Gordon J. Russell

Gordon J. Russell
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
In office
June 6, 1910  September 14, 1919
Appointed by William Howard Taft
Preceded by David Ezekiel Bryant
Succeeded by William Lee Estes
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 3rd district
In office
November 4, 1902  June 14, 1910
Preceded by Reese C. De Graffenreid
Succeeded by Robert M. Lively
Personal details
Born (1859-12-22)December 22, 1859
Huntsville, Alabama
Died September 14, 1919(1919-09-14) (aged 59)
Kerrville, Texas
Political party Democratic

Gordon James Russell (December 22, 1859 – September 14, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.

Born in Huntsville, Alabama, Russell attended the common schools, the Sam Bailey Institute, Griffin, Georgia, and Crawford High School, Dalton, Georgia. He graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1877. During his time at the University, he was a member of the Phi Kappa Literary Society. He taught school in Dalton, Georgia. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced practice in Dalton. He moved to Texas in 1879 and later, in 1884, settled in Van Zandt County.

Russell was elected county judge in 1890 and at the end of one term relinquished the office to resume the practice of law in Willsport, Texas. He served as district attorney of the seventh judicial district 1892–1896. He served as judge of the seventh judicial district 1896–1904. Russell was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Reese C. De Graffenreid. He was re-elected to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from November 4, 1902, to June 14, 1910, when he resigned to become a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, which office he held until his death in Kerrville, Texas, September 14, 1919. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery, Tyler, Texas.

Sources

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

  • "Gordon James Russell". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Gordon James Russell at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Reese C. De Graffenreid
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 3rd congressional district

November 4, 1902 – June 14, 1910
Succeeded by
Robert M. Lively
Legal offices
Preceded by
David Ezekiel Bryant
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
1910–1919
Succeeded by
William Lee Estes
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