Charles W. Bell

For other people named Charles Bell, see Charles Bell (disambiguation).

Charles Webster Bell (June 11, 1857 – April 19, 1927) was an American politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from California from 1913 to 1915.

Charles Webster Bell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 9th district
In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
Preceded by	District Created
Succeeded by	Charles H. Randall
Member of the California Senate from the 36th district
In office January 7, 1907 – January 6, 1913
Preceded by	Benjamin W. Hahn
Succeeded by	William J. Carr
Majority Leader of the California State Senate
In office 1911
Personal details
Born	June 11, 1857 Albany, New York
Died	April 19, 1927(1927-04-19) (aged 69) Pasadena, California

Biography

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 1913. 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.^[1] 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.^[2]