John Russell | |
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Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 14th district | |
In office March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809 | |
Preceded by | Erastus Root |
Succeeded by | Vincent Mathews |
Personal details | |
Born | Branford, Connecticut Colony, British America | September 7, 1772
Died | August 2, 1842 Cooperstown, New York, U.S. | (aged 69)
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Spouse |
Elizabeth Williams
(died 1838) |
Relations | Rensselaer Nelson (grandson) |
Children | Rensselear William Russell Catharine Ann Russell |
Parent(s) |
Ebenezer Russell Elizabeth Stork Russell |
John Russell (September 7, 1772 – August 2, 1842) was an American doctor, merchant and a United States representative from New York.
Russell was born in Branford in the Connecticut Colony on September 7, 1772. [1] He was the second son of Federalist New York State Senator and Assemblyman Ebenezer Russell and Elizabeth ( née Stork) Russell (a daughter of Capt. Moses Stork). His paternal grandparents were Mary (née Barker) Russell and John Russell. [2]
He attended the public school, moved to New York State, studied medicine, and practiced a short time in Cooperstown, New York. [1]
He was county clerk of Otsego County from 1801 to 1804, and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Ninth and Tenth Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1805 to March 3, 1809. While in Congress, Russell missed 53 of 393 roll call votes. [3]
After he left Congress, he was a presidential elector on the DeWitt Clinton ticket in 1812. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. [1]
Russell was married to Elizabeth Williams (1769–1838), daughter of Rensselaer Williams, a Justice of the Peace who was the librarian of the Trenton Library Company and was one of the founders of the Trenton Academy. [4] Together, they were the parents of:
His wife died on December 25, 1838. He died in Cooperstown on August 2, 1842. His interment was located at its Christ Episcopal Churchyard. [1]
Through his daughter Catharine, [10] he was a grandfather of six, including Rensselaer Russell Nelson (1826–1904), [11] a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. [12]