Michael Russell (Rensselaer County, New York)

Michael Russell (1844 – May 6, 1901) was an American businessman and politician from New York.

Michael Russell (1900)

Life

He was born in 1844 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. He attended the public schools. In 1862, he enlisted as a private in the 169th New York Volunteer Infantry, and fought in the American Civil War, being promoted eventually to the rank of brevet captain. After the war he engaged in the grocery business in Troy, and for some time was employed in the Troy Post Office.[1]

Russell was a member of the New York State Assembly (Rensselaer Co., 3rd D.) in 1898, 1899 and 1900. He was a member of the New York State Senate (30th D.) in 1901.[2] During the session he was stricken with apoplexy in the Senate Chamber, and was carried by his fellow senators to the Albany Hospital. On May 2, 1901, he was brought back to his home in Troy, New York, where he died four days later.[3]

Sources
  1. New York Red Book (1900; pg. 165f)
  2. Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 339, 341f and 365)
  3. State Senator Russell Dead in the New York Times on May 6, 1901
New York State Assembly
Preceded by
George Anderson		 New York State Assembly
Rensselaer County, 3rd District
1898–1900		 Succeeded by
Charles W. Reynolds
New York State Senate
Preceded by
Frank M. Boyce		 New York State Senate
30th District
1901		 Succeeded by
William D. Barnes
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