Bell, John, 1796-1869

LC control no.	n 87887395
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Bell, John, 1796-1869 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1796-02-18
Death date	1869-09-10
Place of birth	Davidson County (Tenn.)
Place of death	Stewart County (Tenn.)
Affiliation	Tennessee. General Assembly. Senate United States. Congress. House of Representatives United States. War Department Tennessee. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. Senate
Profession or occupation	Legislators Lawyers Cabinet members
Found in	His Speech of the Hon. John Bell, on the Naval Appropriations Bill, 1836: t.p. (Hon. John Bell) U.S. Congress. Biographical directory of the American Congress, 1774-1971 ... 1971 (Bell, John; born in Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 15, 1796; died near Cumberland Furnace, on Sept. 10, 1869; served in Congress; fmr. Secretary of War; ran for President in 1860 on the Constitutional Union ticket) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, viewed on February 4, 2019 (Bell, John, a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born near Nashville, Tenn., February 18, 1796; graduated from Cumberland College in 1814; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice in Franklin, Tenn.; member, State senate 1817; declined to be a candidate for reelection and moved to Nashville; elected to the Twentieth, and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1841); Speaker of the House of Representatives (Twenty-third Congress); chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Twenty-first through Twenty-sixth Congresses, except for Twenty-third), Committee on Judiciary (Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses); appointed by President William Henry Harrison as Secretary of War March 5, 1841, and served until September 12, 1841, when he resigned; member, State house of representatives in 1847; elected as a Whig to the United States Senate in 1847; reelected in 1853, and served from November 22, 1847, to March 3, 1859; unsuccessful candidate in 1860 for President of the United States on the Constitutional Union ticket; investor in ironworks at Cumberland Furnace in Chattanooga, Tenn.; died at his home on the banks of the Cumberland River, near Cumberland Furnace, September 10, 1869; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, near Nashville, Tenn.) American National Biography, 1999 (Bell, John (18 Feb. 1796 - 10 Sept. 1869) born in Mill Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee; died in Stewart County, Tennessee)
Associated language	eng