Joseph Horace Shull

Joseph Horace Shull (born August 17, 1848 in Martins Creek , Northampton County , Pennsylvania , †  August 9, 1944 in Stroudsburg , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1903 and 1905 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Shull attended his home public schools and Blair Hall School in New Jersey . He then took a course at Lafayette College in Easton . This was followed by studies at New York University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York City , where he studied medicine. After that he practiced as a doctor. He also taught as a teacher in Pennsylvania for four years. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1879, Shull began working in this profession in Stroudsburg. Between 1881 and 1886 he was the Monroe Democrat newspaperout. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party . From 1886 to 1891 he was a member of the Pennsylvania Senate .

In the congressional election of 1902 Shull was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 26th  constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Republican Arthur Laban Bates on March 4, 1903 . Since he was not nominated for re-election by his party in 1904, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1905 .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Shull returned to practice as a lawyer and doctor. During the First World War he was a contract doctor for the military. He made headlines in May 1944 when, at the age of 94, he appeared again as a lawyer before the Federal Supreme Court . He died a little later, on August 9, 1944, in Stroudsburg, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Joseph Horace Shull in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph Horace Shull in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Arthur Laban Bates	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (26th constituency) March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1905	Gustav A. Schneebeli