Joseph Maull

Joseph Maull ( born September 6, 1781 Lewes, Delaware; † May 3, 1846 ) was an American politician and in 1846, Governor of the State of Delaware.

Career

After primary school Maull studied medicine. Almost all his life he worked alongside his political activities as a physician. Between 1817 and 1846 he was with some interruptions member of the Senate from Delaware. Maull was originally a member of the Federalist Party; after its dissolution he joined the new Whig Party. In 1831 he was a member of the Commission, which revised the state constitution of Delaware, and in 1846 he was president of the State Senate, as on March 2, the incumbent Governor Thomas Stockton died. According to the state constitution Maull now had to take over his post as Senate President.

However, he could not hold the office long, because he himself died as the seventh Governor of Delaware in office already on 3 May of the same year. During this time, Maull was an opponent of the expansion policy of President James K. Polk. His office was then taken over by his successor as Senate President, William Temple. Joseph Maull was married twice and had two children.

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