Charles Hinton Russell was an American

United States

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 politician

Politician

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. He was the 20th Governor of Nevada. He was a member of the Republican Party

Republican Party (United States)

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.

Biography

Russell was born on December 27, 1903 in Lovelock

Lovelock, Nevada

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, Nevada

Nevada

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. He graduated from the University of Nevada

University of Nevada, Reno

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 in 1926. He taught school in Ruby Valley for one term and then went to Ruth

Ruth, Nevada

Ruth is a small town in White Pine County, Nevada, that was founded in 1903. It is a census-designated place, with a population in 2010 of 440.- History :Ruth began as a settlement for workers of the White Pine Copper Company in 1903...

 to work for the copper company. He was the editor of the Ely Record for seventeen years, beginning in 1929.

Political Career

Russell was a member of the Nevada state Senate from 1941 to 1946. After that, he was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress, succeeding Democrat Berkeley L. Bunker

Berkeley L. Bunker

Berkeley Lloyd Bunker was a United States Senator and Representative from Nevada.-Early life:Born in what was then St. Thomas, Clark County, Nevada , he attended public schools, graduating from Clark County High School in 1926...

, who ran unsuccessfully for Governor. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress, narrowly losing to Reno

Reno, Nevada

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 City Councilman Walter S. Baring. He became the Governor in 1951 and served until 1959.

Death

Russell died on September 13, 1989 in Carson City

Carson City, Nevada

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, Nevada

Nevada

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, at the age of 85.

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