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Daniel Lindsay Russell

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“Governor, 1897-1901; Superior Court judge, 1868-1874; member of Congress, 1879-1881. Born two miles N.E.”

State historical marker: D-92: Daniel L. Russell 1845-1908

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Life and Orange County connections

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  1. Orange County Republicans nominate B. E. Teague for the House and a county ticket Orange County Republicans nominated B. E. Teague for the state House, D. S. Miller for sheriff and a county ticket; afterward Judge D. L. Russell and H. A. Gudger spoke to several hundred people in the court house yard. People: Daniel Lindsay Russell Place: Court house, Hillsborough · Also named: B. E. Teague, D. S. Miller, H. A. GudgerSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), September 24, 1896, p. 3
  2. Edwin Alderman is inaugurated as president in Gerrard Hall About a hundred legislators and Governor Daniel L. Russell rode a special train from Raleigh through sleet for the ceremony, where Kemp P. Battle presented Alderman and the new president spoke for an hour and a half on the university as the people's school. The lawmakers were made honorary members of the Di and Phi societies and met with school superintendents who had come to honor one of their own. People: Edwin Anderson Alderman, Daniel Lindsay Russell, Kemp Plummer Battle Place: Gerrard Hall, UNC, Chapel HillSearch the index · Howard E. Covington Jr., Fire and Stone: The Making of the University of North Carolina under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase (2018), p. 31

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By Daniel Lindsay Russell

Russell Autograph Book

Russell, Daniel Lindsay, 1845-1908 · 1861

Autograph book kept by Daniel Lindsay Russell (1845 to 1908), governor of North Carolina from 1897 to 1901, as a member of the University of North Carolina class of 1863 to 1864. It carries the signatures of 70 schoolmates from the wartime classes at Chapel Hill, most of whom went to war, 1861 to 1863.

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  • Gerrard Hall University buildings and grounds · Chapel Hill · 1 event here

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