Howard William Stull (April 11, 1876 – April 22, 1949) was a

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member of the

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from

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Early life

Howard W. Stull was born on a farm near

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. He attended the Johnstown High School, and State Normal School (later State Teachers’ College) in

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. He was employed as a store clerk from 1887 to 1894 and as a railroad clerk in 1894 and 1895. He taught school at

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and

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, from 1895 to 1897. He served as post office clerk at Johnstown in 1897 and 1898 and as assistant postmaster from 1899 to 1904.

Washington D.C. and Washington state

In 1905 he moved to

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, and served as an assistant division chief in the

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from 1905 to 1908. He graduated from the law department of

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in 1908. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in

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, in 1909. He was the prosecuting attorney of

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, in 1911, 1912, 1915, and 1916. He was a delegate to the Republican State convention in 1916. He returned to Johnstown in 1917 and continued the practice of law.

United States House of Representatives

Stull was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. Russell Leech. He was not a candidate for renomination in

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. He resumed the practice of law, and died in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Interment in

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Sources

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The Political Graveyard

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stull, Howard W. 1876 births 1949 deaths George Washington University Law School alumni Pennsylvania lawyers People from Indiana, Pennsylvania Politicians from Johnstown, Pennsylvania Washington (state) lawyers Indiana University of Pennsylvania alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania People from Colville, Washington