Richard M. Russell

Richard Manning Russell (born March 3, 1891 in Cambridge , Massachusetts , †  February 27, 1977 in Essex , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1935 and 1937 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Richard Russell attended the Middlesex School in Concord and then studied at Harvard University until 1914 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1919, he began to work in this profession in Boston . In between he took part in the First World War as a lieutenant in the US Army . He was used in France . After the war, in addition to his legal work as a member of the Democratic Party , he began a political career. In 1926 and 1927 he served on the Cambridge Parish Council. Between 1930 and 1935 he was mayor there.

In the 1934 congressional election , Russell was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Robert Luce , whom he had defeated in the election, on January 3, 1935 . Since he lost to Luce in 1936, he was only able to serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1937 , while other New Deal laws were passed by the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Richard Russell returned to practice as a lawyer. In 1950 he competed unsuccessfully to return to Congress. He died in Essex on February 27, 1977.

Web links

• Richard M. Russell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Richard M. Russell in the database of Find a Grave (English)