William Raleigh Hull Jr. (April 17, 1906 – August 15, 1977) was a

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from

Missouri's 6th congressional district Missouri's 6th congressional district takes in a large swath of land in northern Missouri, stretching across nearly the entire width of the state from Kansas to Illinois. Its largest voting population is centered in the northern portion of the ...

. He was born in

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into a prominent

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raising family. He was co-owner of Hull's Tobacco Warehouse in Weston, director of First National Bank,

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and a

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of Weston in 1939–1940. His first term in Congress started on January 3, 1955 and served until January 3, 1973. He was not a candidate for re-election. He died in

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and is buried at Graceland Cemetery in Weston. Hull did not sign the 1956

Southern Manifesto The Declaration of Constitutional Principles (known informally as the Southern Manifesto) was a document written in February and March 1956, during the 84th United States Congress, in opposition to racial integration of public places. The manife ...

, and voted in favor of the

Civil Rights Act of 1960 The Civil Rights Act of 1960 () is a United States federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someone's attempt to register to vote. It dealt primarily wi ...

, the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and the

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, but voted against the Civil Rights Acts of 1957,

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

, and

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

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1906 births 1977 deaths People from Weston, Missouri Mayors of places in Missouri Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Missouri-mayor-stub