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Shareholders' Equity Common Stock Repurchase Plans (Details) (USD $) | 1 Months Ended | 2 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Nov. 30, 2014 | May 31, 2014 | Feb. 19, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Oct. 22, 2013 | Jan. 31, 2013
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Number of shares authorized to be repurchased |  | 4,000,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased |  | 8,000,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased |  |  | 4,000,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased | 8,000,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
Authorized share repurchase plan percent of common shares outstanding |  | 2.10%fult_AuthorizedShareRepurchasePlanPercentOfCommonSharesOutstanding |  |  |  |  | 2.10%fult_AuthorizedShareRepurchasePlanPercentOfCommonSharesOutstanding | 4.00%fult_AuthorizedShareRepurchasePlanPercentOfCommonSharesOutstanding
Average cost per share of treasury stock acquired (usd per share) |  | $ 11.36 us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare | $ 12.45 us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare |  |  |  |  |
Treasury stock, value | $ 100,000,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition of treasury stock | $ (100,000,000)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock |  |  | $ (175,255,000)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock | $ (90,927,000)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock | $ (20,359,000)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock |  |
Acquisition of treasury stock (in shares) | (6,500,000)us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired | (4,000,000)us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired | (4,000,000)us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired |  |  |  |  |
Percent of common shares outstanding, expected to be delivered | 80.00%fult_ShareRepurchasePlanPercentOfCommonSharesOutstandingExpectedToBeDelivered |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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