Campbell Russell Explained

Office:Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner
Term Start:January 1917
Term End:January 1923
Predecessor:George A. Henshaw
Successor:Frank Carter
State Senate2:Oklahoma
District2:27th
Term Start2:November 16, 1912
Term End2:November 16, 1916
Predecessor2:Sid Garrett
Successor2:Eugene Kerr
Term Start3:November 16, 1907
Term End3:November 16, 1910
Predecessor3:Position established
Successor3:Sid Garrett
Birth Date:1863
Death Date:1937
Party:Democratic Party

Campbell Russell was an American politician who served in the Oklahoma Senate and as an Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner.

Early life

Campbell Russell was born in 1863. He moved to Indian Territory between 1880 and 1882, settling in the Muscogee Nation (present-day Muskogee County). He later owned 27,000 head of cattle through his Prairie Stock Farm in Warner. He founded and funded the first free school for white children in Indian Territory. He built a four classroom school in 1905 and donated it to the town.[1]

Oklahoma politics

Russell was elected to the Oklahoma Senate as a Democrat in 1907 representing the 27th district and served four consecutive terms.[2] In 1916, he was elected to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. In 1922, he was admitted to the Oklahoma Bar Association. He also worked for Farmer's Union and the Southwest Light and Power Company. He ran for Oklahoma's 9th congressional district in 1930. He died in 1937.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Campbell Russell, Class of 1932 . oklahomahof.com . . 18 May 2024 . en.
  2. Book: Corden . Seth K. . Richards . William B. . The Oklahoma red book . 1912 . Oklahoma City, Okla. . 138 . 18 May 2024.