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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | John E. Russell |
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Leicester, Massachusetts , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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January 20, 1834
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| Died | October 28, 1903
(69 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | 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.
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