Ebenezer Russell
Ebenezer Russell (December 26, 1747 – December 5, 1836) was an American politician from New York.
Life
He was born on December 26, 1747, in Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut. On September 13, 1769, he married Elizabeth Stork (1747–1832),[1] and they had several children. He fought as a private in the American Revolutionary War. He was County Treasurer, first of Charlotte County, then of Washington County, for about forty years.
Russell was a member of the New York State Assembly (Charlotte Co.) in 1777–78; and a member of the New York State Senate (Eastern D.) from 1778 to 1782, sitting in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th New York State Legislatures. He was a member of the Council of Appointment in 1778–79 and 1780–81.
He was again a member of the State Assembly in 1784. During this term, the Legislature changed the name of Charlotte County to Washington County. He was again a member of the State Senate from 1784 to 1788, sitting in the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th New York State Legislatures. He was again a member of the Council of Appointment in 1784–85 and 1787. On November 12, 1784, he was appointed, and on April 13, 1787, re-appointed as a Regent of the University of the State of New York.[2]
He was First Judge of the Washington County Court from 1788 to 1800. In December 1794, he ran on the Federalist ticket for Congress in the Saratoga–Washington district, but was defeated by Democratic-Republican John Williams.[3]
When the first political parties were formed, Russell joined the Federalist Party. He was again a member of the State Senate from 1796 to 1803, sitting in the 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th New York State Legislatures; and was again a member of the Council of Appointment in 1796.
He was again a member of the State Assembly in 1812–13. In 1813, he resigned from the Board of Regents of USNY.[4]
He died on December 5, 1836, in Salem, New York;[5] and was buried at the Revolutionary Cemetery there.
Sources
- ↑ Early Connecticut Marriages edited by Frederic W. Bailey (New Haven CT, 1896–1906), reprinted (Clearfield, Baltimore MD, 2008; pg. 107; ISBN 978-0-8063-0007-8)
- ↑ History of Washington Co., New York by Crisfield Johnson (Everts & Ensign, Philadelphia PA, 1878; pg. 112 and 114)
- ↑ Election result NY Saratoga-Washington at "A New Nation Votes", compiled by Phil Lampi, hosted at Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives
- ↑ The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pg. 100, 110f, 113, 116ff, 145, 157, 161, 187, 301, 336f and 365; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- ↑ The Plaindealer (Vol. I, No. 3; December 17, 1836; pg. 47)
