caption serviceyears branch death_date occupation birth_place office committees birth_date alt term_start image article_title term_end name nominator alma_mater
1927 duke university yearbook -lrb- age 21 -rrb- world war ii united states army 19 march 1967 federal judge , lawyer charlotte , north carolina united north carolina senate states court of appeals for the fourth circuit bell commission -lrb- 1950s -rrb- 01 april 1906 a white shirt , tie and sport coat , from his black-and-white college yearbook picture of a 21-year-old man wearing a september 27 , 1961 1957 j spencer bell 1927.jpg j. spencer bell
 march 19 , 1967 -lrb- death -rrb- 1961 jesse spencer bell president john f. kennedy duke school of law -lrb- ll.b . -rrb- university -lrb- b.a. -rrb- university of north carolina
j. spencer bell

jesse spencer bell -lrb- april 1 , 1906 -- march 19 , 1967 -rrb- was a united states federal judge .
bell was born in charlotte , north carolina .
he received a b.a. from duke university in 1927 and an ll.b .
from the university of north carolina school of law in 1930 .
he also studied at harvard law school .
bell was in private practice of law in charlotte , north carolina from 1930 to 1961 , except for service during world war ii in the united states army .
he was a member of the north carolina senate from 1957 to 1961 .
in the 1950s , he chaired the committee on improving and expediting the administration of justice in north carolina , also known as the bell commission .
he was a delegate to the 1960 democratic national convention .
bell was a federal judge of the united states court of appeals for the fourth circuit .
bell was nominated by president john f. kennedy on september 14 , 1961 , to a new seat created by 75 stat .
80 ; he was confirmed by the united states senate on september 23 , 1961 , and received his commission on september 27 , 1961 .
bell served until his death at the age of 60 .
