Melville Bull

Melville Bull

Melville Bull (born September 29, 1854 in Newport , Rhode Island , † July 5, 1909 in Middletown , Rhode Island) was an American politician . Between 1895 and 1903 he represented the first constituency of the state of Rhode Island in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Melville Bull attended the Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter ( New Hampshire ) and then studied at Harvard University until 1877 . After graduating from college, he worked in agriculture in the Newport area. He became a member of the Republican Party and was from 1883 to 1885 Member of the House of Representatives from Rhode Island ; from 1885 to 1892 he was a member of the State Senate . He was then from 1892 to 1894 lieutenant governor of his home state.

In the 1894 congressional elections, Bull was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the first district of his state . There he replaced the Democrat Oscar Lapham on March 4, 1895 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete a total of four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1903 . From 1899 to 1903 he was chairman of the Committee on Accounts . In the elections of 1902 he was defeated by the Democrat Daniel Granger .

After his tenure in Congress ended, Melville Bull was no longer politically active. He spent his retirement in Middletown, where he died in 1909.

Web links

• Melville Bull in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Melville Bull in the database of Find a Grave (English)