Alphonzo Bell

A Representative from California. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. , September 19, 1914. Graduated from Occidental College, Los Angeles, Calif. , 1938. United States Army, 1942-1945. Rancher. Real estate investment. Business executive. Business owner. Chairman, Republican State Central Committee of California, 1956-1959. Member of the Republican National Committee, 1956-1959. Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1977). Was not a candidate for reelection, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate in 1976. Died on April 25, 2004, in Santa Monica, Calif. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.