John Bull (congressman)
John Bull | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's at-large district | |
In office March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | |
Preceded by | Seat created |
Succeeded by | Albert Galliton Harrison |
Personal details | |
Born | 1803 Virginia |
Died | February 1863 near Rothville, Missouri | (aged 59–60)
Resting place | Hutcheson Cemetery |
Political party | National Republican |
Occupation | Methodist minister; physician |
John Bull (1803 – February 1863) was an American clergyman and physician who represented Missouri in the U.S. Congress between 1833 and 1835.
Life
[edit]He was born in Virginia, studied medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, moved to Howard County, Missouri, and settled near Glasgow, Missouri. He engaged in the practice of medicine. He owned slaves.[1] He studied theology, was ordained to the ministry and became a Methodist minister in Glasgow, Missouri. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1832 Missouri gubernatorial election and a presidential elector on the Jackson-Calhoun ticket in 1828.
John Bull was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835); resumed his ministerial duties and also the practice of medicine; died near Rothville, Missouri, Chariton County, Missouri, in February 1863; interment in Hutcheson Cemetery, a family burial ground, near Rothville.
External links
[edit]- ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, January 19, 2022, retrieved July 10, 2022
- United States Congress. "John Bull (id: B001046)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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