William A. Russell

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William A. Russell

William Augustus Russell (born April 22, 1831 in Wells River , Vermont , †  January 10, 1899 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . Between 1879 and 1885 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Russell received in Franklin ( New Hampshire ) an academic education and later in Exeter active in paper production. In 1852 he moved to Lawrence , Massachusetts, where he worked in the same industry. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1869 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts . In the years 1868 and 1876 he was a delegate to the respective Republican National Conventions , on which Ulysses S. Grant and later Rutherford B. Hayes were nominated as presidential candidates.

In the congressional elections of 1878 Russell was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Benjamin Franklin Butler on March 4, 1879 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1885 . Since 1883 he represented the eighth district of his state as the successor to John W. Candler . After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Russell worked again as a paper manufacturer. He died in Boston on January 10, 1899.

Web links

  • William A. Russell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Russell, William A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Russell, William Augustus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Wells River , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1899
Place of death Boston , Massachusetts