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See also:ALGER, See also:- RUSSELL (FAMILY)
- RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
- RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
- RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
- RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
- RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
- RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
- RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
- RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
- RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )
RUSSELL See also:ALEXANDER (1836-1907) , See also:American soldier and politician, was See also:born in See also:Lafayette township, See also:Medina See also:county, See also:Ohio, on the 27th of See also:February 1836. See also:Left an See also:orphan at an See also:early See also:age, he worked on a See also:farm to pay his expenses at Richfield (Ohio) See also:Academy, was a schoolmaster for two winters, and, having studied See also:law in the meantime, was admitted to the See also:bar in 1859. He began practice at See also:Cleveland, Ohio, but early in 186o he removed to See also:Michigan, where he abandoned his profession and engaged in the See also:lumber business. Enlisting in a Michigan See also:cavalry See also:regiment in See also:September 1861, he See also:rose from See also:captain to See also:colonel, distinguished himself in the See also:Gettysburg See also:campaign and under See also:Sheridan in the See also:Shenandoah Valley, and in 1864 and 1865 respectively received the brevets of brigadier-See also:general and See also:major-general of See also:volunteers. After the See also:war he invested extensively in See also:pine lands in Michigan, and accumulated a large See also:fortune in the lumber business. In 1884 he was elected See also:governor of Michigan on the Republican See also:ticket, serving from 1885 to 1887. In 1889-1890 he was See also:commander-in-See also:chief of the See also:Grand See also:Army of the See also:Republic. From 1897 to 1899 he was secretary of war in See also:President See also:McKinley's See also:cabinet. His See also:administration of the war See also:department during the See also:Spanish-American War was severely criticized for extravagance in army contracts, for unpreparedness, and for general inefficiency, charges which he answered in his The Spanish-American War (1901). The extent of his See also:personal responsibility is at least uncertain. In 1902 he was appointed by the governor of Michigan, and in 1903 was elected by the See also:state legislature, as See also:United States senator to See also:complete the unexpired See also:term of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James McMillan (1838-1902). He died at See also:Washington, D.C., on the 24th of See also:January 1907.
End of Article: ALGER, RUSSELL ALEXANDER (1836-1907)
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