Lowell Russell | |
State House: | Tennessee |
District: | 21st |
Term Start: | January 8, 2019 |
Predecessor: | Jimmy Matlock |
Birth Date: | 25 August 1975 |
Birth Place: | Maryville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
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Larry Lowell Russell is a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 21st district, encompassing parts of Loudon County and Monroe County.[1] [2]
Lowell Russell was born on August 25, 1975, in Maryville, Tennessee.[1] Lowell is the son of Larry Rex Russell and Shirley Geneva Shaw. He has one brother, Cory Alan Russell. Lowell attended Roane State Community College where he obtained his criminal justice degree. Lowell also attended the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Academy, the Tennessee Highway Patrol Academy and basic police academy at Cleveland State Community College. He currently lives in the Corntassel Community located in Vonore, Tennessee.
In 2023, Russell supported a resolution to expel two of three Democratic lawmakers from the legislature for violating decorum rules. The expulsion was widely characterized as unprecedented.[3]