Charles Theodore Russell

Charles Theodore Russell
Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
In office
July 31, 1861  January 1863
Preceded by James D. Green
Succeeded by George C. Richardson
Personal details
Born November 20, 1815[1]
Princeton, Massachusetts[1]
Died January 16, 1896[2]
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Spouse(s) Sarah Elizabeth Ballister[2]
Children Charles Theodore Russell, Jr.
William E. Russell[1][2]
Occupation Attorney

Charles Theodore Russell (November 20, 1815-January 16, 1896) was a Massachusetts politician who served in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature and as the Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Russell was the father of Cambridge Mayor and Massachusetts Governor William E. Russell.[2]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1890), History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol. 1, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & CO., p. 5.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 James T. White & Company (1901), The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: being the history of The United States Volume XI, New York, NY: James T. White & Company, p. 182.
Political offices
Preceded by
James D. Green
Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
July 31, 1861 - January 1863
Succeeded by
George C. Richardson