John Bell (politician, 1796)

John Bell (born June 19, 1796 in Pennsboro , Lycoming County , Pennsylvania , †  May 4, 1869 in Fremont , Ohio ) was an American politician . In 1851 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives for two months .

Career

John Bell received only a limited education. In 1810 he came to Ohio with his parents, where the family settled near Xenia . In 1823 he moved to Lower Sandusky, where he became mayor in 1830. John Bell also served as a probate judge in Sandusky County on several occasions . He was also active in the state militia, in which he was promoted to major general in 1834. During the Toledo War in 1838 he commanded the forces of Ohio State. Between 1838 and 1841 he was a postman in Lower Sandusky. Politically, he became a member of the Whig Party . In 1844 and 1845 he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives ; from 1845 to 1846 he was mayor of the city of Fremont.

After the death of the MP Amos E. Wood , Bell was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC when he was due by-election for the sixth seat of Ohio , where he took up his new mandate on January 7, 1851. By March 3, 1851 he was able to end the current legislative period in Congress . Bell was the third member of the sixth constituency in his state to serve in parliament for the March 4, 1849 legislative term. Wood's predecessor Rodolphus Dickinson had also died in office.

Between 1852 and 1855 and again from 1858 to 1863, John Bell served as probate judge. He died on May 4, 1869 in Fremont, where he was also buried.

Web links

• John Bell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Bell in the database of Find a Grave (English)