Full Name J. Russel Leech
Date of Birth November 19, 1888
Place of Birth Ebensburg, Pennsylvania
State from which Appointed Pennsylvania
Year Appointed 1932
Degree/College A.B., Washington and Jefferson College, 1911
Degree/Law School LL.B, University of Pennsylvania, 1915
Government Service Member 70th, 71st, and 72nd Congresses, 20th Pa. District, 1927-33; resigned from Congress, January, 1932, upon appointment as member, U.S. Board of Tax Appeals
Military Service Served as 2nd Lt. 64th Inf., U.S. Army and 7th Ammunition Train, 7th Division, AEF, World War I.
Death February 2, 1952
Source Who Was Who in America (Vol.3, Page 509).