Thomas Montgomery Bell

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Thomas Montgomery Bell

Thomas Montgomery Bell (born March 17, 1861 in Cleveland , White County , Georgia , †  March 18, 1941 in Gainesville , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1905 and 1931 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Bell attended both the public schools in his home country and a private school in Gainesville. He then studied at Moore's Business University in Atlanta . From 1878 to 1879 he was a teacher in the schools of Cleveland before he began a career as a traveling merchant the following year. He represented companies in Atlanta and Baltimore ( Maryland ). In 1885 he moved to Gainesville, where he did the same job. From 1898 to 1904, Bell was an administrative clerk at Superior Court in Hall County .

Politically, Bell was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1904 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded Farish Carter Tate on March 4, 1905 . After twelve re-elections, he was able to complete a total of 13 legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1931 . Between 1913 and 1915 he was the democratic majority leader there. During his time as a congressman, the First World War fell among other things . In addition, the 16th , 17th , 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were passed in those years . Since 1929 the work of the congress has also been determined by the consequences of the world economic crisis .

In 1930 Thomas Bell was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. In the following years he worked as a representative for a marble company. He died in Gainesville on March 18, 1941.

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SURNAME Bell, Thomas Montgomery
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH near Cleveland , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1941
Place of death Gainesville , Georgia