Charles W. Bell

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Charles Webster Bell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 9th congressional district
In office March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1915
Majority Leader of the California State Senate
In office 1911
Member of the California State Senate from California's Senate District 36
In office 1906 - 1912
Personal details
Born	June 11, 1857 Albany, New York
Died	April 19, 1927(1927-04-19) (aged 69) Pasadena, California

Charles Webster Bell (June 11, 1857 – April 19, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from California.

Born in Albany, New York, Bell attended public schools. He moved to California in 1877 and settled in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, where he engaged in fruit growing and the real estate business. Moreover, he also served as a county clerk of Los Angeles County from 1899 to 1903. He was also a member of the state Senate from 1907 to 1912. In 1911 he was the Majority Leader in the California State Senate. Bell authored SCA 8 in 1911, which gave women the right to vote in California. Bell was elected as a Progressive Republican to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915). However, he lost his re-election campaign to Charles Hiram Randall of the Prohibition Party. Bell was member of the Pasadena Republican Club.

After the end of his political services, Bell resumed his former business pursuits in Pasadena, California and became secretary of the Pasadena Mercantile Finance Corporation.

Personal life

On April 19, 1927, Bell died in Pasadena, California. Bell is interred in Mountain View Cemetery.

External links

• Charles W. Bell at joincalifornia.com
• United States Congress. "Charles W. Bell (id: B000334)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress