Merlin Hull

Merlin Hull

Merlin Hull (born December 18, 1870 in Warsaw , Indiana , †  May 17, 1953 in La Crosse , Wisconsin ) was an American politician . Between 1929 and 1931 and again from 1935 to 1953 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After primary school, Merlin Hull attended Gale College in Galesville, Wisconsin and DePauw University in Greencastle . He then studied at Columbian University , today's George Washington University in Washington . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1894, he began to work in Black River Falls (Wisconsin) in his new profession. He also got into the newspaper business. Between 1904 and 1926 he was the newspaper "Jackson County Journal" and then from 1926 to 1953 the newspaper "Banner Journal" out. Merlin Hull was also active in agriculture. Between 1907 and 1909 he served as the district attorney in Jackson County .

In addition to the activities already mentioned, Hull began a political career in Wisconsin as a member of the Republican Party . From 1909 to 1915 he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly , of which he was president in 1913. Between 1917 and 1921 he served as Secretary of State of Wisconsin. In the 1928 congressional election , Hull was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the seventh constituency of Wisconsin, where he succeeded Joseph D. Beck on March 4, 1929 . Since he was no longer nominated by his party in 1930, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1931 . This was shaped by the events of the global economic crisis.

In 1932, Hull ran unsuccessfully as an independent for his return to the US House of Representatives. He then became a member of the Wisconsin Progressive Party . As their candidate, he was elected to Congress in the ninth district of Wisconsin in 1934. After he was confirmed in his mandate in all subsequent elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on May 17, 1953. After the dissolution of his party in the mid-1940s, he returned to the Republicans; as their candidate he had been in Congress since the 1946 elections. Until 1941, many of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed there. After that, the events of World War II also determined the work of the House of Representatives. After the war, Hull saw the beginning of the Cold War and the Korean War in Congress . In 1951 the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was passed.

Web links

• Merlin Hull in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Merlin Hull at The Political Graveyard