Benjamin Russell (journalist)
- Benjamin Russell (journalist)
Benjamin Russell (September 13, 1761 – January 4, 1845) was an American journalist, born in Boston.
Early life
He enlisted in the Revolutionary army, where he rose to the rank of major.Fact|date=May 2007
Benjamin's Rev. War Pension Application states, in his own handwriting, that he serveed as a private. He was never an officer. ( see Mass Rev. War Pension Application S 30685)
Early career
After the war he began the publication of a semiweekly journal, the "Columbian Centinel". This paper he controlled for 40 years and, assisted by Fisher Ames, Timothy Pickering, John Lowell, Stephen Higginson, and George Cabot as contributors, made it one of the most influential organs of the Federalist party.
Benjamin and William Warden first published the "Massachusetts Centinel" beginning in 1784. In 1785 Ben became the sole publisher and changed the name to the "Columbian Centinel" ( see The Twentieth Centuty Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans.)
Political office
Russell coined the expression "Era of Good Feeling" on the occasion of President Monroe's visit to Boston in 1817.
He was one of the aldermen of Boston, was a representative to the General Court, State Senator for a number of years, was one of the Governor's Council, and in 1820 was a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention.
Late career
He resigned as editor of the "Centinel" in 1828, but until 1830 continued to edit the Boston "Gazette", which he had established in 1795.
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