Born in
Greeneville,
Tennessee, Hull was a Corporal in the
United States Army during
World War II, from 1944 to 1946. Hull was a member of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Greeneville from 1940 and a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars from 1946. 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 from 1951 to 1972. He was a member of the
Tennessee House of Representatives from 1955 to 1965. He was the chief clerk of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1969 to 1970. He was a judge of the 20th Judicial Circuit of Tennessee from 1972 to 1979. In 1979, he and his brother-in-law Carl Brandon bought controlling interest of a bank in Greeneville, now known as Andrew Johnson Bank. He also was instrumental in the formation of Greeneville Federal Bank, where his son serves as president. He was a legal counsel to Governor
Lamar Alexander of Tennessee from 1979 to 1981. He was in private practice in Greeneville from 1981 to 1982. ==Federal judicial service==