Edward Russell (Maine), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetEdward Russell (Maine)
American politician
Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1782
Place of Birth: Portland, Maine, United States
Date of Death: 29-Nov-1835
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Edward Russell (Maine)
- Edward Russell (1782–1835) served as Maine's Secretary of State and was a brigadier general. Edward Russell was born on August 31, 1782, in Portland, Maine, to Dr.
- Edward Russell and Hannah Clark Russell.
- He served as a justice of the peace and quorum, represented the town of North Yarmouth, Maine, in the general court and was elected as an overseer of Bowdoin College.
- Starting in 1815 Russell was commissioned a brigadier general in the militia.
- He served as director of the U.S.
- Branch Bank in 1829 and became secretary of state of Maine in 1830 and 1831.
- Russell also served as corresponding secretary of the Maine Historical Society and in 1833 delivered the centennial address of the settlement of North Yarmouth.
- Russell died in North Yarmouth on November 29, 1835.
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