Background
Errett, Russell was born on November 10, 1817 in New York City.
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Errett, Russell was born on November 10, 1817 in New York City.
In 1829 he moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and became engaged in newspaper work. He was elected comptroller of Pittsburgh in 1860. He served as clerk of the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1860, 1861, and 1872 to 1876.
During the American Civil War, Errett was appointed additional paymaster in the United States Army in 1861 and served until mustered out in 1866.
He was appointed assessor of internal revenue in 1869, and served until 1873. Errett was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh Congresses.
He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings during the Forty-seventh Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882.
He was appointed by President Chester A. Arthur as United States pension agent at Pittsburgh in 1883 and served in this capacity until May 1887, He died in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, in 1891.
Interment in Chartiers Cemetery. They were also acquainted with Abraham Lincoln. The Errett brothers were both prolific writers on theology.
The publisher who today uses the name Christian Standard is not affiliated with the Errett family and has not received their endorsement.
He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1867.