Thomas A. Russell
Thomas A. Russell was an American attorney who was the first law clerk to the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving Associate Justice Horace Gray from 1882 to 1883.
In 1882, Russell graduated from Harvard Law School, following in the steps of his father. He then moved to Washington, D.C. for a year to assist Justice Gray. After his clerkship, Russell returned to Boston and from 1883 to 1886 worked for his father's law firm of Russell & Putnam. He then worked in private practice from 1896 to 1900.
In 1893 and 1894, Russell was elected from Suffolk County district 11 to the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a Republican, where he served as chairman of the Committee on Elections.
In 1909, he retired and lived off his inheritance. Russell died April 8, 1938, in Boston.
