Theodore Arlington Bell

Theodore Arlington Bell ( born July 25, 1872 in Vallejo, California, † September 4, 1922 in San Rafael, California ) was an American politician. Between 1903 and 1905 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1876, Theodore Bell came with his parents to St. Helena in Napa County, where he later attended the public schools. After a subsequent law degree in 1893 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in Napa in this profession. Between 1895 and 1903 he was District Attorney of Napa County. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In the congressional elections of 1902, Bell was in the second electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Samuel D. Woods on March 4, 1903. Since he has not been confirmed in 1904, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1905.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Bell practiced law in San Francisco. At the Democratic National Conventions of 1908 and 1912 he was a delegate. In the years 1906, 1910 and 1918, he ran unsuccessfully for the respective office of Governor of California. The first two failed attempts, he still ran as candidate of the Democratic Party, of which he then turned away. In 1918, he competed as an Independent. 1921 Theodore Bell was a member of the Republican Party. He died in a car accident near San Rafael on 4 September 1922.