Career
Born in Greeneville, Tennessee to Hayes and Carrie Hull, had one sister, Mary Lou Hull Wexler, wife of Judge Ben K.Wexler of Greeneville. Mistress Hull died in 1995. He went to Tusculum College and then received a Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1951.
He was in private practice in Greeneville, Tennessee from 1951 to 1972.
Beginning in 1951, Judge Hull was a general practice lawyer in Greeneville, Tennessee. He was a Chief clerk, Tennessee House of Representatives from 1969 to 1970.
He was a judge on the 20th Judicial Circuit of Tennessee from 1972 to 1979. He was a Legal counsel to Governor Lamar Alexander, Tennessee from 1979 to 1981.
He was in private practice in Greeneville, Tennessee from 1981 to 1982.
Hull was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Hull was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on October 24, 1983, to a seat vacated by Frank West. Wilson. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 9, 1983, and received his commission on November 14, 1983.
He served as chief judge from 1984-1991.
He assumed senior status on October 1, 2002. Hull served in that capacity until a Tuesday, July 29, 2008, due to an extended illness which lead to his death, in Greeneville, Tennessee.