John Carpenter Hull (November 1, 1870 – January 7, 1947) was a descendant of Edward Doty, Samuel Thaxter and the third town clerk Daniel Cushing of Hingham, Massachusetts. He served the state of Massachusetts for twenty years between 1916 and 1936 at the Statehouse in Boston chairing the committees of Education, Judiciary, Elections and Public Institutions. He was also the Speaker of the House of Massachusetts from 1925-1928, educator, lawyer, and the first Securities Director of Massachusetts. Duties now held the by Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin.