John Bull (congressman)

John Bull (1803  February 1863) was an American clergyman and physician who represented Missouri in the U.S. Congress between 1833 and 1835.


John Bull
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's at-large district
In office
March 4, 1833  March 3, 1835
Preceded bySeat created
Succeeded byAlbert Galliton Harrison
Personal details
Born1803 (1803)
Virginia
DiedFebruary 1863(1863-02-00) (aged 59–60)
near Rothville, Missouri
Resting placeHutcheson Cemetery
Political partyNational Republican
OccupationMethodist minister; physician

Life

He was born in Virginia, studied medicine in Baltimore, Maryland; moved to Howard County, Missouri, and settled near Glasgow, Missouri; engaged in the practice of medicine; studied theology; was ordained to the ministry and became a Methodist minister in that locality; in 1832, the unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Missouri; presidential elector on the ticket of Jackson and Calhoun 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.

  • United States Congress. "John Bull (id: B001046)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Party political offices
Vacant
Title last held by
William Carr
National Republican nominee for Governor of Missouri
1832
Succeeded by
None
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
(none)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's at-large congressional district

1833-1835
Succeeded by
Albert Galliton Harrison


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