William Raleigh Hull

William Raleigh Hull Jr. (born April 17, 1906 in Weston , Platte County , Missouri , †  August 15, 1977 in Kansas City , Missouri) was an American politician . Between 1955 and 1973 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Hall attended public schools in his home country including Weston High School . He then worked in agriculture and became a partner in Hull's Tobacco Warehouse in Weston. Hull also got into banking, where he made it to one of the directors of the First National Bank of Leavenworth in Kansas .

Politically, Hull was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1939 and 1940 he was mayor of his hometown Weston. In the 1954 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the sixth constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded William Clay Cole on January 3, 1955 . After eight re-elections, he was able to complete nine legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1973 . During this time the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War fell . In addition, the 23rd , 24th , 25th and 26th amendments to the Constitution were ratified at that time.

In 1972, William Hull declined to run again. He died in Kansas City on August 15, 1977 and was buried in his hometown of Weston.

Web links

• William Raleigh Hull in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Raleigh Hull in the database of Find a Grave (English)