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RUSSELL ALEXANDER ALGER (1836-1907)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 642 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RUSSELL See also:ALEXANDER See also:ALGER (1836-1907)  , See also:American soldier and politician, was See also:born in See also:Lafayette township, See also:Medina See also:county, See also:Ohio, on the 27th of See also:February 1836 . See also:Left an See also:orphan at an See also:early See also:age, he worked on a See also:farm to pay his expenses at Richfield (Ohio) See also:Academy, was a schoolmaster for two winters, and, having studied See also:law in the meantime, was admitted to the See also:bar in 1859 . He began practice at See also:Cleveland, Ohio, but early in 186o he removed to See also:Michigan, where he abandoned his profession and engaged in the See also:lumber business . Enlisting in a Michigan See also:cavalry See also:regiment in See also:September 1861, he See also:rose from See also:captain to See also:colonel, distinguished himself in the See also:Gettysburg See also:campaign and under See also:Sheridan in the See also:Shenandoah Valley, and in 1864 and 1865 respectively received the brevets of brigadier-See also:general and See also:major-general of See also:volunteers . After the See also:war he invested extensively in See also:pine lands in Michigan, and accumulated a large See also:fortune in the lumber business . In 1884 he was elected See also:governor of Michigan on the Republican See also:ticket, serving from 1885 to 1887 . In 1889-1890 he was See also:commander-in-See also:chief of the See also:Grand See also:Army of the See also:Republic . From 1897 to 1899 he was secretary of war in See also:President See also:McKinley's See also:cabinet . His See also:administration of the war See also:department during the See also:Spanish-American War was severely criticized for extravagance in army contracts, for unpreparedness, and for general inefficiency, charges which he answered in his The Spanish-American War (1901) . The extent of his See also:personal responsibility is at least uncertain . In 1902 he was appointed by the governor of Michigan, and in 1903 was elected by the See also:state legislature, as See also:United States senator to See also:complete the unexpired See also:term of See also:James McMillan (1838-1902) . He died at See also:Washington, D.C., on the 24th of See also:January 1907 .

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