Charles H. Russell

Charles Hinton Russell (born December 27, 1903 in Lovelock , Nevada , † September 13, 1989 in Carson City , Nevada) was an American politician and governor of the state of Nevada from 1951 to 1959 . Between 1947 and 1949 he represented his state as a member of Congress .

After attending Elko High School , Russell studied at the University of Nevada at Reno , where he graduated in 1926. He then worked as a teacher and later in the administration of a mining company in Ruth . Since 1929 he was the editor of a newspaper.

Russell was a member of the Nevada Assembly from 1935 to 1940 ; between 1941 and 1946 he was a member of the State Senate . He was then elected as a Republican to the House of Representatives of the 80th US Congress . In the re-election in 1948 he failed, which is why he resigned from the House of Representatives on January 3, 1949. In 1950 he was elected governor of Nevada. He took office on January 1, 1951 and had two terms until January 5, 1959. An election for a third term failed.

From December 15, 1959 to July 1, 1963, Russell was director of an international cooperation project with Paraguay, and from August 1963 to January 1, 1968, he was Assistant to the President of the University of Nevada at Reno. Charles Russell died on September 13, 1989. He and his wife Marjorie Ann Guild had five children.

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SURNAME	Russell, Charles H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Russell, Charles Hinton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	December 27, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lovelock , Nevada
DATE OF DEATH	September 13, 1989
Place of death	Carson City , Nevada