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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—ColoradoJohn Calhoun BELL
(1851-1933)
BELL, John Calhoun, a
Representative from Colorado; born near Sewanee, Franklin County,
Tenn., December 11, 1851; attended public and private schools in
Franklin County; studied law in Winchester, Tenn., and was admitted
to the bar in 1874; moved to Colorado in 1874 and commenced
practice in Del Norte, moving to Saguache, Colo., the same year;
county attorney of Saguache County, Colo., from 1874 to May 1876;
moved to Lake City, Colo., in 1876; elected county clerk of
Hinsdale County in 1878; mayor of Lake City in 1885; moved to
Montrose, Montrose County, Colo., in 1886 and continued the
practice of law; served as judge of the seventh judicial district
of Colorado from 1889 until his resignation in 1892, having been
elected to Congress; elected as a Populist to the Fifty-third and
to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1903);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth
Congress; member of the United States Industrial Commission in 1900
and 1901; resumed the practice of law in Montrose, Colo.; judge of
the Court of Appeals of Colorado 1913-1915; again resumed the
practice of law; member of the State board of agriculture
1931-1933; died in Montrose, Colo., August 12, 1933; interment in
the Cedar Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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