Bell, John I
physician, lecturer, author, was born in 1796, in Ireland. He was a physician and medical lecturer, among whose writings are Health and Beauty; and Regimen and Longevity. He died in 1872. a BELL, JOHN, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Feb. 15, 1797, in Nashville, Tenn. In 1817 he was elected to the state senate; declined re-election, and devoted the next ten years of his life wholly to his profession. In 1827 he was elected a representative in gress, and continued to be re-elected until 1841, officiating during one term as speaker. In 1841 he conaccepted a seat in President Harrison's cabinet as secretary of war, which post he resigned in five months after the accession of President Tyler. In 1847 he accepted a seat in the house of representatives of Tennessee, but before the close of the year was elected to the United States senate; and was re-elected in 1852, serving from time to time as chairman of important committees until the close of the thirty-fifth congress. In 1860 he received from the Union party the nomination for president of the United States, but was defeated. He died Sept. 10, 1869, in Nashville, Tenn.