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About Russell Alexander Alger
Russell Alexander Alger was an American politician and businessman. He served as the 20th governor of Michigan, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of War. Impoverished as a child, Alger accumulated wealth throughout his life and died a respected businessman. He was at various points an army officer, a financier, lumber baron, and railroad owner. He was supposedly a distant relation of author Horatio Alger, who often wrote about such "rags to riches" tales.
Everything about Russell Alexander Alger →- Occupation
- politician, military officer, lawyer
- Position held
- Governor of Michigan, United States Secretary of War, United States senator, United States senator
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 27, 1836
- Died
- January 24, 1907