Samuel Newell Bell
Samuel Newell Bell | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew Hampshire's2nddistrict | |
| In office March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | |
| Preceded by | Aaron F. Stevens |
| Succeeded by | Austin F. Pike |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew Hampshire's2nddistrict | |
| In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | |
| Preceded by | Austin F. Pike |
| Succeeded by | James F. Briggs |
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| Born | March 25, 1829 Chester, New Hampshire,New Hampshire,U.S. |
| Died | February 8, 1889(aged 59) North Woodstock,New Hampshire,U.S. |
| Resting place | Valley Cemetery,Manchester, New Hampshire |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Relations | Samuel Bell James Bell |
| Alma mater | Phillips Academy Dartmouth College |
| Profession | Lawyer Politician Businessman |
Samuel Newell Bell(March 25, 1829 – February 8, 1889) was an American lawyer, politician and businessman. He served as aUnited States RepresentativefromNew Hampshirein the 1870s.
Early life
[edit]Born inChester, New HampshiretoSamuel Dana Belland Mary H. (Healey) Bell, he attended local schools inFrancestown, New HampshireandPhillips AcademyinAndover, Massachusetts.[1]After graduating fromDartmouth Collegein 1847,[2]he studied law in the office of his father and wasadmitted to the barin 1849.[3]He began the practice of law inMeredith, New Hampshire.[4]
Career
[edit]Elected as aDemocraticcandidate to theForty-secondCongress, Bell was a United States Representative for the second district of New Hampshire. He served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to theForty-thirdCongress, but was elected to theForty-fourthCongress, serving from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1877.[5][6]He was not a candidate for reelection in 1876.
After leaving Congress, Bell resumed the practice of law in Meredith. He was also involved in real estate and was one of the founders of the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company. He served as director and vice-president of the company from 1881 until his death.[7]Bell served as president of several railroads, including thePortsmouth and Concord Railroad,theSuncook Valley Railroad,thePemigewasset Valley Railroadand the Franconia Notch Railroad.[8]
He was appointed chief justice of theNew Hampshire Superior CourtbyGovernor Ezekiel A. Strawand later byGovernor James A. Westonbut declined to accept the appointment both times,[9][10][11]and retired from public life.
Death
[edit]Bell died while on a visit inNorth Woodstockon February 8, 1889 (age 59 years, 320 days). He isinterredinValley CemeteryinManchester, New Hampshire.[12]
Personal life
[edit]Bell was the grandson ofSamuel Bell,the 14thGovernor of New Hampshire,[13]and the nephew ofJames Bell,United States Senator.[14]
References
[edit]- ^Bell, Charles Henry (1893).The bench and bar of New Hampshire: including biographical notices of deceased judges of the highest court, and lawyers of the province and state, and a list of names of those now living.Houghton, Mifflin and company. p.199.
- ^D. Appleton & Company (1875).The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year.D. Appleton & Company. p. 599.
- ^Samuel Newell Bell.The International Insurance Encyclopedia. 1910.Retrieved20 January2014.
- ^By United States. Government Printing Office (1918).U.S. G.P.O.By United States. Government Printing Office. p. 470.
- ^Herringshaw, Thomas William (1909).Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States; Illustrated with Three Thousand Vignette Portraits.American Publishers' Association. p.295.
samuel newell bell US Representative 1871.
- ^W.R. Benjamin (1893).The Collector, Issues 73-82.W.R. Benjamin. p. 102.
- ^Armstrong, David W. (1910).International Insurance Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Theory and Practice of Al Branches of Insurance Throughout the World and from the Earliest Times to the Present Day.American encyclopedic library assoc. p. 60.
- ^Bell, Charles Henry (1893).The bench and bar of New Hampshire: including biographical notices of deceased judges of the highest court, and lawyers of the province and state, and a list of names of those now living.Houghton, Mifflin and company. p.199.
samuel newell bell died North Woodstock, New Hampshire.
- ^Armstrong, David W. (1910).International Insurance Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Theory and Practice of Al Branches of Insurance Throughout the World and from the Earliest Times to the Present Day.American encyclopedic library assoc. p. 60.
- ^"Samuel Newell Bell".2014 Ancestry.com.Retrieved20 January2014.
- ^United States. Congress (1913).A Biographical Congressional Directory: With an Outline History of the National Congress, 1774-1911: the Continental Congress, September 5, 1774 - October 21, 1788, the United States Congress, from the First to the Sixty-second Congress, March 4, 1789 - March 3, 1913.Government Printing Office. p.470.
samuel newell bell died North Woodstock, New Hampshire.
- ^Spencer, Thomas E. (1998).Where They're Buried: A Directory Containing More Than Twenty Thousand Names of Notable Persons Buried in American Cemeteries, with Listings of Many Prominent People who Were Cremated.Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 221.ISBN9780806348230.
- ^"BELL, Samuel, (1770 - 1850)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.RetrievedJanuary 21,2014.
- ^"BELL, James, (1804 - 1857)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.RetrievedJanuary 21,2014.
External links
[edit]- United States Congress."Samuel Newell Bell (id: B000346)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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