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== Political career == |
== Political career == |
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In 1881 when Anthony Gardner won the presidency for a third term, Russell also won Vice-President. When health issues made Gardner resign three years later, Russell became president. Russell, along with Gardner, have been notably blamed for Liberia's losing much of its territory to the British and most likely because of this was not elected to a second term. Russell died three months after he left office in |
In 1881 when Anthony Gardner won the presidency for a third term, Russell also won Vice-President. When health issues made Gardner resign three years later, Russell became president. Russell, along with Gardner, have been notably blamed for Liberia's losing much of its territory to the British and most likely because of this was not elected to a second term. Russell died three months after he left office in 1884.<ref>A Durable Memento[http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/awash/russell.htm]</ref> |
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== Death and Legacy == |
== Death and Legacy == |
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Russell died three months after he left office on April 4, 1884. Russell is survived by many [[decsendants]] in Liberia, West Africa and also some U.S. states like [[Maryland]], Kentucky, and [[South Carolina]].{{Expand|date=March 2008}} |
Russell died three months after he left office on April 4, 1884. Russell is survived by many [[decsendants]] in Liberia, West Africa and also some U.S. states like [[Maryland]], Kentucky, and [[South Carolina]].{{Expand|date=March 2008}} |
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Alfred Francis Russell | |
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| 10th President of Liberia | |
| In office January 20 1883 – January 7 1884 | |
| Vice President | None |
| Preceded by | Anthony William Gardiner |
| Succeeded by | Hilary R. W. Johnson |
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| Born | August 25, 1817 Kentucky, United States |
| Died | April 4, 1884 (aged 66) |
| Political party | True Whig |
Alfred Francis Russell (born 25 August, 1817 in Kentucky, U.S. - 4 April 1884 in Liberia) served as the President of Liberia from 1883 to 1884. He immigrated to Liberia in 1833 with his mother, Amelie "Milly" Crawford, his cousin, Lucretia Russell and her four children Cynthia, Gilbert, George, and Henry. He served as a Methodist missionary and later owned a large coffee and sugarcane farm. Russell remained in the ministry and served in the Senate as well. He was elected vice-president under Anthony William Gardiner in 1881, becoming President of Liberia on the latter's resignation due to poor health.
Early life
Russell was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of Amelie "Milly" Crawford. Russell was born a slave in Louisville, Kentucky to, his then master, Jane Hawkins Todd Irvine. He and his mother were sold to Robert Wickliffe and Mary Owen Todd Russell Wickliffe[1] or Mrs. Polly as he and his mother called her, a wealthy heiress of the frontiersman, Colonel John Todd and the daughter of Irvine[2]. It was publiclly exposed by Robert Breckinridge that John Russell (Mary Owen Todd Russell's son from her previous marriage with James Russell) engaged in a relationship with Crawford during a summer visit with his grandmother and thereby fathered Alfred. Alfred's father being white and his mother being an octoroon gave him his obvious mixed-race appearance. After Wickliffe emancipated Alfred, his mother, Lucy, and her four children they left for Liberia[3][4]. Alfred was seven years old, when he and his family left on the Brig Ajax to go to Liberia, West Africa with many of the first frontiersman of the country. They arrived in Liberia on July 11, 1833[5].
Political career
In 1881 when Anthony Gardner won the presidency for a third term, Russell also won Vice-President. When health issues made Gardner resign three years later, Russell became president. Russell, along with Gardner, have been notably blamed for Liberia's losing much of its territory to the British and most likely because of this was not elected to a second term. Russell died three months after he left office in 1884.[6]
Death and Legacy
Russell died three months after he left office on April 4, 1884. Russell is survived by many decsendants in Liberia, West Africa and also some U.S. states like Maryland, Kentucky, and South Carolina.
References
- ^ Wickliffe-Preston Family Papers, Introduction & Milly Crawford, 1833 .[1]
- ^ kentucky ancestors: genealogical quartlerly of the kentucky historical society[2]
- ^ Emmigrants to Liberia between 1820 and 1843[3]
- ^ Emmigrants to Liberia between 1820 and 1843[4]
- ^ Wickliffe-Preston Family Papers, Introduction & Milly Crawford, 1833 [5]
- ^ A Durable Memento[6]
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