Jonathan Russell

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Jonathan Russell (born February 27, 1771 in Providence , Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , †  February 17, 1832 in Milton , Massachusetts ) was an American diplomat and politician . Between 1821 and 1823 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jonathan Russell attended Brown University in Providence until 1791 . He studied law without ever working as a lawyer. Instead, he became involved in commerce and politics. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson in the late 1790s . From 1811 he was in the diplomatic service of the federal government. First he worked in the American embassy in France and then as chargé d'affaires at the embassy in England . He held this office at the outbreak of the British-American War . Between 1814 and 1818 he was the first American envoy to Sweden . In 1814 he acted as one of the American negotiators in the peace negotiations in Ghent . This peace ended the British-American War. From this activity a dispute arose between him and the future President John Quincy Adams , who also took part in the negotiations. Russell accused him of favoring the British. In doing so, he intervened in the presidential election campaign of 1824 to the detriment of Adams. Adams was then elected President after a controversial election by the US House of Representatives.

In 1818 Russell returned to the United States, where he settled in Mendon . In 1820 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts . In the congressional election of 1820 he was elected to the Eleventh constituency of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Benjamin Adams on March 4, 1821 . Until March 3, 1823 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . During this time he headed the Foreign Affairs Committee. Jonathan Russell died on February 17, 1832 in Milton, where he was also buried.

Web links

  • Jonathan Russell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Russell, Jonathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1771
PLACE OF BIRTH Providence , Rhode Island
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1832
Place of death Milton , Massachusetts