{{Short description|American politician (1926–2024)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Russell William Zimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/10071661:2238?tid=&pid=&queryId=b57490d50d5afc3d6593a78da327b7b0&_phsrc=qTy1731&_phstart=successSource |website=Ancestry |access-date=11 December 2022}}</ref> | image = | image_size = 180px | office = Member of the Wyoming State Senate | term_start = 1977 | term_end = 1992 | office2 = Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives | term2 = 1973–1977 | district2 = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1926|2|27}} | birth_place = Minatare, Nebraska, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|7|12|1926|2|27}} | death_place = Torrington, Wyoming, U.S. | party = Republican | occupation = Businessman | spouse = | children = | relations = | alma_mater = }}
'''Russell William Zimmer''' (February 27, 1926 – July 12, 2024) was an American politician in the state of Wyoming. He served in the Wyoming State Senate and Wyoming House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party.
Zimmer served as President of the Wyoming Senate from 1989 to 1991.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soswy.state.wy.us/information/docs/LegOfficers.pdf |title=Past Officers of Wyoming's State Legislature |accessdate=2015-01-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141212044948/http://soswy.state.wy.us/Information/docs/LegOfficers.pdf |archivedate=2014-12-12 }}</ref> He worked in the grain and livestock business.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://wyoarchives.state.wy.us/pdf/WyomingBlueBookFour.pdf|title=Wyoming Blue Book|volume=IV|publisher=Wyoming State Archives, Department of Commerce|year=1991|pages=160, 161, 162, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 175, 176, 179, 180, 181, 184, 185, 188, 190, 243, 288|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602141442/https://wyoarchives.wyo.gov/pdf/WyomingBlueBookFour.pdf|archive-date=June 2, 2023}}</ref>
Zimmer died at his home on July 12, 2024, at the age of 98.<ref>{{cite web |title=Russell William Zimmer |url=https://www.colyerfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Russell-Zimmer-2/#!/Obituary |website=Colyer Funeral Home |access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref>
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