Michael Russell (1844 – May 6, 1901) was an American businessman and politician from

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Life

He was born in 1844 in

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. He attended the public schools. In 1862, he enlisted as a

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in the 169th New York Volunteer Infantry, and fought in the

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, being promoted eventually to the rank of brevet

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. After the war he engaged in the

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business in Troy, and for some time was employed in the Troy Post Office. Russell was a member of the

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(Rensselaer Co., 3rd D.) in

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and

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. He was a member of the

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(30th D.) in

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. During the session he was stricken with

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in the Senate Chamber, and was carried by his fellow senators to the Albany Hospital. On May 2, 1901, he was brought back to his home in

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, where he died four days later.''State Senator Russell Dead''
in the ''

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'' on May 6, 1901

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