William E. Hull

Who was William E. Hull?

William Edgar Hull was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in Lewistown, Illinois, Hull attended the common schools, Lewistown High School, and Illinois College at Jacksonville, Illinois. He served as president of the Manito Chemical Co. Postmaster of Peoria, Illinois from 1898 to 1906. He served as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1916 and 1920. He served as a member of the board of directors of the Illinois Highway Improvement Association.

Hull was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932. He resumed his former pursuits in Peoria, Illinois. He died in a hospital in Toronto, Canada, May 30, 1942, while on a visit. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lewistown, Illinois.