Thomas Montgomery Bell

For other people named Thomas Bell, see Thomas Bell (disambiguation).

Thomas Montgomery Bell (March 17, 1861 – March 18, 1941) was an American politician who served as House majority whip from 1913 to 1915.

Bell was born in Nacoochee Valley, near Cleveland, Georgia. He graduated from Moore's Business University at Atlanta, then taught public school in Cleveland from 1878 to 1879. He then worked as a traveling salesman for several years. He served as clerk of the superior court of Hall County, Georgia from 1898 to 1904, then was elected as a congress member in the Democratic Party of the United States, serving from March 4, 1905 to March 3, 1931. He served as majority whip from 1913 to 1915. After an unsuccessful renomination in 1930, he returned to the private sector and died in Gainesville, Georgia.

External links

• Thomas Montgomery Bell at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Farish Carter Tate	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 9th congressional district March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1931	Succeeded by John Stephens Wood
Party political offices
Preceded by John Wilbur Dwight (R-NY) (No majority (Democratic) whip 1911–1913; Dwight was Majority whip 1909–1911)	House Majority Whip 1913–1915	Succeeded by Harold Knutson (R-MN) (No majority (Democratic) whip 1915–1919; Knutson was whip 1919–1923)
Preceded by James Tilghman Lloyd (MO) (The Democrats had no whip 1909–1913; Lloyd served 1901–1908)	House Democratic Whip 1913–1915	Succeeded by William Allan Oldfield (AR) (The Democrats had no whip 1915–1921; Oldfield served 1921–1928)