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| Affiliation | Whig |
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| Name | Samuel Bell |
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Chester, New Hampshire , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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February 09, 1770
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| Died | December 23, 1850
(80 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
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| Info | BELL, Samuel, (father of James Bell, grandfather of Samuel Newell Bell, and uncle of Charles Henry Bell), a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Londonderry, N.H., February 9, 1770; attended the common schools and New Ipswich Academy; graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1793; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1796 and commenced practice in Francestown, N.H.; moved to Amherst, N.H., in 1810 and to Chester, N.H., in 1812 and continued the practice of law
NH State house of representatives 1804-1807, serving as speaker 1805-1807
NH State senate, serving as president of that body 1807-1809
Member, state executive council 1809-1811
Judge of the State supreme court 1816-1819
Governor (DR-NH) 1819-1823
US Senator (DR, NR, W-NH) 1823-1835; chairman, Committee on Claims (Twenty-third Congress); affiliated with the Whig Party upon its formation in 1834; retired to his farm
Died in Chester, N.H., on December 23, 1850; interment in the Village Cemetery.
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