillard of Tennessee, who served in the first state constitutional convention and first state legislature. It was renamed Lafayette County on February 16, 1825, in honor of Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de La Fayette, who was then visiting the United States.
Fulkerson died near Higginsville, Missouri, August 30, 1936. He was interred in Higginsville City Cemetery.
