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  Bull, Melville
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  2021-01-01  
 
NameMelville Bull
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Middletown, Rhode Island , United States
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Born September 29, 1854
DiedJuly 05, 1909 (54 years)
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InfoBULL, Melville, a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Newport, R.I., September 29, 1854; attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., and was graduated from Harvard University in 1877; engaged in agricultural pursuits near Newport; member of the State house of representatives 1883-1885; served in the State senate 1885-1892; member of the Republican State central committee; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1888; Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island 1892-1894; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1903); chairman, Committee on Accounts (Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress; lived in Middletown, Newport County, R.I., until his death July 5, 1909; interment in Island Cemetery, Newport, R.I.


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  11/06/1900 RI District 01 Won 59.04% (+24.69%)
  11/08/1898 RI District 01 Won 59.61% (+26.99%)
  11/03/1896 RI District 01 Won 63.73% (+32.40%)
  11/06/1894 RI District 01 Won 57.36% (+20.96%)
  04/05/1893 RI District 01- Second Trial Lost 45.83% (-3.87%)
  11/08/1892 RI District 01 Won 49.40% (+2.32%)
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