David Abel Russell

David Abel Russell (1780 – November 24, 1861) was a United States representative from New York.

Russell was born in Petersburg, New York and trained as a lawyer and practiced in Salem, New York. He married on February 14, 1805, in Lansingburgh, New York to Alida Lansing, daughter of Capt. Cornelius Lansing and granddaughter of the founder of Lansingburgh, Abraham Jacob Lansing.

Russell was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1807. He was District Attorney of the Fourth District from 1813 to 1815, during the War of 1812. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1816, then over a decade later as an Anti-Jacksonian in the 1830 and 1833 sessions.

He was elected to Congress as an Anti-Jacksonian and later became a Whig. He was elected to three consecutive terms (the 24th, 25th and 26th) in Congress, from March 4, 1835, to March 3, 1841.

He died in Salem and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.

Personal life

David Abel Russell married Alida Lansing on Valentine's Day, 1805. She was the fifth of eight children of Capt. Cornelius Lansing and Hester van Der Heyden, who married on March 13, 1773. Their sons were David Allen Russell, a Union general killed in action, and William A. Russell.