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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—KentuckyBELL, Joshua Fry
(1811—1870)
BELL, Joshua Fry, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Danville, Boyle County, Ky., November 26, 1811; attended the public schools; was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 1828; studied law in Lexington, Ky.; traveled in Europe for several years before admission to the bar; commenced practice in Danville, Boyle County, Ky.; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1846; secretary of state of Kentucky in 1849; chosen by the legislature as one of six commissioners to the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; delegate to the Border State convention in 1861; nominated in 1863 by the Union Democrats for Governor of Kentucky, but declined to accept the nomination; member of the State house of representatives 1862-1867; died in Danville, Ky., August 17, 1870; interment in Bellevue Cemetery.
Bell, Joshua Fry. Speech of Mr. J.F. Bell, of Kentucky, on the Oregon question, delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, February 4, 1846
. Washington: J. & G.S. Gideon, printers, 1846.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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