Thad L. Fuller Biography


	This biography appears on pages 679-680 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904) and was scanned, 
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	THAD L. FULLER, who is engaged in the practice of his profession 
in Milbank, has gained a position of prominence at the bar of the 
state, and merits recognition in this work. He is a native of Eldora, 
Iowa, being a son of Hon. Howard G. and Maria E. (Leonard) Fuller, both 
of whom were born and reared in the state of New York, the father being 
one of the associate justices of the supreme court of the state and one 
of the distinguished members of its bar. The subject of this review was 
about ten years of age at the time of his parents' removal from Iowa to 
South Dakota, his early educational discipline being received in the 
public schools, while later he pursued his studies in Redfield College, 
at Redfield, and in the state university. He then began reading law in 
the office  of the old established and well-known firm of Aiken, Bailey 
& Voorhees, of Sioux Falls, and later became the official stenographer 
in the supreme court. He retained this incumbency about two years, 
having in the meanwhile been admitted to the bar upon examination 
before the supreme court. The examination occurred before he had 
attained his legal majority, and he was thus compelled to wait several 
months before securing the official papers which made him eligible for 
active practice. In 1898 Mr. Fuller entered into a professional 
alliance with Burtin D. Gamble, under the firm name of Gamble & Fuller, 
and were associated in practice until June 15, 1902, at which time Mr. 
Gamble died. Mr. Fuller is known as a particularly effective and 
discriminating advocate, and has made an enviable record in this line, 
while as a public speaker he has gained distinctive precedence, being 
called upon for addresses on various occasions. In politics he is a 
staunch advocate of the principles of the Republican party, and in 1902 
he was elected state's attorney of Grant county, in which capacity he 
is serving at the time of this writing, having proved a most able and 
acceptable public prosecutor. Fraternally he is identified with the 
Masonic order and the Knights of Pythias, while he enjoys marked 
popularity in professional, business and social circles.