Charles J. Bell (politician)
Bell became ill while visiting New York City, and died at Grand Central Station while on board a train preparing to return to Vermont.[3] He easily won the general election, and he served two years, in keeping with the Vermont Republican Party's "Mountain Rule.[5] Bell led a delegation to the Quincy, Massachusetts shipyard for the christening ceremony, and his daughter Jennie performed the traditional task of breaking a bottle of champagne on the ship's bow.[5] During his administration Bell was involved in a controversy that gained national attention when he was besieged by pleas to commute the sentence of Mary Rogers, who had been convicted of murdering her husband.[6] Bell granted a reprieve so her appeals could be heard, and personally reconsidered her case, but ultimately decided to allow the original sentence to be carried out.