Richard M. Russell

{{Short description|American lawyer and politician (1891–1977)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Richard M. Russell | image = Richard M. Russell.png | state = [[Massachusetts]] | district = {{ushr|MA|9|9th}} | term_start = January 3, 1935 | term_end = January 3, 1937 | preceded = [[Robert Luce]] | succeeded = [[Robert Luce]] | office2 = [[Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts|Mayor]] of [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] | term_start2 = January 1930 | term_end2 = January 1936 | predecessor2 = [[Edward W. Quinn]] | successor2 = [[John D. Lynch]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | birth_date = March 3, 1891 | birth_place = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1977|2|27|1891|3|3}} | death_place = [[Essex, Massachusetts]] | resting_place = Pine Hill Cemetery, [[Tewksbury, Massachusetts|Tewksbury]], [[Massachusetts]] | alma_mater = [[Middlesex School]];<br>[[Harvard College]], 1914;<br>[[Harvard Law School]], 1917. | occupation = | spouse = | children = | allegiance = United States | branch = [[U.S. Army]] | service_years = | rank = Second Lieutenant;<br>First Lieutenant | commands = | unit = Three Hundred and Third Field Artillery<br>One Hundred and Fifty-first Field Artillery Brigade | battles = [[World War I]] | awards = }}

'''Richard Manning Russell''' (March 3, 1891 – February 27, 1977) was a [[United States House of Representatives|United States representative]] from [[Massachusetts]]. He was born in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] on March 3, 1891, to [[Governor of Massachusetts|Governor]] [[William Russell (governor)|William Russell]] and Margaret Manning Swan. Russell attended [[Middlesex School]] in [[Concord, Massachusetts|Concord]]. He graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1914 and from [[Harvard Law School]] in 1917.

During [[World War I]], he served as a [[second lieutenant#United States|second lieutenant]] in the Three Hundred and Third Field Artillery, and as a [[first lieutenant#United States|first lieutenant]] and communications officer of the One Hundred and Fifty-first Field Artillery Brigade. He was admitted to the bar and commenced [[Practice of law|practice]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. He was a member of the Cambridge City Council and served as [[Mayor]] of Cambridge.

He was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[74th United States Congress|Seventy-fourth Congress]] (January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 to the [[75th United States Congress|Seventy-fifth Congress]], for election in 1950 to fill a vacancy in the [[81st United States Congress|Eighty-first Congress]], and for election in 1950 to the [[82nd United States Congress|Eighty-second Congress]]. He resumed the practice of law in Boston and resided in [[Essex, Massachusetts|Essex]], where he died February 27, 1977. His interment was in Pine Hill Cemetery in [[Tewksbury, Massachusetts|Tewksbury]].

==References== {{CongBio|R000537}} Retrieved on 2009-02-25

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