Russell, Samuel, 1878-1954
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1878 - 1954
Biography
Samuel Russell (1878-1954) was a lawyer, legislative assistant, and amateur historian.
Samuel Russell was born April 14, 1878 in Utah to Samuel Russell and Henrietta Pratt Russell. He graduated from the College of Law at the University of Virginia in 1904. He, Preston Nibley, and Joel Nibley founded the Timpanogos Club, an intellectual club meant to emulate the Royal Society of London, on February 14, 1913. He worked as a lawyer in Utah until 1917, when he left Utah with U.S. Senator William King to serve as his assistant and legal counsel. Samuel continued to work in Washington, D.C. until about 1940 as an attorney and tax expert. He died August 4, 1954, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Citation:
FamilySearch, via WWW, January 22, 2024 (Samuel Russell; born April 14, 1878 in Utah to Samuel Russell and Henrietta Pratt Russell; graduated from the College of Law at the University of Virginia in 1904; he, Preston Nibley, and Joel Nibley founded the Timpanogos Club, an intellectual club meant to emulate the Royal Society of London, on February 14, 1913; worked as a lawyer in Utah; left Utah with U.S. Senator William King to serve as his assistant and legal counsel in 1917; continued to work in Washington, D.C. until about 1940 as an attorney and tax expert; died August 4, 1954 in Salt Lake City, Utah).Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Papers on tax problems, date of production not identified
File — Box 12: Series 14; Series 15 [Barcode: 31197233277687], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 14 File 37
Dates:
date of production not identified
Samuel Russell, Jr. rough drafts and papers by various authors, between 1822 and 1954
Series
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 14
Scope and Contents
Contains articles and papers of Samuel Russell, Jr. and others on weights and measures, women's suffrage, U.S. Congress bills and resolutions, scales and standardization, coinage and financial systems, war and its revenues, international relations and peace treaties (Germany, Japan, Turkey, etc.), World War I, the Armenian genocide, American Indian defense, trade and marketing systems, railroads, prohibition, the U.S. Constitution, tariffs and taxation, elections, executive powers, the...
Dates:
Other: between 1822 and 1954
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- Subject: Taxation -- United States -- History -- Sources X
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