William E. Hull

William Edgar Hull ( born January 13, 1866 in Lewistown, Illinois, † May 30, 1942 in Toronto, Canada ) was an American politician. Between 1923 and 1933 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Hull attended the public schools of his home, including the Lewiston High School. He then attended the Illinois College at Jacksonville. Later he became president of the company Manito Chemical Co. From 1898 to 1906 he was postmaster in Peoria. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. In 1916 and 1920 he participated as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions relevant. He was also a board member of the Association for the Improvement of highways in Illinois (Highway Improvement Association ).

In the congressional elections of 1922, Hull was in the 16th electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Clifford C. Ireland on 4 March 1923. After four elections he could pass in Congress until March 3, 1933 five legislative sessions. In this time fell in 1929 the beginning of the world economic crisis. In 1932, he was not nominated by his party for re-election.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives William Hull took his previous activities on again. He died on 30 May 1942 during a visit to Canada at a hospital in Toronto and was buried in his birthplace of Lewistown.