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James Bell

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Birthplace: Francestown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States
Death: May 26, 1857 (52)
Laconia, Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States
Place of Burial: 49 Linden Street, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, 03833, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Samuel Bell, NH Gov., Supreme Court Justice and U.S. Senator and Mehitable Dana Bell
Husband of Judith Almira Bell
Father of Eliza Upham Bell; Lucy Bell; Judge James Dana Bell; Judge Charles Upham Bell and Mary Ann White
Brother of Samuel Dana Bell; Mary Ann Nesmith; Luther Vose Bell, MD; Ann Mehitable Bell; John Bell, MD and 1 other
Half brother of George Bell; Capt. John Bell, MD; Charles Bell, MD and Louis Bell (USA)

Occupation: US Senator / Lawyer
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About James Bell, U.S. Senator

James Bell, U.S. Senator

James Bell was a United States Senator from New Hampshire from 1855 until his death in 1857. He was the son of Samuel Bell, the uncle of Samuel Newell Bell and the cousin of Charles Henry Bell.

Born in Francestown, New Hampshire, he graduated from Bowdoin College in 1822, studied law at Litchfield Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1825. He served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1846 to 1850 and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of New Hampshire in 1854 and 1855 but was elected in July of the latter year to the United States Senate for the term beginning in 1855. He served from July 30, 1855 until his death in 1857.

Bell died in Laconia, New Hampshire and is interred at the Exeter Cemetery in Exeter, New Hampshire.

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James Bell, U.S. Senator's Timeline

1804
November 13, 1804
Francestown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States
1834
July 23, 1834
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
1838
March 9, 1838
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
1840
August 30, 1840
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
1843
February 26, 1843
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
1857
May 26, 1857
Age 52
Laconia, Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States
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49 Linden Street, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, 03833, United States