Leslie W. Russell

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Leslie Wead Russell (April 15, 1840 Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York - February 3, 1903 Flushing, Queens, New York City) was an American lawyer and politician.

[edit] Life

He was the son of John Leslie Russell (ca. 1804-1861, a lawyer and member of the NY Assembly) and Mary Sybil Wead Russell (ca. 1812-1870). He was educated at Canton Academy, and at age 16 began to teach school. Then he studied law at Albany, New York and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was admitted to the bar in 1861, and commenced practice in Canton, NY. On October 19, 1864, he married Harriet Jane Lawrence (1843-1931), and they had six children two of whom died in infancy.

He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1867. In 1869, he was elected District Attorney of St. Lawrence County, and County Judge in 1877. He was a presidential elector in 1876. He was New York State Attorney General from 1882 to 1883. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law at New York City.

He was a delegate to the 1884 and 1900 Republican National Conventions. He was a member of the 52nd United States Congress and served until September 11, 1891, when he resigned to become a justice of the New York State Supreme Court. He resigned from the bench on October 1, 1902.

He was buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in Canton, N.Y

[edit] Sources

• Leslie W. Russell at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• [1] Political Graveyard
• [2] His obit, in NYT on February 4, 1903
• [3] Russell family, at North Country
• [4] List of New York Attorneys General, at Office of the NYSAG

[edit] External links

• Leslie W. Russell at Find A Grave