John E. Russell

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John E. Russell

John Edwards Russell (born January 20, 1834 in Greenfield , Franklin County , Massachusetts , †  October 28, 1903 in Leicester , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1887 and 1889 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Russell enjoyed a private school education. Later he dealt with the postal system west of the Mississippi and steamship lines on the west coast. After returning to Massachusetts, he worked in agriculture. In 1880 he became his state's Minister of Agriculture. He was re-elected to this office five times in the following years. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party .

In the 1886 congressional elections , Russell was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded William W. Rice on March 4, 1887 . Until March 3, 1889 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . In June 1892 Russell was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where the former incumbent Grover Cleveland was again nominated as a presidential candidate. In the years 1893 and 1894, John Russell ran unsuccessfully for the office of governor of Massachusetts. He also became a member of the Deep Waterways Commission . He died in Leicester on October 28, 1903.

Web links

  • John E. Russell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Russell, John E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Russell, John Edwards (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Greenfield , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1903
Place of death Leicester , Massachusetts