Joseph Maull

Infobox Officeholder
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office = Governor of Delaware
term_start = March 2 1846
term_end = May 3 1846
predecessor = Thomas Stockton
successor = William Temple
birth_date = birth date|1781|9|6|mf=y
birth_place = Lewes, Delaware
death_date = death date and age|1846|5|3|1781|9|6
death_place = Lewes, Delaware
spouse = Penelope Shields
Sarah Davis Watson
party = Federalist
Whig
residence = Milton, Delaware
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profession = physician
religion = Episcopalian

Dr. Joseph Maull (September 6 1781 – May 3 1846) was an American physician and politician from Lewes, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, and a member of the Federalist Party, then later the Whig Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware.

Early Life and Family

Maull was born September 6 1781 at Pilottown, near Lewes, Delaware, son of John and Mary Marsh Maull. His father was a shipwright who ran arms from the West Indies during the American Revolution. He died, so the story goes, when a ship's mast fell on him. During the American Revolution, Joseph Maull had an uncle, Nathaniel, who piloted ships for the American Committee of Safety, and another, James, who scouted the Delaware Bay for the British. Maull, himself, served in the 3rd Brigade of Delaware Militia, defending Lewes during the War of 1812.

Maull studied medicine under Dr. John Wolfe of Lewes and spent the rest of his life as a practicing physician from his home in Milton, Delaware. He married Penelope Shields in 1802 and they had two children, Susan and George. After her death, he married Sarah Davis Watson in 1820, and they had no children. They were members of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Lewes.

Political career

Maull served in the State Senate for 21 years, from the 1816 session through the 1824 session, again from the 1827 session through the 1830 session and finally from the 1839/40 session through the 1845/46 session. As he was Speaker during the last session, he became Governor of Delaware upon the death of Governor Thomas Stockton on March 2 1846, serving until his own death on May 3 1846. He was the seventh Governor of Delaware to die in office. Maull began his career as a Federalist, and joined the Whig Party with the party realignment of the 1830’s. When he was Governor he was opposed to the foreign policy of U.S. President James K. Polk, including the annexation of Texas.

Death and Legacy

Maull died May 3 1846 at Lewes, Delaware, and is buried at the St. Peter's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Lewes.
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Almanac

Elections were held the first Tuesday in October and members of the Delaware General Assembly took office on the first Tuesday of January. State Senators had a three year term. Since 1831, elections have been held on the first Tuesday after November 1st and State Senators have had a four year term. The Governor takes office the third Tuesday in January, and has a four year term.

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1816
January 7 1817
January 6 1818|
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1817
January 6 1818
January 2 1821|
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Dover
1820
January 2 1821
January 6 1824|
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Dover
1826
January 2 1827
January 5 1830|
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Dover
1831
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December 2 1831
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Dover
1838
January 1 1839
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1842
January 3 1843
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1817
41st
State Senate
Federalist
John Clark|
Sussex "at-large"
-Party shading/Federalist
-Party shading/Federalist
1818
42nd
State Senate
Federalist
John Clark|
Sussex "at-large"
-Party shading/Federalist
1819
43rd
State Senate
Federalist
John Clark|
Sussex "at-large"
-Party shading/Federalist
1820
44th
State Senate
Federalist
Jacob Stout|
Sussex "at-large"
-Party shading/Federalist
1821
45th
State Senate
Federalist
John Collins|
Sussex "at-large"
-Party shading/Federalist
1822
46th
State Senate
Federalist
John Collins|
Sussex "at-large"
-Party shading/Democratic-Republican
1823
47th
State Senate
Democratic-Republican
Joseph Haslet|
Sussex "at-large"
-Party shading/Federalist
-Party shading/Federalist
1828
52nd
State Senate
Federalist
Charles Polk, Jr.|
Sussex "at-large"
-Party shading/Federalist
-Party shading/National Republican
1829
53rd
State Senate
National Republican
Charles Polk, Jr.|
Sussex "at-large"
-Party shading/Whig
1839-1840
60th
State Senate
Whig
Cornelius P. Comegys|
Sussex "at-large"
-Party shading/Whig
1841-1842
61st
State Senate
Whig
William B. Cooper|
Sussex "at-large"
-Party shading/Whig
1843-1844
62nd
State Senate
Whig
William B. Cooper|
Sussex "at-large"
-Party shading/Whig
1845-1846
63rd
State Senate
Whig
Thomas Stockton
Speaker
Sussex "at-large"
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References

*cite book |title = History of the State of Delaware, 3 vols. |last = Conrad |first = Henry C. |coauthors = |work = |publisher = Wickersham Company |location = Lancaster, Pennsylvania |year = 1908 |id =
*cite book |title= A History of Delaware Through its Governors |last= Martin |first= Roger A. |coauthors= |work= |publisher= McClafferty Press |location= Wilmington, Delaware |pages= |year= 1984 |id=
*cite book |title= Memoirs of the Senate |last= Martin |first= Roger A. |coauthors= |work= |publisher= Roger A. Martin |location= Newark, Delaware |pages= |year= 1995 |id=
*cite book |title = History of Delaware 1609-1888. 2 vols |last = Scharf |first = John Thomas |coauthors = |work = |publisher = L. J. Richards & Co |location = Philadelphia |year = 1888 |id =

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* [http://www.state.de.us/research/Tour/information/Governors/govs-13.shtml Hall of Governors Portrait Gallery] . "Portrait courtesy of Historical and Cultural Affairs, Dover"

External links

* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=805b224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD Joseph Maull at the "Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States"]
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#RKD0IWL88 Joseph Maull at the "Political Graveyard"]
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* [http://www.russpickett.com/history/delgov2.htm#maull Joseph Maull at "Delaware’s Governors"]

Places with more information

* [http://www.hsd.org/ Historical Society of Delaware] , 505 Market St., Wilmington, Delaware [phone]
* [http://www.lib.udel.edu/ University of Delaware Library] , 181 South College Ave., Newark, Delaware [phone]