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John Bull (congressman)

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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

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

Life

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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.

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  1. ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, January 19, 2022, retrieved July 10, 2022
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