Frank Bell

Frank Bell (January 28, 1840–February 13, 1927) was a governor of the U.S. state of Nevada. He was a Republican.

Bell was born in Toronto, Canada, making him Nevada's first foreign born Governor. He came to Nevada in 1858, to supervise the construction of a transcontinental telegraph line though the state. He worked on this project until 1860. Later, Bell became a telegraph operator and was one of operators who telegraphed Nevada's Constitution to Washington D.C. in 1864.

Bell served as Acting Governor when Governor Charles C. Stevenson signed a disability certificate on September 1, 1890. Bell did not seek a full term, serving until the inauguration of Roswell K. Colcord in 1891.

Bell died in Oakland on February 13, 1927, at the home of his daughter.

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