William A. Russell
U.S. Congressperson
1831 – 1899
Who was William A. Russell?
William Augustus Russell was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.
Russell was born in Wells River, Vermont. He pursued an academic course in Franklin, New Hampshire, Russell engaged in the manufacture of paper in Exeter, New Hampshire in 1852. He moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1852, where he continued in that business. He served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1869.
He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1868 and 1876, and was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth Congresses. After finishing his time in office, he redevoted his time to the manufacture of paper. Russell died in Boston.
His interment was in Bellevue Cemetery in Lawrence.
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- Born
- Apr 22, 1831
- Also known as
- William Russell
- Lived in
- Lawrence
- Died
- Jan 10, 1899
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on July 23, 2013
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