Thomas Bell Love

Thomas Bell Love (June 23, 1870 – September 17, 1948) was an American politician and lawyer. A Democrat, he was a member of both branches of the Texas Legislature, including a term as Speaker of the Texas House. He later was United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.

Early life and education Love was born on June 23, 1870, in Webster County, Missouri, the son of Thomas Calvin Love and Sarah Jane (née Rodgers) Love. he graduated from Drury University in 1891, with a Bachelor of Science.

In 1899, Love moved to Dallas, where he continued practicing law. Also an insurance executive, he was vice-president of the International Travelers Assurance Company, consul and vice-president of the Southwestern Life Insurance Company, and president of the Western Indemnity Company. He later lived in Lancaster.

Love was chairman of the Committee on Private Corporations, as well as a member of the Committees on Constitutional Amendments; on Federal Relations; on Insurance, Statistics and History; on Internal Improvements; on the Judiciary; on Municipal Corporations; on Penitentiaries; on Privileges, Suffrage and Elections; and on Revenue and Taxation.

From 1907, until his resignation in 1910, Love was commissioner of the Texas Department of Insurance, having been appointed by Governor Thomas Mitchell Campbell. After resigning, he practiced law in Dallas and worked with the Southwestern Life Insurance Company and the Western Indemnity Company. An early supporter of President Woodrow Wilson, he was United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, from December 15, 1917, to January 31, 1919. From 1920 to 1924, he was a member of the Democratic National Committee, He was buried at Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery, in Dallas.