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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaNoble Andrew HULL
(1827-1907)
HULL, Noble Andrew, a
Representative from Florida; born in Little York, Camden County,
Ga., March 11, 1827; attended the county schools and Chatham
Academy, Savannah, Ga.; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Savannah
in 1845; moved to Florida in 1851 and engaged in business in
Columbia County; when Suwanee County was formed was elected
sheriff; member of the Florida house of representatives in 1860 and
1861; during the Civil War served as captain of Company H, First
Florida Cavalry, in the Confederate Army; engaged in mercantile
pursuits in Jacksonville and Sanford, Seminole County; Lieutenant
Governor of Florida 1877-1879; resigned to take his seat in
Congress; presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the
Forty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1879, to January 22,
1881, when he was succeeded by Horatio Bisbee, Jr., who contested
his election; resumed business activities in Jacksonville;
assistant postmaster of Jacksonville 1884-1888; clerk of Duval
County circuit court 1888-1900; declined to be a candidate for
reelection; died in Jacksonville, Fla., January 28, 1907; interment
in Evergreen Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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