John Carpenter Hull was born on November 1, 1870, in Deering, Maine.

[1] From 1912 to 1915, Hull served on the Leominster school board and was the moderator of the town meetings.

In 1916, he won election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Worcester district as a Republican and held the seat until 1928.

[2] In 1928, he unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts before retiring from electoral politics.

[4] Hull died on January 7, 1947, at the Massachusetts Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Infirmary in Boston.