George Washington Russell
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| state_house = Mississippi
| district = Copiah County
| termstart = January 1916
| termend = January 1924
| birth_date = {{birth date|1879|11|14}}
| birth_place = Lawrence County, MS
| party = Democrat
| alongside =
Benjamin King Jr.
John A. Smylie
| death_date = {{dda|1961|11||1879|10|1}}
}}
George Washington Russell (November 14, 1879 - November 1961) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Copiah County, from 1916 to 1924.
Biography
George Washington Russell was born on November 14, 1879, near Monticello, in Lawrence County, Mississippi.{{Cite book|last=Rowland|first=Dunbar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z8sGAQAAIAAJ|title=The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi|date=1923|publisher=Department of Archives and History|pages=224–225|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Rowland|first=Dunbar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b8sGAQAAIAAJ&q=Russell|title=The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi|date=1917|publisher=Department of Archives and History|pages=851–852|language=en}} He was the son of Fletcher Russell and Sarah Elizabeth (Bass) Russell. He attended the public schools of Copiah County and graduated from Hazlehurst High School. In 1908, he was the editor and manager of the short-lived [https://www.loc.gov/item/2017218872/ Union Advocate newspaper]. In 1915, he was elected to represent Copiah County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1916 to 1920. He was re-elected to serve from 1920 to 1924. He died in November 1961 at age 82 after a long illness.https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-george-russell-buried-in/170504979/
References
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Category:People from Copiah County, Mississippi
Category:Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives
Category:20th-century members of the Mississippi Legislature
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