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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsJohn Edwards RUSSELL
(1834-1903)
RUSSELL, John Edwards, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass., January 20, 1834; was instructed by private tutors;
returned to Massachusetts and became interested in mail
transportation west of the Mississippi River and in steamship lines
on the Pacific coast; engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected
secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture in 1880;
reelected five times; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth
Congress (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889); delegate to the Democratic
National Convention in 1892; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts in 1893 and 1894; member of the Deep Waterways
Commission; died in Leicester, Worcester County, Mass., October 28,
1903; interment in Pine Grove Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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