Terms of Service

• House, 57th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/10/1961 - 7/7/1961
  Democrat
  
• House, 56th Legislature
  1/13/1959 - 1/10/1961
  Democrat
  
• House, 55th Legislature
  1/8/1957 - 1/13/1959
  Democrat
  
• House, 54th Legislature
  1/11/1955 - 1/8/1957
  Democrat
  
• House, 53rd Legislature
  1/13/1953 - 1/11/1955
  Democrat
  
• House, 52nd Legislature
  1/9/1951 - 1/13/1953
  Democrat
  
• House, 51st Legislature
  1/11/1949 - 1/9/1951
  Democrat
  
• House, 50th Legislature
  1/14/1947 - 1/11/1949
  Democrat
  
• House, 49th Legislature
  1/9/1945 - 1/14/1947
  Democrat
  
• House, 48th Legislature
  1/12/1943 - 1/9/1945
  Democrat
  

(1) Glenn H. Kothmann, in special election 11/4/1961, took office 11/8/1961, succeeded Marshall O. Bell, died 7/7/1961. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 54th Legislature, R.S., HSR 261, extending congratulations of members of 54th Legislature to members who have ten years of service in the House. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 67th Legislature, R.S., HR 295, honoring former speakers and certain members on the occasion of Speaker's Day. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 57th Legislature, R.S., HSR 42. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 57th Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 1. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. Marshall O. Bell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Marshall O. Bell, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
• Photograph. Marshall O. Bell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Marshall Bell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Marshall O. Bell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Marshall O. Bell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Marshall O. Bell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Marshall O. Bell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Marshall O. Bell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Marshall O. Bell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Marshall O. Bell, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Marshall Odom Bell, birth date 9/25/1902, death date 7/7/1961. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• Memorial, September 1961, p. 905. Texas Bar Journal .

Committee Information

• 57th R.S. - 1961
• Claims and Accounts  
• Counties  
• Federal Relations  
• Judicial Districts  
• Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
• 56th R.S. - 1959
• Commerce and Manufacturers  
• Labor  
• Municipal and Private Corporations  
• Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• State Hospitals and Special Schools  
• Texas Commission on City and County Governments  
• 55th R.S. - 1957
• Congressional and Legislative Districts  
• Insurance (Chair) 
• Local and Uncontested Bills  
• Oil, Gas and Mining  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• 54th R.S. - 1955
• Insurance  
• Local and Uncontested Bills (Chair) 
• Oil, Gas, and Mining  
• Representation Before the Legislature  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• 53rd R.S. - 1953
• Insurance  
• Local and Uncontested Bills (Chair) 
• Oil, Gas and Mining  
• Revenue and Taxation (Vice Chair) 
• Rules  
• 52nd R.S. - 1951
• Aeronautics  
• Charges of Waste in Handling College Funds, Investigation, Special  
• Oil, Gas and Mining  
• Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• Rules  
• 51st R.S. - 1949
• Aeronautics  
• Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts  
• Motor Traffic (Vice Chair) 
• Municipal and Private Corporations  
• Oil, Gas and Mining  
• 50th R.S. - 1947
• Aeronautics (Chair) 
• Claims and Accounts  
• Municipal and Private Corporations  
• Oil, Gas, and Mining  
• Poet Laureate Selection, Special  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• 49th R.S. - 1945
• Aeronautics  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Motor Traffic  
• Municipal and Private Corporations (Vice Chair) 
• Portraits of Lieutenant Paul Eubanks and Lieutenant Duncan Hughes, Special  
• State Affairs  
• 48th R.S. - 1943
• Congressional and Legislative Districts  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Game and Fisheries  
• Motor Transportation (Vice Chair) 
• Municipal and Private Corporations  
• Poet Laureate Selection, Special