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| Affiliation | Constitutional Union |
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| Name | John Bell |
| Address |
Nashville, Tennessee , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
February 15, 1797 |
| Died |
September 10, 1869
(72 years) |
| Contributor | Wishful Thinking |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
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| Info | JOHN BELL was born on his father's farm near Nashville, Tennessee, on 15 February 1797; graduated from Cumberland College in 1814 at seventeen; was admitted to the bar and began practice in Franklin, Tennessee; was elected to the state legislature before reaching twenty-one; moved to Nashville to continue the practice of law, circa 1819; married Sally Dickinson and, following her death, Jane Yeatman; served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee, 1827-1841; served as Speaker of the House, 1834-1835, defeating James K. Polk who was also a candidate for the office; although originally a member of President Jackson's party and a supporter of administration policies, opposed Jackson's bank policy and selection of Van Buren as a successor; became the leader of the Whig party in Tennessee; served as Secretary of War in the Harrison and Tyler cabinets, 5 March 1841-13 September 1841; presided over the final stages of the Seminole War; returned to private life, 1841-1847; was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1847 and served to 1859; remained a nationally-minded Southerner in the Congress as sectional attitudes sharpened over the slavery issue; was the presidential candidate of the Constitutional Union Party in 1860; at first opposed secession and influenced Tennessee's decision not to secede; after Fort Sumter, supported his state's decision to join the Confederacy; moved to the lower South after Union troops entered Tennessee; returned home after the Civil War; died near Bear Spring Furnace, Stewart County, Tennessee, on 10 September 1869.
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