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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaThomas Montgomery BELL
(1861-1941)
BELL, Thomas Montgomery, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Nacoochee Valley, near
Cleveland, White County, Ga., March 17, 1861; attended the common
schools, a private school in Cleveland, Ga., and Moore’s
Business University at Atlanta; taught in the public schools of
Cleveland in 1878 and 1879; in the following year became employed
as a traveling salesman and was connected with many wholesale
business houses at Atlanta, Ga., and Baltimore, Md.; moved to
Gainesville, Ga., in 1885 and continued his former pursuits;
elected clerk of the superior court of Hall County in 1898;
reelected in 1900 and again in 1902 and served until 1904; elected
as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth and to the twelve succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1931); majority whip
(Sixty-third Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in
1930; employed as a representative of a marble company; died in
Gainesville, Ga., March 18, 1941; interment in Alta Vista
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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