Background
Russell, Samuel Lyon was born on July 30, 1816 in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James McPherson Russell.
United States representative lawyer politician
Russell, Samuel Lyon was born on July 30, 1816 in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James McPherson Russell.
He attended the common schools and Bedford Academy. He graduated from Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1834.
He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1837 and commenced practice in Bedford. He served as prosecuting attorney of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, during the 1840s. Russell was elected as a Whig to the thirty-third Congress.
He was not a candidate for renomination and resumed the practice of law in Bedford.
He became a Republican upon the organization of that party in 1856. He died in Bedford in 1891 and was buried in Bedford Cemetery.
Member United States House of Representatives (Whig) from Pennsylvania, 33d Congress, 1853-1855. Member Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1873. Member town council and school board.