| John Russell | |
| State Senate1: | Virginia |
| District1: | 34th |
| Term Start1: | January 11, 1984 |
| Term End1: | January 13, 1988 |
| Preceded1: | Abe Brault |
| Succeeded1: | Emilie Miller |
| Office2: | Mayor of Fairfax, Virginia |
| Term Start2: | 1982 |
| Term End2: | 1983 |
| Preceded2: | Frederick Silverthorne |
| Succeeded2: | George Snyder |
| Term Start3: | 1970 |
| Term End3: | 1974 |
| Preceded3: | George Hamill |
| Succeeded3: | Nathaniel Young |
| Party: | Republican |
| Birth Name: | John Wesley Russell |
| Birth Date: | 31 August 1923 |
| Birth Place: | Williamson, Illinois, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. |
| Spouse: | Ruth Marie Boyce |
| Alma Mater: | Southern Illinois Normal University (AB) University of Illinois (MA, PhD) |
John Wesley Russell (August 31, 1923 – December 24, 2012) was an American Republican politician who served two terms as mayor of Fairfax, Virginia, in the Fairfax City Council and one term in the Virginia Senate.[1] [2] He defeated legislative aide Emilie F. Miller to succeed her boss, Senator Abe Brault, in 1983, but he lost the seat in a rematch four years later.