Biography

1798 - 12/11/1859


BELL, James R., a Representative from Westmoreland County; born, circa 1798 in Pennsylvania; delegate, State Democratic Convention (1823); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1826-1827 and 1827-1828 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1829-1830 term; elected, associate judge, Westmoreland County (1841-1856); postmaster, United States Postal Service, West Newton (1856-1859); died, December 11, 1859 in West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; interred, West Newton Cemetery, West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.


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