Charles J. Bell

Charles James Bell ( born March 10, 1845 in Walden, Caledonia County, Vermont; † September 25, 1909 in New York City ) was an American politician and 1904-1906 Governor of the State of Vermont.

Early years and political rise

Charles Bell visited the Peacham Academy. During the Civil War he joined the Union army at the age of 17 years. There he rose to the Corporal. In 1865, he was wounded. In June this year he retired from the military service. After the war he returned to Vermont, where he managed the family-owned farm and raised horses.

Bell was a member of the Republican Party. Even in his home town of Walden, he held several political offices. He was, for example, in school and in the city council. Between 1882 and 1883 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Vermont, from 1894 to 1895 he was a member of the State Senate. Between 1894 and 1896 he was a member of the railroad committee and then to 1902 of the Agriculture Committee.

Governor of Vermont and other CV

In 1904, Charles Bell was elected governor of his state. He joined his two-year tenure at October 6, 1904. Bell pushed for a centralized school system and wanted to let the recently invented automobiles only on certain roads. During his tenure, the laws were improved in child labor, which was even banned in some areas such as factories or mills. At the end of his tenure, Bell withdrew from politics. He went back to his private affairs, where agriculture was first in line. He was a member and sometimes chairman of numerous agricultural associations. Governor Bell died in September 1909 in New York. With his wife Mary Louise Perry, he had two children.

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