John Calhoun Bell

John Calhoun Bell

John Calhoun Bell (born December 11, 1851 in Sewanee , Tennessee , †  August 12, 1933 in Montrose , Colorado ) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1903 he represented the second constituency of the state of Colorado in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Bell attended both public and private schools in Franklin County , Tennessee. After studying law at Winchester , he was admitted to the bar in 1874. That same year he moved to Del Norte , Colorado, and then to Saguache , where he worked as a lawyer. Between 1874 and 1876 he was a district attorney in Saguache County . After moving to Lake City in 1876 , he became a County Clerk in Hinsdale County . In 1885 Bell was Mayor of Lake City. From 1886 he was based in Montrose, where he worked as a lawyer. Between 1889 and 1892 he served as a judge in the seventh judicial district of his state.

Politically, Bell was a member of the short-lived Populist Party . In 1892 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington as their candidate in the newly created second district of Colorado . After he was confirmed in the following four elections, he could remain in Congress between March 4, 1893 and March 3, 1903 . In 1900 and 1901 he was a member of the United States Industrial Commission. In the elections of 1902 he was defeated by the Republican Herschel M. Hogg . After his tenure in Congress, Bell returned to working as a lawyer in Montrose. Between 1913 and 1915 he was a judge at the court of appeal and then a lawyer again. From 1931 to 1933 he was a member of the Agriculture Committee of his home state. John Bell died in August 1933 and was buried in Montrose.

Web links

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

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