Russell B. Livermore
American lawyer, politician and soldier
Russell Blake Livermore (March 22, 1894 – May 21, 1958) was an American lawyer, politician, and veteran of both World Wars. He was from New York.
Life
Livermore was born on March 22, 1894, in Yonkers, New York, the son of Arthur Leslie Livermore and Henrietta Jackson Wells. Arthur worked as a lawyer in Yonkers. Henrietta was a prominent suffragist, a member of the board of directors for the National American Woman Suffrage Association, the founder and first president of the Women's National Republican Club, and the first woman vice-chair of the New York Republican State Committee.
Livermore graduated from Dartmouth College in 1915. While a student at Dartmouth, he was a member of Theta Delta Chi. He later received his law degree from Columbia.
During World War I, Livermore served as a First Lieutenant in the 104th Infantry, 26th Division. In July 1918, while advancing in an open field near Belleau Wood, France, his battalion came under fire from machine gun fire.
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