Campbell Russell

Campbell Russell was an American politician who served in the Oklahoma Senate and as an Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner.

Early life

Campbell Russell was born in 1863. He moved to Indian Territory between 1880 and 1882, settling in the Muscogee Nation. He later owned 27,000 head of cattle through his Prairie Stock Farm in Warner. He founded and funded the first free school for white children in Indian Territory. He built a four classroom school in 1905 and donated it to the town.

Oklahoma politics

Russell was elected to the Oklahoma Senate as a Democrat in 1907 representing the 27th district and served four consecutive terms. He unsuccessfully ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1910 and 1914. In 1916, he was elected to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. In 1922, he was admitted to the Oklahoma Bar Association. He also worked for Farmer's Union and the Southwest Light and Power Company. He ran for Oklahoma's 9th congressional district in 1930. He died in 1937.

Electoral history