Harry E. Hull

Harry Edward Hull ( * March 12, 1864 in Belvidere, Allegany County, New York, † January 16, 1938 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1915 and 1925 he represented the state of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1873, Harry Hull moved with his parents to Cedar Rapids in Iowa. There he attended the public schools. He then worked as a clerk and bookkeeper in a company that was active in the grain trade. In 1883 Hull first moved to Palo and then in 1884 to Williamsburg, where he was active in the grain trade. He was also involved in the production of building blocks and bricks. Politically, Hull member of the Republican Party. Between 1887 and 1889 he was a member of the City Council of Williamsburg; 1889 to 1901, he served as mayor of this city. He subsequently worked as postmaster from 1901 to 1914. He was 1900-1915 and Chairman of the Exhibition Committee ( Fair Association). He was also president of the Williamsburg Telephone Co.

In the congressional elections of 1914, Hull was selected in the second district of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he succeeded the Democrats Henry Vollmer on March 4, 1915. After four elections he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1925 five legislative sessions. In this time of the First World War fell. In addition, at that time the 18th and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution were adopted. It was about the Prohibition Act and the introduction of the national women's suffrage. In 1924 Hull was not nominated by his party for another term of office.

After retiring from Congress ( Commissioner General of Immigration ) was appointed by U.S. President Harry Hull Calvin Coolidge to the immigration officer of the Federal Government. This post he held 1925-1933. Thereafter he withdrew into retirement, which he spent in the capital Washington. He is also passed on 16 January 1938. He was buried in Williamsburg.

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