William Raleigh HULL, Jr., Congress, MO (1906-1977)

HULL, William Raleigh, Jr., a Representative from Missouri; born in Weston, Platte County, Mo., April 17, 1906; attended the public schools and graduated from Weston High School; engaged in farming; coowner of Hull’s Tobacco Warehouse, Weston, Mo.; director of First National Bank, Leavenworth, Kans.; mayor of Weston, Mo., in 1939 and 1940; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1955-January 3, 1973); was not a candidate in 1972 for reelection to the Ninety-third Congress; died in Kansas City, Mo., August 15, 1977; interment in Graceland Cemetery, Weston, Mo.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present