Charles Keith Bell

Democrat Representative of Texas's 8th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

April 18, 1853 (60 years old)

Birthday

April 21, 1913

Death

Represented Texas in the United States House of Representatives from 1893 to 1897
Nephew of Reese Bowen Brabson
Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and moved to Texas in 1871
Attended public schools and Sewanee College
Admitted to the bar in 1874 and began practicing law in Hamilton, Texas
Served as the prosecuting attorney of Hamilton County, Texas, in 1876 and district attorney from 1880 to 1882
Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1884
Served as a member of the Texas Senate from 1884 to 1888
Served as judge of the twenty-ninth judicial district of Texas from 1888 to 1890
Elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses
Did not seek renomination in 1896
Resumed the practice of law in Fort Worth after his congressional service
Served as the Attorney General of Texas from 1901 to 1904
Resumed the practice of law in Fort Worth after serving as Attorney General
Died in 1913 and was buried in East Oakwood Cemetery