Charles K. Bell

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Charles K. Bell

Charles Keith Bell (born April 18, 1853 in Chattanooga , Tennessee , †  April 21, 1913 in Fort Worth , Texas ) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1897 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Bell attended public schools in his home country as well as Sewanee College . In 1871 he moved to Texas. After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1874, he began to work in this profession in Hamilton . In 1876, he became a district attorney in Hamilton County . From 1880 to 1882 he worked again in this function. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In July 1884 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where Grover Cleveland was first nominated as a presidential candidate. Bell was a member of the Texas Senate from 1884 to 1888 . From 1888 to 1890 he was a judge in the 29th judicial district of his state.

In the congressional election of 1892 , Bell was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the eighth constituency of Texas , where he succeeded Littleton W. Moore on March 4, 1893 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1897 . In 1896 he renounced another candidacy. After serving in the US House of Representatives, Bell practiced law in Fort Worth. Between 1901 and 1904 he held the office of Attorney General of Texas as the successor to Thomas Slater Smith ; after that he worked again as a lawyer. He died in Fort Worth on April 21, 1913.

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SURNAME Bell, Charles K.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bell, Charles Keith (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Chattanooga , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1913
Place of death Fort Worth , Texas