Howard William Stull

Howard William Stull (born April 11, 1876 in Johnstown , Cambria County , Pennsylvania , †  April 22, 1949 ibid) was an American politician . In 1932 and 1933 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Howard Stull, who was born on a farm, attended his homeland public schools, Johnstown High School and State Normal School in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Between 1887 and 1894 he worked as a shop clerk; in 1894 and 1895 he was employed by a railway company. He then taught until 1897 as a teacher and was then until 1898 a postal worker in Johnstown. From 1899 to 1904 he worked there as the deputy postman. In 1905, Stull moved to the federal capital, Washington, DC , where he became assistant division manager at the US Treasury Department . He held this office until 1908.

After studying law at George Washington University there and being admitted to the bar in 1908, Still began to work in this profession in Colville, Washington state . Between 1911 and 1916 he was a multiple district attorney in Stevens County there . Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In 1916 he took part as a delegate at their regional party congress for Washington State. A year later he returned to Johnstown, where he also practiced as a lawyer.

After the resignation of Congressman James Russell Leech , Stull was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, where he took up his new mandate on April 26, 1932, when the by-election was due for the 20th seat of Pennsylvania. Since he renounced another candidacy in the regular congressional elections of 1932 , he could only end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1933 . This was shaped by the global economic crisis. After his time in the US House of Representatives, Stull returned to practice as a lawyer. He died on April 22, 1949 in Johnstown, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Howard William Stull in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Howard William Stull in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
James Russell Leech	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (20th constituency) April 26, 1932 - March 3, 1933	Thomas Cunningham Cochran