Campbell Russell

{{ infobox officeholder

| image = Campbell Russell 1909.png

| caption = Russell in 1909

| office = Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner

| term_start = January 1917

| term_end = January 1923

| predecessor = George A. Henshaw

| successor = Frank Carter

| state_senate2 = Oklahoma

| district2 = 27th

| term_start2 = November 16, 1912

| term_end2 = November 16, 1916

| predecessor2 = Sid Garrett

| successor2 = Eugene Kerr

| term_start3 = November 16, 1907

| term_end3 = November 16, 1910

| predecessor3 = Position established

| successor3 = Sid Garrett

| birth_date = 1863

| birth_place =

| death_date = 1937

| death_place =

| party = Democratic Party

}}{{Short description|American politician}}

Campbell Russell was an American politician who served in the Oklahoma Senate and as an Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner.

Early life

Campbell Russell was born in 1863. He moved to Indian Territory between 1880 and 1882, settling in the Muscogee Nation (present-day Muskogee County). He later owned 27,000 head of cattle through his Prairie Stock Farm in Warner. He founded and funded the first free school for white children in Indian Territory. He built a four classroom school in 1905 and donated it to the town.{{cite web |title=Campbell Russell, Class of 1932 |url=https://www.oklahomahof.com/hof/inductees/russell-campbell-1932 |website=oklahomahof.com |publisher=Oklahoma Hall of Fame |access-date=18 May 2024 |language=en}}

Oklahoma politics

Russell was elected to the Oklahoma Senate as a Democrat in 1907 representing the 27th district and served four consecutive terms.{{cite book |last1=Corden |first1=Seth K. |last2=Richards |first2=William B. |title=The Oklahoma red book |date=1912 |location=Oklahoma City, Okla. |page=138 |url=https://archive.org/details/oklahomaredbook00okla/page/138/mode/2up?q=russell |access-date=18 May 2024}} He unsuccessfully ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1910 and 1914. In 1916, he was elected to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. In 1922, he was admitted to the Oklahoma Bar Association. He also worked for Farmer's Union and the Southwest Light and Power Company. He ran for Oklahoma's 9th congressional district in 1930. He died in 1937.

Electoral history

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| title= 1910 Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district Democratic primary (August 2, 1910){{cite web |title=1907-1912 Results |url=https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/elections/election-results/results-prior-to-1980/1907-1912-results.pdf |website=oklahoma.gov |publisher=Oklahoma State Election Board |access-date=23 September 2023}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = James S. Davenport

| party = Democratic Party (US)

| votes = 10,998

| percentage = 47.8%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = S.L. Johnson

| party = Democratic Party (US)

| votes = 5,807

| percentage = 27.7%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Campbell Russell

| party = Democratic Party (US)

| votes = 4,406

| percentage = 21.0%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Kenneth S. Murchinson

| party = Democratic Party (US)

| votes = 692

| percentage = 3.3%

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{{Election box turnout no change

| votes = 20,913

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| title= 1914 Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district Democratic primary (August 4, 1914){{cite web |title=1914-1916 Elections Results |url=https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/elections/election-results/results-prior-to-1980/1914-1916-results.pdf |website=oklahoma.gov |access-date=19 February 2024}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = William Wirt Hastings

| party = Democratic Party (US)

| votes = 6052

| percentage = 44.7%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Campbell Russell

| party = Democratic Party (US)

| votes = 4761

| percentage = 35.2%