Charles Hazen Russell (July 11, 1845 â March 14, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Charles H. Russell was born in Canton, New York on July 11, 1845, the son of Thomas Victor Russell (1817âÂÂ1893) and Lucia Lavilla (Conkey) Russell. He attended Canton Academy and St. Lawrence University. Then he studied law in Philadelphia, was admitted to the bar 1877, and practiced in Brooklyn. On January 30, 1878, he married Stella Goodrich (1854âÂÂ1901). She died on February 12, 1901.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 9th D.) in 1880 and 1881.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (3rd D.) in 1882 and 1883.
He was a presidential elector in 1900, voting for William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
In 1906, he remarried to Annah Ayres Linquist.
Russell died at his home in Manhattan on March 14, 1912, and was buried at the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
New York Attorney General Leslie W. Russell (1840âÂÂ1903) was his first cousin. Rev. Samuel Russell (1660âÂÂ1731) was his great-great-great-grandfather.