Daniel Russell

Daniel Russell (July 10, 1824 – January 23, 1907) was an American politician who was a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1879 to 1880.

Career Russell was born on July 10, 1824, in Providence, Rhode Island. He left school at the age of sixteen to work as a carriage painter. In 1847, he moved to Boston and worked as a clothing salesman. After three years with Edward Locke & Co., Russell moved to Isaac Fenno & Co., where he became a partner in 1861. He retired in 1869 due to poor health, but his health eventually recovered. He was a delegate to the 1880 Republican National Convention.

Personal life Russell and his wife, Mary Lynde, had two sons, William C. Russell and Daniel Blake Russell.

Russell was a charter member of the Hugh de Payens Commandery Knights Templar and was the organist for the Wyoming Lodge of Masons for 35 years. He left his estate to his two sons. Two men claiming to be Daniel Blake Russell, who had disappeared in 1885, appeared following Russell's death, which led to a four-year legal battle over the estate.