Terms of Service

• House, 38th Legislature
  1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
  Democrat
  
• House, 37th ^{(1) (2) (3)} Legislature
  7/20/1921 - 1/9/1923
  Democrat
  

(1) 37th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Oath of Office Administered (to Ben Russell), 7/21/1921, p. 34. No committee appointments listed for Russell in 1st or 2nd C.S. House Journal .
(2) In Senate, Joe Burkett, in special election 6/4/1921, sworn 7/18/1921, succeeded John A. Russell, resigned 2/28/1921. In House, Ben Russell, in special election 7/16/1921, sworn 7/20/1921, succeeded Joe Burkett, resigned after Regular Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in 38th Legislature. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. B.L. Russell, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Biographical sketch, Hon. B.L. Russell, Volume II, pp. 448-449. Mayor of Baird; born 10/25/1864 at Verona, Lee County, Mississippi. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas 1906.
• Benjamin Lee Russell, birth date 10/25/1864 in Verona, Mississippi; death date 10/19/1948 in Baird, Callahan County, Texas; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• Benjamin L. Russell, Sr., birth date 10/25/1864, death date 10/19/1948, photo from Abilene Reporter News 4/28/1947, burial in Baird Cemetery, Baird, Callahan County. Find a Grave .
• Portrait, family history, and biographical sketch, Southern Kith and Kin, pp. 257-280. Death date 10/20/1948. HeritageQuest Online .
• Memorial, February 1949, p. 90. Birth date 10/25/1864, death date 10/19/1948. Texas Bar Journal .

Committee Information

• 38th R.S. - 1923
• Charges Against the Legislature, Investigate  
• Judiciary  
• Oil, Gas and Mining  
• Penitentiaries  
• Roads, Bridges and Ferries  
• Rules (Chair)