William Hull

William Hull
Brigadier General / Governor William Hull (1753-1825), commander of Fort Detroit in the Michigan Territory, and the Army of the Northwest of the United States Army in the War of 1812 (1812-1815), surrendered the fort to the British Army after the Siege of Detroit in August 1812, and first Governor of the Michigan Territory (1805-1813; earlier served as an officer in the Continental Army in numerous battles of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) - (oil painting / portrait, circa 1800)
1st Governor of Michigan Territory
In office March 22, 1805 – October 29, 1813
Appointed by	Thomas Jefferson third President
Succeeded by	Lewis Cass
Personal details
Born	(1753-06-24)June 24, 1753 Derby, Connecticut Colony, Thirteen Colonies, British America, British Empire
Died	November 29, 1825(1825-11-29) (aged 72) Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Nationality	American
Children	4
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Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	Continental Army United States Army
Years of service	1775-1783, 1812-1814
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands	Army of the Northwest
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War White Plains Trenton Princeton Stillwater Saratoga Fort Stanwix Monmouth Stony Point War of 1812 Siege of Detroit

William Hull (June 24, 1753 – November 29, 1825) was an American military officer and politician. He fought in the American Revolutionary War and served as governor of the Michigan Territory from 1805 to 1813, gaining large land cessions from several surrounding Native Americans / Indian tribes under the Treaty of Detroit of 1807. Hull is most widely remembered, however, as the general in the first months of the War of 1812 (1812-1815), who surrendered Fort Detroit / Shelby to the British Army on August 16, 1812 following the Siege of Detroit. After the siege, he was paroled by the enemy and returned east, but court-martialed, convicted, and sentenced to death in a military court trial by the United States Army and the U.S. War Department, but later received a pardon from fourth President and military commander-in-chief James Madison (1751-1836, served 1809-1817), so his military and personal reputation somewhat recovered. He was assigned to several other commands in the next two years of the war, before the 1815 peace Treaty of Ghent and return to the pre-war status quo with the British,