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|term_start=1896​

|term_start=1896​

|term_end=1900​

|term_end=1900​

|preceded=[[Marcus D. Wren|George Lovick Pierce Wren]] (1836-1901)​

|preceded=[[G. L. P. Wren]] (1836-1901)​

W. L. Stroud​

W. L. Stroud​

|succeeded=[[E. S. Dortch|Elam Sparks "E.S." Dortch]]

|succeeded=[[E. S. Dortch|Elam Sparks "E.S." Dortch]]

'''Thomas Wafer Fuller''' (May 28, 1867 &ndash; December 20, 1920)<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29373147/thomas-wafer-fuller|title=Minden Editor Dies Suddenly|publisher=''The Bienville Democrat,'' in Findagrave.com|date=December 23, 1920|accessdate=March 21, 2020}}</ref> was an [[educator]] and [[newspaper]]man from [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], [[Louisiana]],<ref name=jagan>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindenmemories.org/images/teachers/teachers.htm|author=[[John Agan]]|title=Webster Superintendents of Schools|publisher=mindenmemories.org|accessdate=June 6, 2011; website closed; information no longer available}}</ref> who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in the Louisiana State Senate from 1896 to 1900.<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Senate Directory 1880-Present|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=March 21, 2020}}</ref>​

'''Thomas Wafer Fuller''' (May 28, 1867 &ndash; December 20, 1920)<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29373147/thomas-wafer-fuller|title=Minden Editor Dies Suddenly|publisher=''The Bienville Democrat,'' in Findagrave.com|date=December 23, 1920|accessdate=March 21, 2020}}</ref> was an [[educator]] and [[newspaper]]man from [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], [[Louisiana]],<ref name=jagan>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindenmemories.org/images/teachers/teachers.htm|author=[[John Agan]]|title=Webster Superintendents of Schools|publisher=mindenmemories.org|accessdate=June 6, 2011; website closed; information no longer available}}</ref> who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in the Louisiana State Senate from 1896 to 1900.<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Senate Directory 1880-Present|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=March 21, 2020}}</ref>​

Fuller's Senate colleague from Bossier Parish was John Augustus Way Lowry, Jr. (1848-1899), known as  J. A. W. Lowry; the two represented Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, and Webster parishes. Thereafter, a single-member district was created for Bossier and Webster parishes with [[E. S. Dortch|Elam Sparks "E.S."  Dortch]] of Haughton in southeastern Bossier Parish as the senator from 1900 to 1908. One of the Senate colleagues of Fuller and Lowry was [[Samuel Lawrason]], who represented East and West Feliciana parishes, the author of the Lawrason Act, which defines the scope of municipal government in Louisiana.<ref name=legis/>​

Fuller's Senate colleague from Bossier Parish was [[J. A. W. Lowry|John Augustus Way Lowry, Jr.]] (1848-1899); the two represented Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, and Webster parishes. Thereafter, a single-member district was created for Bossier and Webster parishes with [[E. S. Dortch|Elam Sparks "E.S."  Dortch]] of Haughton in southeastern Bossier Parish as the senator from 1900 to 1908. One of the Senate colleagues of Fuller and Lowry was [[Samuel Lawrason]], who represented East and West Feliciana parishes, the author of the Lawrason Act, which defines the scope of municipal government in Louisiana.<ref name=legis/>​

==Background==

==Background==