Background
Bell was born on November 18, 1823 in Chester, New Hampshire.
Bell was born on November 18, 1823 in Chester, New Hampshire.
Dartmouth College.
Bell served New Hampshire in both the New Hampshire House of Representatives and the New Hampshire Senate, as a United States. Senator, and as Governor. Charles was one of the ten children of Governor John Bell. Bell"s career in the New Hampshire General Court was notable in that he held two unique offices.
In 1860 Bell was the Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1860. and President of the New Hampshire Senate in 1864.
Bell died in 1893 in Exeter, New Hampshire, and is buried at the Exeter Cemetery in that town.