Charles Wells Russell

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American politician

A.K.A.

Charles Russell

Places

United States of America

was

Politician Lawyer

Work field

Law Politics

Gender

Male

Birth

22 July 1818 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Tyler County

Death

22 November 1867 People who died on this day

Age

49 years

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Biography

Charles Wells Russell (July 22, 1818 – November 22, 1867) was a prominent Confederate States of America politician during the American Civil War.
Wells was born in Tyler County, Virginia (now Tyler County, West Virginia). He studied law and passed his bar exam. Russell was an elector in the 1860 presidential election supporting Democratic candidate John C. Breckinridge.
He served in the Provisional Confederate Congress, the First Confederate Congress and the Second Confederate Congress.
Russell had three sons, one of whom (also named Charles Wells Russell) was a U.S. Assistant Attorney General and U.S. Minister to Persia.

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