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John Bell

John Bell

Political figure tracked on midtermpolls.com

Democratic-Republican Party Democratic Party Whig Party

Biography

Born 1796-02-18 · Died 1869-09-10

American lawyer and politician (1796–1869)

Political party

  • Democratic-Republican Party
  • Democratic Party
  • Whig Party
  • Democratic-Republican Party
  • Democratic Party
  • Whig Party
  • Democratic-Republican Party
  • Democratic Party
  • Whig Party

Occupations

  • politician
  • lawyer
  • politician
  • lawyer
  • politician
  • lawyer

Terms in office & positions

  • United States representative — 1827-03-04 – 1841-03-04
  • member of the State Senate of Tennessee
  • member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
  • United States Secretary of War — 1841-03-05 – 1841-09-11
  • Speaker of the United States House of Representatives — 1834-06-02 – 1835-03-04
  • United States senator — 1847-11-22 – 1849-03-04
  • United States senator — 1849-03-04 – 1851-03-04
  • United States senator — 1851-03-04 – 1853-03-04
  • United States senator — 1853-03-04 – 1855-03-04
  • United States senator — 1855-03-04 – 1857-03-04
  • United States senator — 1857-03-04 – 1859-03-04
  • United States representative — 1827-03-04 – 1841-03-04
  • member of the State Senate of Tennessee
  • member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
  • United States Secretary of War — 1841-03-05 – 1841-09-11
  • Speaker of the United States House of Representatives — 1834-06-02 – 1835-03-04
  • United States senator — 1847-11-22 – 1849-03-04
  • United States senator — 1849-03-04 – 1851-03-04
  • United States senator — 1851-03-04 – 1853-03-04
  • United States senator — 1853-03-04 – 1855-03-04
  • United States senator — 1855-03-04 – 1857-03-04
  • United States senator — 1857-03-04 – 1859-03-04
  • United States representative — 1827-03-04 – 1841-03-04
  • member of the State Senate of Tennessee
  • member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
  • United States Secretary of War — 1841-03-05 – 1841-09-11
  • Speaker of the United States House of Representatives — 1834-06-02 – 1835-03-04
  • United States senator — 1847-11-22 – 1849-03-04
  • United States senator — 1849-03-04 – 1851-03-04
  • United States senator — 1851-03-04 – 1853-03-04
  • United States senator — 1853-03-04 – 1855-03-04
  • United States senator — 1855-03-04 – 1857-03-04
  • United States senator — 1857-03-04 – 1859-03-04

Offices & 2026 races

No current office or 2026 race on file from our delegation data.