A Heart for Any Fate: R.B. Russell

by Sally Russell

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Born in 1861, eldest in a while, middle-class Southern family that lost everything material in the American civil war, Richard Russell grew up consumed with ambition to make a name for himself. His dream was to found an outstanding family and to hold the three highest offices in Georgia: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Governor, and United States senator. In striving for these ambitions, he married twice and ran for public office seventeen times. Although elected to lesser offices, he lost races for chief justice, governor, Congress, and the U.S. Senate. He was elected to the first Georgia...Read more
  • ISBN13 9780865549579
  • Publish Date 30 October 2004
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Mercer University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 368
  • Language English