Alvan Tufts Fuller (27 February 1878-30 April 1958) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-MA 9) from 4 March 1917 to 5 January 1921 (succeeding Ernest W. Roberts and preceding Charles L. Underhill) and the Republican Governor of Massachusetts from 8 January 1925 to 3 January 1929 (succeeding Channing H. Cox and preceding Frank G. Allen).
Biography[]
Alvan Tufts Fuller was born in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts in 1878, and he was raised in Malden. In 1899, he visited France and purchased two automobiles, which he brought back to Boston, making them the first automobiles imported through that port. Over the next few years, Fuller established an automotive business empire, owning Packard and Cadillac dealerships in Boston. Fuller also became active with the Bull Moose Party and served in the State House from 1914 to 1917, defecting to the Republican Party in 1917. Fuller also served in the US House of Representatives from 1917 to 1921 (refusing on principle to accept pay for his service), as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1921 to 1925, and as Governor from 1925 to 1929. Fuller practiced fiscal conservatism, a "law-and-order" approach to crime, and social moderatism, and he oversaw the trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. He returned to his business interests after leaving office, and he died in 1958.