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style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_D._Woods" title="Samuel D. Woods">Samuel D. Woods</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Duncan_E._McKinlay" title="Duncan E. McKinlay">Duncan E. McKinlay</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/District_Attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="District Attorney">District Attorney</a> of <a href="/wiki/Napa_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Napa County">Napa County</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1895–1903</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Theodore Arlington Bell</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1872-07-25</span>)</span>July 25, 1872<br /><a href="/wiki/Vallejo,_California" title="Vallejo, California">Vallejo, California</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 4, 1922<span style="display:none">(1922-09-04)</span> (aged 50)<br /><a href="/wiki/San_Rafael,_California" title="San Rafael, California">San Rafael, California</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Odd Fellows Cemetery in St. Helena</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> (before 1921)<br /><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> (1921–1922)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (1918)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Theodore Arlington Bell</b> (July 25, 1872 – September 4, 1922) was an American lawyer and <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">politician</a> who served one term as a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> Congressman from <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> from 1903 to 1905.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theodore_Arlington_Bell&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Vallejo,_California" title="Vallejo, California">Vallejo, California</a> on July 25, 1872<sup id="cite_ref-obit_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to Charles E. Bell and Catherine J. Bell (née Mills), he and his family moved to <a href="/wiki/St._Helena,_California" title="St. Helena, California">St. Helena, California</a> in 1876 where he attended primary school at the Crystal Spring school. </p><p>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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_political_career">Early political career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theodore_Arlington_Bell&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Theodore_A._Bell_1895.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Theodore_A._Bell_1895.jpg/220px-Theodore_A._Bell_1895.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="314" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Theodore_A._Bell_1895.jpg/330px-Theodore_A._Bell_1895.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Theodore_A._Bell_1895.jpg/440px-Theodore_A._Bell_1895.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2997" data-file-height="4275" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a> illustration of Bell as District Attorney, 1895</figcaption></figure> <p>After his <a href="/wiki/Admission_to_the_bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Admission to the bar">admission to the bar</a> on July 25, 1893 (his 25th birthday), he began his political career as <a href="/wiki/District_Attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="District Attorney">District Attorney</a> of <a href="/wiki/Napa_County,_California" title="Napa County, California">Napa County, California</a> from 1895 to 1903. During this time, he was married to his wife, Anna Marie Muller, with whom he had one daughter, Maurine.<sup id="cite_ref-PROF_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PROF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Congress">Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theodore_Arlington_Bell&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the backing of former San Francisco mayor and future U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/James_D._Phelan" title="James D. Phelan">James D. Phelan</a>, Bell was elected to the <a href="/wiki/58th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="58th Congress">58th Congress</a> (1903-1905) representing <a href="/wiki/California%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="California's 2nd congressional district">California's 2nd district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cd_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cd-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While serving, he was a member of the House Irrigation of Arid Lands Committee. In the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1904" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 1904">1904 election</a>, he was defeated by Republican <a href="/wiki/Duncan_E._McKinlay" title="Duncan E. McKinlay">Duncan E. McKinlay</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_career">Later career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theodore_Arlington_Bell&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He went on to run for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_California" title="Governor of California">Governor of California</a> in <a href="/wiki/California_gubernatorial_election,_1906" class="mw-redirect" title="California gubernatorial election, 1906">1906</a>, <a href="/wiki/California_gubernatorial_election,_1910" class="mw-redirect" title="California gubernatorial election, 1910">1910</a> and <a href="/wiki/California_gubernatorial_election,_1918" class="mw-redirect" title="California gubernatorial election, 1918">1918</a>, losing twice as a Democrat with around 38% and 40% of the vote and once as an Independent with 36%. In his closest election in 1906 he was only 2.6% behind Republican <a href="/wiki/James_Gillett" title="James Gillett">James Gillett</a>. He was the Democratic candidate for <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">U.S. Senate</a> in <a href="/wiki/1905_United_States_Senate_election_in_California" title="1905 United States Senate election in California">1905</a>, but lost to Republican <a href="/wiki/Frank_P._Flint" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank P. Flint">Frank P. Flint</a>. He was a delegate to the <a href="/wiki/1908_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1908 Democratic National Convention">1908 Democratic National Convention</a>, where he gave <a href="/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan" title="William Jennings Bryan">William Jennings Bryan</a>'s nomination speech, and the <a href="/wiki/1912_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1912 Democratic National Convention">1912 Democratic National Convention</a> before later switching parties to become a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> in 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though Bell himself, representing California wine country, was not a <a href="/wiki/Prohibitionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Prohibitionist">prohibitionist</a>, his mentor Phelan was a strong <a href="/wiki/Teetotaler" class="mw-redirect" title="Teetotaler">teetotaler</a>. To accommodate both sides, he lobbied for a tax increase on wines with sugar, which came from out of state. 