St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-09
MANTLE OF LOCHREN
Falls Upon the Shoulders OF
r. D. Russell, EX-City
Attorney.
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in the SaWmill
City.

r. d. Russell has been appointed by
Gov. Nelson to succeed Judge Lochren
on the bench of the Fourth Judicial dis
trict. The appointment was made yes
terday morning and handed to Lieut..
Gov. Clough, who was at the capitol at
the time, to bring over to Mr.. Russell.
The latter did not know Of the appoint
ment when he was called on by the
GLOBE representative, but the informa-
ton was received by him through the
telephone while the representative was
present Mr.. Russell received the in
teIligence very complacently, and said
he had understood on Saturday that he
was to be appointed. He expressed
himself as very grateful to the Mime
apolIs bar for It's cordial and hearty
support Of him. He recognized tnat it
was the efforts of the bar, of which he
is the president, which had secured the
result.
MI Russell said that he would Dot be
able to rake hold OF the Office immedi-
atelv OIL account of some pressing per
sonal business, but within a few days
he would get to work on the bench.
Robert D. Russell was born in st.
Louis, Mo-, in 1851. The son Of me-
chanic, he learned the trade of his faith
er, that of timer, and worked at it
through the time that he was attending
school, largely earning by his own hands
the money necessary to complete his
education. He gtatiHHird at Jackson
Vile, ILL.,, in 1871, reupiv ~ the highest
honors of his class. that OF Yuedictor
ian, and he afterwards became one of
the trustees of his alma mater. His
legal education was received in the
off ce of Isaac l.. Morrison, of Jackson
vile, and he was admitted to practice in
1874 in the supreme court of Illinois at
Ottawa. For some time previous to his
removal to Minneapolis in 1888 he was
city attorney OF Jacksonville. His first
legal connection i'll MINNEAPOLIS was as
a member of the firm of Russell ~
Highly, his partner being a son Of one
of the appellate justices of Hi
noiS, on account of whose death Mr..
Highly withdrew from the firm, and it
then became Russell. Emery IL Reed.
and 50 continued until Judge Emery's
accession to the bench, when the firm
became Russell, Calhoun and Reed in
1887 Next it became Russell d Reed,
and this partnership was continued I'M
til 1891. since which time Mr.. Russell
has been in practice alone.
At the beginning of 1889 Mr.. Russell
became city attorney of blinneapolis,an
so continued for four years, retlring Iii
January last. In the period of his Off
cial life he had the settlement Of some
very important cases affecting the in
terests of the city, such as the crossings
cases, the st. Anthony Falls water
11Omnr co AGAINST thn 0itV and II NM
erous personal damage cases. He is
now serving in his second year as presi-
dent of the Minneapolis bar, whose
cordial support of himself for the posi-
ton he now assumes is one of the
things he prizes most i'll connection
with the high honor conferred upon
him.
1t is gossip that the next step in the
programme is for Mr. Morgan to Sue
coed Judge CAVITY, and that such is the
understanding among all concerned.