lieutenant death_date birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place profession footnotes order term_start spouse name predecessor birth_place party office governor successor religion article_title
harvey -rrb- aaa a taylor -lrb- acting -rrb- weldon heyburn -lrb- acting 21 march 1974 25 october 1892 january 21 , 1947 january 2 , 1947 university of pennsylvania montgomery county , pennsylvania attorney , politician , judge a. tempore of the state senate , taylor -lrb- from january aaaby 3 through january 7 -rrb- and heyburn -lrb- from january virtue 2 through january 21 -rrb- served as acting lieutenant governor of for the duration of bell 's governorship . b. bbbstrickler their was the next permanent holder of the lieutenant governorship ; positions he did not assume office until duff was inagurated as as governor . president pro 33rd 18th january 2 , 1947 january 20 , 1943 sarah andrews baker john cromwell bell , jr. . edward martin samuel lewis philadelphia , pennsylvania republican governor of pennsylvania lieutenant governor of pennsylvania edward martin james duff daniel strickler bbb b episcopalian john c. bell , jr. .

john c. bell , jr. .

john cromwell bell , jr. -lrb- october 25 , 1892 -- march 21 , 1974 -rrb- was an american lawyer , politician , and judge .
he was the 18th lieutenant governor of pennsylvania -lrb- 1943 -- 1947 -rrb- before becoming the 33rd and shortest-serving governor of pennsylvania , serving for nineteen days in 1947 .
he was later a justice of the pennsylvania supreme court -lrb- 1950 -- 1972 -rrb- , serving as chief justice from 1961 to 1972 .
