Leslie W. Russell

Leslie Wead Russell ( born April 15, 1840 in Canton, New York, † February 3, 1903 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1891 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Leslie W. Russell was born about six years before the outbreak of the British - American War in St. Lawrence County. He attended community schools. Then he studied law. After receiving his license to practice law in 1861, he began practicing in Canton. In the same year the Civil War broke out. In 1867 he participated in the Constituent Assembly of New York as a delegate. He worked in 1869 as District Attorney and 1877-1881 as a magistrate in St. Lawrence County. In 1881 he was the successor of Hamilton Ward Attorney General of New York - a post he held until 1883. Then he worked 1883-1891 as a lawyer in New York City. He also sat on the Board 1878-1891 ( Board of Regents ) of the University of the State of New York. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1890 for the 52nd Congress Russell was in the 22nd electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Frederick Lansing on March 4, 1891. However, Russell came on 11 September 1891 by his congressional seat back. He was elected a judge of the New York Supreme Court - a post he held until his resignation on October 1, 1902. On February 3, 1903, he died in New York City and was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Canton.