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Investment Securities Summary of Amortized Cost and Fair Values of Corporate Debt Securities (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Amortized Cost	$ 2,278,618us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAmortizedCostBasis
Estimated Fair Value	2,275,748us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities
Corporate Debt Securities Issued by Financial Institutions [Member]
Amortized Cost	97,109us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAmortizedCostBasis / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_DomesticCorporateDebtSecuritiesMember	97,883us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAmortizedCostBasis / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_DomesticCorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
Estimated Fair Value	96,127us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_DomesticCorporateDebtSecuritiesMember	96,164us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_DomesticCorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
Single-issuer trust preferred securities
Amortized Cost	47,569us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAmortizedCostBasis / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = fult_SingleIssuerTrustPreferredSecuritiesMember	47,481us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAmortizedCostBasis / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = fult_SingleIssuerTrustPreferredSecuritiesMember
Estimated Fair Value	42,016us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = fult_SingleIssuerTrustPreferredSecuritiesMember	40,531us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = fult_SingleIssuerTrustPreferredSecuritiesMember
Subordinated debt
Amortized Cost	47,530us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAmortizedCostBasis / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_SubordinatedDebtMember	47,405us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAmortizedCostBasis / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_SubordinatedDebtMember
Estimated Fair Value	50,023us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_SubordinatedDebtMember	50,327us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_SubordinatedDebtMember
Pooled trust preferred securities
Amortized Cost	2,010us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAmortizedCostBasis / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = fult_PooledTrustPreferredSecuritiesMember	2,997us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAmortizedCostBasis / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = fult_PooledTrustPreferredSecuritiesMember
Estimated Fair Value	4,088us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = fult_PooledTrustPreferredSecuritiesMember	5,306us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = fult_PooledTrustPreferredSecuritiesMember
Other corporate debt securities
Amortized Cost	1,907us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAmortizedCostBasis / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = fult_OtherCorporateDebtSecuritiesMember	2,585us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAmortizedCostBasis / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = fult_OtherCorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
Estimated Fair Value	1,907us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = fult_OtherCorporateDebtSecuritiesMember	2,585us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = fult_OtherCorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
Corporate debt securities
Amortized Cost	99,016us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAmortizedCostBasis / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember	100,468us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAmortizedCostBasis / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
Estimated Fair Value	$ 98,034us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember	$ 98,749us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember

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