Melville Bull

Melville Bull
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 1st congressional district
In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903
Preceded by	Oscar Lapham
Succeeded by	Daniel L.D. Granger
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
In office 1892–1894
Governor	D. Russell Brown
Preceded by	Henry A. Stearns
Succeeded by	Edwin Allen
Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
In office 1883-1885
Personal details
Born	(1854-09-29)September 29, 1854 Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.
Died	July 5, 1909(1909-07-05) (aged 54) Middletown, Rhode Island, U.S.
Party	Republican
Alma mater	Harvard University

Melville Bull (September 29, 1854 – July 5, 1909) was a U.S. representative from Rhode Island.

Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Bull attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, and graduated from Harvard University in 1877. He was then involved in farming in the vicinity of Newport.

He served as member of the state house of representatives from 1883 to 1885 and as a state senator from 1885 to 1892. He served as member of the Republican state central committee and served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1888. He also served as Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island from 1892 to 1894 under Governor D. Russell Brown.

Bull was a charter member of the Rhode Island Society of Colonial Wars in 1897.

Bull was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1903). He served as chairman of the Committee on Accounts (Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses).

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress.

He lived in Middletown, Rhode Island, until his death on July 5, 1909, in Newport. He was interred in Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Melville Bull (id: B001048)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.  This article incorporates public domain material from Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Federal government of the United States.