Lieutenant Governor and Congressman
Hull was sworn in as Florida's sixth lieutenant governor along with Governor George F. Drew on January 2, 1877. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1878, and the following year, he resigned as Lieutenant Governor. Hull took his seat in the 46th Congress on March 4, 1879. However, his opponent, Horatio Bisbee, Jr., contested the election and succeeded him on January 22, 1881.
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