Joseph RUSSELL, Congress, NY

RUSSELL, Joseph, a Representative from New York; born in New York and resided in Warrensburg, N.Y., birth date unknown; received a limited schooling; sheriff of Warren County, November 1834-November 1837; member of the New York state assembly, 1840; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847); again elected to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); death date unknown.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present