Background
Russell, Charles Edward was born on September 25, 1860 in Davenport, Iowa, United States. Son of Edward and Lydia (Rutledge) Russell.
Russell, Charles Edward was born on September 25, 1860 in Davenport, Iowa, United States. Son of Edward and Lydia (Rutledge) Russell.
Graduated from St. Johnsbury (Vermont) Academy, 1881. Doctor of Laws, Howard, 1923.
Was engaged on various newspapers. City editor New York World, 1894-1897. Managing editor New York American, 1897-1899.
Public Chicago American, 1900-1902. Contributor to mags. and lecturer on sociology and literature, since 1904. Socialist candidate for government New York, 1910, 12, for mayor of New York, 1913.
For United States Senator, 1914. Nominated, 1916, by party plebiscite for president (declined). Author: Such Stuff as Dreams, 1902.
The Twin Immortalities, 1904. The Greatest Trust in the World, 1905. The Uprising of the Many, 1907.
Lawless Wealth, 1908. Thomas Chatterton, the Marvelous Boy, 1908. Songs of Democracy, 1909.
Why I Am a Socialist, 1910. Business, the Heart of the Nation, 1911. Stories of the Great Railroads, 1912.
These Shifting Scenes, 1914. The Story of Wendell Phillips, 1915. Unchained Russia, 1918.
After the Whirlwind, 1919. Bolshevism and the United States, 1919. The Outlook for the Philippines, 1922.
Railroad Melons, Rates and Wages, 1922. The Hero of the Filipinos—Jose Rizal, 1923. Julia Marlowe—Her Life and Art, 1926.
The American Orchestra and Theodore Thomas (Pulitzer prize for best biography of year), 1927. A-Rafting on the Mississipp’, 1928. An Hour of American Poetry, 1929.
From Sandy Hook to 62°, 1929. Haym Salomon and the Revolution, 1930. Blaine of Maine, 1931.
Bare Hands and Stone Walls, 1933.
Member special diplomatic mission sent to Russia by the United States, 1917. Member President’s Industrial Commission, 1919.