Charles H. Russell

Charles Hinton Russell ( * December 27, 1903 in Lovelock, Nevada, † September 13, 1989 in Carson City, Nevada ) was an American politician and 1951-1959 Governor of the State of Nevada. Between 1947 and 1949 he represented his state as a deputy in Congress.

After visiting the Elko High School Russell studied at the University of Nevada at Reno, where he graduated in 1926. He then worked as a teacher, later active in the management of a mining company in Ruth. Since 1929 he was the editor of a newspaper.

From 1935 to 1940 Russell was a member of the Nevada Assembly; 1941-1946 he was in the state Senate. He was then elected as a Republican in the House of Representatives of the 80th U.S. Congress. In the re-election in 1948, he failed, so he had to retire January 3, 1949, the House of Representatives. In 1950 he was elected governor of Nevada. He took office on January 1, 1951, had two terms of long held it until 5 January 1959. An election for a third term failed.

December 15, 1959 to July 1, 1963 Russell was the head of a project for international cooperation with Paraguay, and from August 1963 to January 1, 1968, he was assistant to the president of the University of Nevada in Reno. Charles Russell died in 1989. Together with his wife Marjorie Ann Guild, he had five children.