Background
The son of Samuel Magee and Agnes Rebecca (Smith) Fulton, he was born in 1850 into a foundry family (the Fulton"s cast the bell for the old City Hall in Pittsburgh).
politician mayor of Pittsburgh
The son of Samuel Magee and Agnes Rebecca (Smith) Fulton, he was born in 1850 into a foundry family (the Fulton"s cast the bell for the old City Hall in Pittsburgh).
He was extremely outgoing and affable and preferred the less formal "Andy Fulton", this charismatic charm as well as his tall stature served him well in a career of politics. In 1879, Fulton was elected to the City Council followed soon by his election to the mayor"s office in 1887. Mayor Fulton oversaw the completion of the Western Penitentiary during his term.
After leaving office he continued to stay active in working on both the city and county levels, with the exception of an absence to Colorado to raise horses for a number of years.
He died in 1925 of pneumonia. And was buried in Allegheny Cemetery.