Morton D. Hull

Morton D. Hull (1923)

Morton Denison Hull (born January 13, 1867 in Chicago , Illinois , †  August 20, 1937 in Bennington , Vermont ) was an American politician . Between 1923 and 1933 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Morton Hull attended public schools in his home country and then until 1885 the Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1892, he began to work in this profession in Chicago. He participated financially in several craft companies. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1906 and 1914 he was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives ; from 1915 to 1922 he was a member of the State Senate . In June 1916 he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago. In the same year, he ran unsuccessfully for governor of Illinois. In 1920 he was a delegate at a meeting to revise the state constitution.

After the death of MP James Mann , Hull was elected as its successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on April 3, 1923, when the by-election was due for the second seat of Illinois . After four re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1933 . In 1932 he renounced another congressional candidacy.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Morton Hull resumed his previous activities. He died on August 20, 1937 at his summer residence in Bennington.

Web links

• Morton D. Hull in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Morton D. Hull in the database of Find a Grave (English)