Charles A. Russell

Charles A. Russell

Charles Addison Russell (born March 2, 1852 in Worcester , Massachusetts , †  October 23, 1902 in Killingly , Connecticut ) was an American politician . Between 1887 and 1902 he represented the third constituency of the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Russell attended the public schools of his home country and then Yale College until 1873 . Between 1873 and 1880 he worked as a newspaper publisher in Worcester. After moving to Killingly, Connecticut, he made woolen fabrics there. Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party . In 1881 he was a member of the staff of Governor Hobart B. Bigelow . In 1883 Russell was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives; from 1885 to 1886 he served as Secretary of State executive officer of the state of Connecticut.

In the 1886 congressional election, Russell was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third district of Connecticut . There he took over from John T. Wait on March 4, 1887 . After seven re-elections, he was able to exercise his mandate in Congress until his death on October 23, 1902. From 1901 he was chairman of the War Department's Expenditure Control Committee. During his time in Congress, the Spanish-American War took place, as a result of which the Philippines fell to the United States. The former Kingdom of Hawaii also became part of the USA at that time. By the time of his death, Russell had already been nominated for the next congressional election by his party. His seat then fell to Frank B. Brandegee .

Web links

• Charles A. Russell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles A. Russell in the database of Find a Grave (English)