John Bull (politician, 1803)

John Bull (* 1803 in Virginia , † February 1863 near Rothville , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1833 and 1835 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Neither the exact place of birth nor the date of birth of John Bull have been recorded. After studying medicine and becoming a doctor, he began working in this field near Glasgow, Missouri. At the same time he studied theology. After his ordination as a clergyman of the Methodist Church , he worked as a preacher in his new home. Politically, he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson in the 1820s and was one of its electorates in the presidential election of 1828 . He later turned away from Jackson, became a member of the opposition National Republican Party and applied unsuccessfully for this in 1832 for the office of governor of Missouri, defeating Daniel Dunklin with 45:50 percent of the vote.

In the congressional election of 1832 , Bull was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the then newly created second constituency of Missouri , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1833. By March 3, 1835, he completed a term in Congress . This was overshadowed by discussions about President Jackson's policies. It was about the controversial implementation of the Indian Removal Act , the nullification crisis with the state of South Carolina and the banking policy of the president.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, John Bull returned to work as a clergyman and doctor. He died in Rothville in February 1863.

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SURNAME	Bull, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1803
PLACE OF BIRTH	Virginia
DATE OF DEATH	February 1863
Place of death	near Rothville , Missouri