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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New HampshireBELL, Charles Henry
(1823—1893)
Senate Years of Service:
1879-1879
Party:
Republican
BELL, Charles Henry, (nephew of Samuel Bell and cousin of James Bell), a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Chester, Rockingham County, N.H., November 18, 1823; graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1844; studied law; admitted to the bar and practiced in Chester, Great Falls, and Exeter, N.H.; county solicitor for ten years; member, State house of representatives 1858-1860, serving as speaker in 1860; member, State senate 1863-1864, serving as president in 1864; appointed as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1879, and served from March 13, 1879, to June 18, 1879, when a successor was elected; was not a candidate for election to the Senate in 1879; resumed the practice of law at Exeter and also engaged in literary pursuits; Governor of New Hampshire 1881-1883; president of the State constitutional convention in 1889; president of the New Hampshire Historical Society 1868-1887; died in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., November 11, 1893; interment in Exeter Cemetery.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography
; Bell, Charles H. The Bench and Bar of New Hampshire
. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894.
Bell, Charles H. The Bench and Bar of New Hampshire
. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894. Includes a brief biographical sketch by Jeremiah Smith.
___. History of the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire
. 1888. Rev. ed. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1979.
___. Life of William M. Richardson, LL.D., Late Chief Justice of the Superior Court in New Hampshire
. Concord, NH: Israel S. Boyd & William White, 1839.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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