Theodore Arlington Bell

Theodore Arlington Bell (July 25, 1872 – September 4, 1922) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a Democratic Congressman from California from 1903 to 1905.At 18, he received a certificate to teach, doing so for a year and a half in northern Napa County, during which time he continued to study law.After his admission to the bar on July 25, 1893 (his 25th birthday), he began his political career as District Attorney of Napa County, California from 1895 to 1903.[1] Though Bell himself, representing California wine country, was not a prohibitionist, his mentor Phelan was a strong teetotaler.In doing so, he made a move to regulate the consumption of alcohol, which would not harm local vintners but would increase tax revenue and decrease the likelihood of prohibition.
San Francisco Chronicle illustration of Bell as District Attorney, 1895
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