Russell Hartley Adams (April 22, 1899 – March 19, 1956) was an American attorney who served as
Allegheny County District Attorney
The Allegheny County District Attorney is the elected district attorney for Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The office is responsible for the prosecution of violations of Pennsylvania commonwealth laws. (Federal law violations are p ...
, including metropolitan
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylva ...
, from January 1942 until December 17, 1945. He was a member of the
Republican Party.
Adams was born in
Duquesne, Pennsylvania
Duquesne ( ) is a city along the Monongahela River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 5,254 at the 2020 census.
History
The city of Duquesne was settled in 1789 and incorp ...
, to Harry H. Adams and Gwendolyn Davis. He died of
coronary occlusion in
Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
[''Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966'']
See also
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District Attorney
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Pittsburgh Police
The Pittsburgh Police (PBP), officially the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, is the largest law enforcement agency in Western Pennsylvania and the third largest in Pennsylvania. The modern force of salaried and professional officers was founded in ...
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Allegheny County Sheriff
The Allegheny County Sheriff's Office is a law enforcement agency that serves Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and is the largest sheriff's office in the state. The ACSO serves as a local arm of the Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System in a numbe ...
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Allegheny County Police Department
The Allegheny County Police Department is a law enforcement agency in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The department provides law enforcement services to County property, including the Pittsburgh International Airport, the Allegheny County Airpo ...
References
1899 births
1956 deaths
People from Duquesne, Pennsylvania
Lawyers from Pittsburgh
District attorneys in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Republicans
20th-century American lawyers
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