James McPherson Russell
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American politician
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James McPherson Russell (November 10, 1786 – November 14, 1870) was a
U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
.
Biography
James M. Russell (father of
Samuel Lyon Russell) was born in York, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to a farm near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the classical academy of James Ross in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1807 and to the Bedford County, Pennsylvania
, bar in 1808 and commenced practice in Bedford.
He was the first burgess of Bedford Borough in the years 1818 and 1819 and a member of the State constitutional convention in 1837.[citation needed]
Russell was elected as a Whig to the
1842
.
He resumed the practice of law, and served as trustee of the Bedford Academy and secretary of the Chambersburg & Bedford Turnpike Company. He died in Bedford in 1870. Interment in Bedford Cemetery.
References
- United States Congress. "James McPherson Russell (id: R000527)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district 1841–1843 |
Succeeded by Andrew Stewart |
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