# Charles Addison Russell

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{{Short description|American politician (1852–1902)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name =Charles Addison Russell 
| image = RUSSELL, Charles A (BEP engraved portrait).jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date|1852|03|02}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1902|10|23 |1852|03|02}}
| birth_place = [Worcester](/source/Worcester%2C_Massachusetts)
| state1 = [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut)
| district1 = [3rd](/source/Connecticut's_3rd_congressional_district)
| term_start1 = March 4, 1887
| term_end1 = October 23, 1902
| preceded1 = [John T. Wait](/source/John_T._Wait)
| succeeded1 = [Frank B. Brandegee](/source/Frank_B._Brandegee)
| office2=[Secretary of the State of Connecticut](/source/Secretary_of_the_State_of_Connecticut)
| term_start2=1885
| term_end2=1886
| governor2=[Henry Baldwin Harrison](/source/Henry_Baldwin_Harrison)
| predecessor2=D. Ward Northrop
| successor2=Leverett M. Hubbard
| office3= Member of the [Connecticut House of Representatives](/source/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives)
| term3= 1883
| party = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
| alma_mater  =[Yale College](/source/Yale_College)
}}

<!-- This article was automatically created by [User:polbot](/source/User%3Apolbot) from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000521. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. -->'''Charles Addison Russell''' (March 2, 1852 – October 23, 1902) was a [U.S. representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut).

== Biography ==
Born in [Worcester, Massachusetts](/source/Worcester%2C_Massachusetts), Russell attended the public schools.  He graduated from [Yale College](/source/Yale_College) in 1873, and served as city editor of the Worcester Press from 1873 until 1879 and associate editor of the Worcester Spy in 1879 and 1880.  He moved to [Killingly, Connecticut](/source/Killingly%2C_Connecticut), in 1879 and engaged in the manufacture of woolen products.  He served as [aide-de-camp](/source/aide-de-camp) on the staff of Gov. [Hobart B. Bigelow](/source/Hobart_B._Bigelow) in 1881.  He served as member of the [Connecticut House of Representatives](/source/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives) in 1883, and as [Secretary of the State of Connecticut](/source/Secretary_of_the_State_of_Connecticut) in 1885 and 1886.

He was elected as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the [Fiftieth](/source/50th_United_States_Congress) and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1887, until his death.  He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the [Department of War](/source/United_States_Department_of_War) ([Fifty-seventh](/source/57th_United_States_Congress) Congress). He had been renominated as the Republican candidate for reelection in 1902.  He died in [Killingly, Connecticut](/source/Killingly%2C_Connecticut), on October 23, 1902.  He was interred in the High Street Cemetery, [Dayville](/source/Dayville_(CDP)%2C_Connecticut), [Killingly, Connecticut](/source/Killingly%2C_Connecticut).

==See also==
*[List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1900–1949)](/source/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_who_died_in_office_(1900%E2%80%931949))

==References==
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* [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t18k7d59m;view=1up;seq=7 Memorial addresses on the life and character of Charles Addison Russell late a representative from Connecticut delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1903]

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