Charles H. Bell (politician)

Charles Henry Bell ( born November 18, 1823 in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, † November 11, 1893 in Exeter, New Hampshire ) was an American politician of the Republican Party.

Life

Charles Bell was born in 1823 as the youngest son of the future governor of New Hampshire, John Bell. His uncle Samuel Bell was governor of that state. His cousins ​​were also politically active: James Bell as a U.S. Senator, Samuel Newell Bell as a deputy in the House of Representatives.

He graduated in 1844 from Dartmouth College, studied law and worked as a successful lawyer in Chester and Exeter. For ten years he has also served as County Solicitor. Moreover, he made a name for himself as an author of a book on the history of the place Exeter. From 1868 to 1887, he was president of the Historical Society of New Hampshire.

Bell was married twice.

Policy

Bells political career began in 1858 when he was elected to the House of Representatives from New Hampshire, where he remained until 1860. This year he was also the Speaker of the Chamber. From 1863 to 1864 he sat in the Senate of the State of which he was President in 1864. There followed a prolonged political pause before he was appointed U.S. Senator in March 1879 by the state legislature; However, it was only to bridge a temporary vacancy until the official was elected Senator. Bell was for no consideration and retired in July again from the Senate, as with Henry William Blair was certain his successor.

In 1881 he was finally just like his father and uncle for a two-year term elected governor of New Hampshire. In 1889, he stood in front of the Constitutional Convention of New Hampshire.