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Huidekoper, Frederic – Hull, Holmer

Huidekoper, Frederic

theologian, philanthropist, author, was born April 7, 1817, in Meadville, Pa. He is a unitarian theologian and philanthropist of Meadville, Pa.; and the author of Belief of the First Three Centuries concerning Christ's Mission to the Underworld; Judaism at Rome; and Indirect Testimony of History to the Genuineness of the Gospels.

Hulbert, John W

congressman.

He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1814 to 1817 to fill a vacancy.

Hulburd, Calvin T

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born June 5, 1809, in Stockholm, N. Y. He was a member of the state legislature from 1842 to 1844, and again in 1862. In the latter year he was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-eighth congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-ninth and fortieth congresses as a republican.

Hulburd, Roger W

lawyer, state senator, was born Oct. 22, 1856, in Waterville, Vt. He is a successful lawyer of Hyde Park, Vt.; was postmaster for several years; and in 1894-96 was state's attorney of his county. During 1896-98 he served with distinction as a member of the Vermont state senate.

Hulick, George W

soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born June 29, 1833, in Batavia, Ohio. He enlisted under the first call as a private in company E, twenty-second regiment Ohio volunteer infantry in 1861. He was elected probate judge of Clermont county, Ohio, in 1863; and served from 1864 to 1867. He was elected to the fifty-third and re-elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.

Huling, James H

lumber merchant, congressman, was born March 24, 1844, in Williamsport, Pa. He was elected mayor of Charleston, W. Va., in 1884, being the first republican ever elected to that office.

He declined a renomination; and was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.

Hull, Alexander C

public official, was born April 20, 1858, in Marion county, Ark. He has been deputy clerk of Boone county; chief clerk of the United States land office at Harrison, Ark.; editor of the Boone Banner; expert accountant for Arkansas; and is now secretary of state of Arkansas.

Hull, Amos Girard

educator, author, was born March 7, 1815, in Paris, N. Y. He became superintendent of public instruction in Volney, N. Y., in 1843. He has been a frequent contributor to the press on political questions, and has published Treatise on the Duties of Town and County Officers; and History of the Early Settlement of Oswego Falls.

Hull, Asbury

legislator, was born Jan. 30, 1797, in Washington, Ga.

For more than forty years he was thesecretary and treasurer of the board of trustees of the university of Georgia; and was often a member of the legislature and speaker of the house. He died Jan. 26, 1866, in Athens, Ga.

Hull, Charles E

merchant, journalist, state senator, was born Nov. 7, 1862, in Salem, Ill. He was a successful merchant, and the editor and owner of The Herald-Advocate of Salem, Ill. In 1897 he was elected a member of the Illinois state senate.

Hull, Henry

physician, educator, was born Oct. 20, 1798, in Washington, Ga. From 1830 till his resignation in 1846 he was professor of mathematics in the university of Georgia. He died May 10, 1881, in Athens, Ga.

Hull, Holmer

lawyer, jurist, was born in 1815, in Glen's Falls, N. Y. In 1870 he was appointed United States judge for the states of Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. He died May 14, 1877, in Detroit, Mich.

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