Joseph J. Russell

Joseph J. Russell

Joseph James Russell (born August 23, 1854 in Charleston , Mississippi County , Missouri , †  October 22, 1922 there ) was an American politician . Between 1907 and 1909 and again from 1911 to 1919 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Russell attended his homeland public schools and the Charleston Academy . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Missouri at Columbia and his admission to the bar in 1880, he began to work in this profession in Charleston. Before that, he was school commissioner in Mississippi County in 1878 and 1879. Russell served as a prosecutor between 1880 and 1884. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1884 he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where Grover Cleveland was nominated as a presidential candidate. Between 1886 and 1890 Russell was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives , of which he was temporarily president .

In the congressional election of 1906 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 14th  constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded William T. Tyndall on March 4, 1907 . Since he was defeated by the Republican Charles A. Crow in 1908 , he was only able to complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1909 . In the elections of 1910 Russell was re-elected to Congress in the 14th district of his state, where he replaced Crow on March 4, 1911. After three re-elections, he could remain in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1919. The First World War fell during this time . In 1913 the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified.

In 1918, Joseph Russell renounced another congressional candidacy. He died on October 22, 1922 in his hometown of Charleston, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Joseph J. Russell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph J. Russell in the database of Find a Grave (English)