This article is about United States Representative from the state of Ohio. For the U.S. Representative from the state of Georgia, see Hiram Parks Bell.
Artist's impression of the Hiram Bell Farmstead, located at 43628 State Route 517 in Fairfield Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States, south of the city of Columbiana. Built in 1850, the house and adjoining buildings are listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.
Bell was born in Salem (now Derby), Vermont, and attended the public schools of his native town. In 1826, his parents moved the family to Hamilton, Ohio. There he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1829, when he commenced practice in Greenville, Ohio. Hiram Bell married Lusina Clark in Darke County on July 25, 1832; they had two children.
In 1850, he ran successfully for Congress as a Whig from the third district. After the redistricting following the 1850 census, he did not stand for re-election in the new district in 1852.
He engaged in the practice of law in Greenville where he died a few years later, aged 47. He is interred in the Greenville Cemetery.
