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‘’’John Bell’’’, Representative and a Senator from [[Tennessee]]; born near [[Nashville]], Tenn., February 15, 1797; graduated from the University of Nashville 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.

'''John Bell''' (born  near [[Nashville]], Tenn. 1797-1869) was an Representative and a Senator from [[Tennessee]]. He graduated from the University of Nashville in 1814 where he studied law. In 1816 he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Franklin, [[Tennessee]]. Bell became a member of the [[Tennessee]] state senate 1817 but declined reelection and moved to Nashville. In March 4, 1827 he was elected to the Twentieth Congress and to the six succeeding Congresses. He held the position of [[Speaker of the House]] of Representatives during the Twenty-third Congress and chairman of the [[Committee on Indian Affairs]] throughout the Twenty-first and Twenty-sixth Congresses, except for Twenty-third. In the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses he held a position on the Committee on Judiciary and was appointed by President [[William Henry Harrison]] as [[Secretary of War]] on March 5, 1841. He held this position  until September 12, 1841, when he resigned. Bell became a member of the State house of representatives in 1847. After becoming a member of the [[Whig Party|Whig]], he was elected to the [[United States Senate]] in 1847, and reelected in 1853.

 

In 1960, he ran an unsuccessful bid for the Presidency as a member on the [[Constitutional Union]] ticket. After this loss he became an investor in ironworks at Cumberland Furnace in Chattanooga, Tenn.

 

Bell died at his home on the banks of the Cumberland River, near Cumberland Furnace on September 10, 1869. He was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, near Nashville, Tenn.

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