Background
Bell, James was born on November 13, 1804 in Francistown, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Samuel Bell.
Bell, James was born on November 13, 1804 in Francistown, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Samuel Bell.
Born in Francestown, New Hampshire, Bell graduated from Bowdoin College in 1822, studied law at Litchfield Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1825 and began practice in Gilmanton, New Hampshire.
He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1850, and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of New Hampshire in 1854 and 1855. Elected as a Republican in July 1855, replacing John South. Wells, who had been appointed following the death of Moses Norris, Junior. Bell served in the United States Senate during the Thirty-fourth United States Congress from July 30, 1855 until his death in 1857.
Bell died in Laconia, New Hampshire on May 26, 1857 (age 52 years, 194 days).
He is interred at the Exeter Cemetery in Exeter, New Hampshire. There is a cenotaph in his honor at the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia
Whig Party, Republican Party.
Member New Hampshire (U.S.) House of Representatives, 1846, 50. Member United States Senate (Whig) from New Hampshire (U.S.), July 30, 1855-May 26, 1857.