Charles W. Bell
Republican
Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
11-06-1906 | Nonpartisan | SD-36 | 3689 | Win |
11-08-1910 | Republican | SD-36 | 5483 | Win |
11-05-1912 | Republican | CD-09 | 28845 | Win |
11-03-1914 | Progressive (Bull Moose) | CD-09 | 27560 | Loss |
11-07-1916 | Independent | CD-09 | 33270 | Loss |
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Candidate Biography:
Charles Webster Bell
Born: June 11, 1858 in Albany, New York
Died: April 19, 1927 in Pasadena, CA
Previous: Deputy County Clerk, Los Angeles County
Previous: Clerk, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
1899-1903: County Clerk, Los Angeles County
1911: Majority Leader, California State Senate
- WOMENS RIGHTS: Author of SCA 8 (1911), which extended suffrage and gave women the right to vote in California.
Source: California Blue Book (1907), (1909), (1911)
Source: Story of the California Legislature of 1911 by Franklin Hichborn (1911; San Francisco; James H. Barry Co.)
Source: "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present" (U.S. Library of Congress) [http://bioguide.congress.gov/]