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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Bell attended the common schools and the Sewanee College. In 1871, he moved to Texas. After a subsequent law degree in 1874 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in Hamilton in this profession. In 1876 he was District Attorney in Hamilton County. From 1880 to 1882 he was again held this position. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In July 1884 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, was first nominated to the Grover Cleveland as a presidential candidate. From 1884 to 1888 Bell was a member of the Senate of Texas. In the years 1888 to 1890 he was a judge in the 29th Judicial District of the State of.

In the congressional elections of 1892 Bell was in the eighth election district of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Littleton W. Moore on March 4, 1893. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1897 two legislative sessions. In 1896 he gave up another candidacy. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Bell practiced as a lawyer in Fort Worth. Between 1901 and 1904 he served as the successor of Thomas Slater Smith the Office of the Attorney General of Texas; then he again worked as a lawyer. He died on 21 April 1913 in Fort Worth.