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.<sup id="cite_ref-PROF_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PROF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death_and_burial">Death and burial</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theodore_Arlington_Bell&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Death and burial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On September 4, 1922, he was killed in a car crash in <a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin County, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery in St. Helena.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theodore_Arlington_Bell&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1902_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California" title="1902 United States House of Representatives elections in California">1902 United States House of Representatives elections in California</a>, 2nd district<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Theodore_A._Bell" class="mw-redirect" title="Theodore A. Bell">Theodore A. Bell</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>21,536 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>49.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Coombs_(United_States_Representative)" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Coombs (United States Representative)">Frank Coombs</a> (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </td> <td style="text-align:right">21,181 </td> <td style="text-align:right">48.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#CD3700;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_America" title="Socialist Party of America">Socialist</a> </td> <td class="fn">G. H. Rogers </td> <td style="text-align:right">731 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FF00FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Prohibition_Party" title="Prohibition Party">Prohibition</a> </td> <td class="fn">W. P. Fassett </td> <td style="text-align:right">367 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>43,815 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><span class="nowrap"> </span> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #3333FF;"> </td> <td colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California" title="1904 United States House of Representatives elections in California">1904 United States House of Representatives elections in California</a>, 2nd district<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Duncan_E._McKinlay" title="Duncan E. McKinlay">Duncan E. McKinlay</a> (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>22,873 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>49.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Theodore_A._Bell" class="mw-redirect" title="Theodore A. Bell">Theodore A. Bell</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">21,640 </td> <td style="text-align:right">46.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#CD3700;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_America" title="Socialist Party of America">Socialist</a> </td> <td class="fn">J. H. White </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,524 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FF00FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Prohibition_Party" title="Prohibition Party">Prohibition</a> </td> <td class="fn">Eli P. LaCell </td> <td style="text-align:right">431 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>46,468 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><span class="nowrap"> </span> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theodore_Arlington_Bell&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-obit-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-obit_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obit_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obit_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obit_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/09/05/99064464.pdf">"Theodore A. Bell Killed in Auto Smash. Twice Candidate for Governor of California"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times">New York Times</a></i>. September 5, 1922<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Woods">Samuel D. Woods</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Representatives_from_California" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Representatives from California">U.S. House of Representatives</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/California%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="California's 2nd congressional district">California's 2nd congressional district</a> </b><br />1903–1905 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Duncan_E._McKinlay" title="Duncan E. McKinlay">Duncan E. 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Curtin</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Sharp_Williams" title="John Sharp Williams">John Sharp Williams</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Keynote Speaker at the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_National_Convention" title="Democratic National Convention">Democratic National Convention</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1908_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1908 Democratic National Convention">1908</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Alton_B._Parker" title="Alton B. Parker">Alton B. Parker</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_Rolph" title="James Rolph">James Rolph</a><br />Disqualified</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_California" title="Governor of California">Governor of California</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1918_California_gubernatorial_election" title="1918 California gubernatorial election">1918</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_L._Woolwine" title="Thomas L. Woolwine">Thomas L. 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