{{Short description|American politician}} {{other people|John Russell}} <!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000530. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. --> {{Infobox officeholder | name = John E. Russell | image = John Edwards Russell.png | state = [[Massachusetts]] | district = [[Massachusetts's 10th congressional district|10th]] | term_start = March 4, 1887 | term_end = March 3, 1889 | preceded = [[William W. Rice]] | succeeded = [[Joseph H. Walker]] | birth_date = January 20, 1834 | birth_place = [[Greenfield, Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1903|10|28|1834|1|20}} | death_place = [[Leicester, Massachusetts]], U.S. | resting_place = [[Pine Grove Cemetery (Leicester, Massachusetts)|Pine Grove Cemetery]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''John Edwards Russell''' (January 20, 1834 – October 28, 1903) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]].
Born in [[Greenfield, Massachusetts]], Russell was instructed by private tutors. He returned to Massachusetts and became interested in mail transportation west of the [[Mississippi River]] and in steamship lines on the [[Pacific]] coast. He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Russell was elected [[List of commissioners of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources|secretary]] of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture in 1880. He was reelected five times.
Russell was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[50th United States Congress|Fiftieth]] (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889). He served as delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]] in 1892. He was an unsuccessful candidate for [[Governor#United States|Governor]] of Massachusetts in 1893 and 1894. He served as member of the Deep Waterways Commission. He died in [[Leicester, Massachusetts]], October 28, 1903. He was interred in [[Pine Grove Cemetery (Leicester, Massachusetts)|Pine Grove Cemetery]].
==References== {{CongBio|R000530}} {{Bioguide}}
==External links== * {{Gutenberg author | id=Russell,+John+E.+(John+Edwards)}} * {{Internet Archive author |sname=John Edwards Russell |sopt=t}}
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