John Russ
U.S. Congressperson
1767 – 1833
Who was John Russ?
John Russ was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He completed his preparatory studies and then moved to Hartford, Connecticut where he engaged in mercantile pursuits.
Russ was elected to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1823 and was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1823 to the Connecticut State House of Representatives. He was elected to the State house of representatives in 1824 and then elected as a judge of the Hartford Probate Court in 1824 and served until 1830.
He died in Hartford, Connecticut on June 22, 1833, aged 65, and was buried in the Old North Cemetery.
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