Thomas Montgomery Bell

Democrat Representative of Georgia's 9th district

  • Representative

    Georgia, district 9

    April 15, 1929 - March 3, 1931

13

Congresses Served

13

House Terms

March 17, 1861 (80 years old)

Birthday

March 18, 1941

Death

  • Served as House Majority Whip from 1913 to 1915.
  • Born in Nacoochee Valley, near Cleveland, Georgia.
  • Graduated from Moore’s Business University in Atlanta.
  • Taught public school in Cleveland from 1878 to 1879.
  • Worked as a traveling salesman for several years.
  • Served as clerk of the superior court of Hall County, Georgia, from 1898 to 1904.
  • Served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from March 4, 1905, to March 3, 1931.
  • Was a prominent voice of racist opposition to anti-lynching legislation in 1922.
  • Returned to the private sector after an unsuccessful renomination in 1930.
  • Died in Gainesville, Georgia, in 1941.