Benjamin Russell (journalist)

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Benjamin Russell (1761-1845) was an American journalist, born in Boston. He enlisted in the Revolutionary army, After the war he began the publication of a semiweekly journal, the Columbian Sentinel. This paper he controlled for 40 years and, assisted by Fisher Ames, Timothy Pickering, John Lowell, Stephen Higginson, and George Cabot as contributors, made it one of the most influential organs of the Federalist party. He was one of the aldermen of Boston, was a representative to the General Court, State Senator for a number of years, was one of the Governor's Council, and in 1820 was a member of the Constitutional Convention. He resigned as editor of the Sentinel in 1828, but continued to edit till 1830 the Boston Gazette, which he had established in 1795. Russell originated the expression Era of Good Feeling.

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