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{{Short description|Arkansas lawyer and state legislator}}
{{Infobox officeholder
'''Russell Elrod''' was a long-serving state legislator in Arkansas. He served in the [[Arkansas Senate including as [[President of the Arkansas Senate]].<ref>https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53730680/russell-c_-elrod</ref>▼
| office1 = [[Arkansas Senate]]
| term_start1 = 1945
| term_end1 = 1968
| office2 = [[President Pro Tempore of the Arkansas Senate]]
| term_start2 = 1953
| term_end2 = 1954
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|11|30}}
| birth_place = Mosley Prairie, Oklahoma
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|12|03|1904|11|30}}
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States) | Democratic]]
}}
▲'''Russell Elrod''' (November 30, 1904 - December 3, 1985)<ref name=":0" /> was a lawyer and long-serving state legislator in Arkansas. He served in the [[Arkansas Senate]] including as [[President Pro Tempore of the Arkansas Senate]] in 1953.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://
He was born at Moseley Prairie in [[Delaware County, Oklahoma]] and schooled in [[Siloam Springs]], Arkansas.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJmIAAAAMAAJ&q=russell+elrod+arkansas|title=Call the Roll: The First One Hundred Fifty Years of the Arkansas Legislature|first=Jerry E.|last=Hinshaw|date=December 23, 1986|publisher=Rose Publishing Company|isbn=9780914546665 |via=Google Books}}</ref> He worked as a lawyer in [[Siloam Springs]].<ref name="news" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=faVRAQAAMAAJ&q=russell+elrod+arkansas|title=The Arkansas Hand-book|date=December 23, 1949|publisher=Christian Associations of the University of Arkansas|via=Google Books}}</ref> He gained the nickname the "Little Fox" of Benton County.<ref name="news">{{cite news |title=Siloam's Russell Elrod: 'The Little Fox' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/northwest-arkansas-times-siloams-russel/144367475/ |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=Northwest Arkansas Times |date=5 January 1967 |pages=16}} {{Open access}}</ref> Elrod served from 1945 until 1968,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Daniels |first1=Charlie |url=https://ssl-sos-site.ark.org/uploads/elections/historical_report1210.pdf |access-date=29 March 2024|title=Historical report of the secretary of state 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Elrod Seeking Re-Election to State Senate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/northwest-arkansas-times-elrod-seeking-r/144367806/ |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=Northwest Arkansas Times |date=20 April 1968 |pages=2}} {{Open access}}</ref> when he was succeeded by [[Jim Caldwell (Arkansas politician)|Jim Caldwell]]. Elrod also served as [[Siloam Springs]] city attorney for 12 years.<ref name="obiturary" /> He is pictured in composite photographs of the Arkansas Senate in 1951 and 1965.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/general-assembly-composites/26|title=1951 Senate composite photo of the Fifty-Eighth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas|date=December 31, 1951|journal=Arkansas General Assembly Composite Images, 1866-2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/general-assembly-composites/32|title=1965 Senate composite photo of the Sixty-Fifth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas|date=December 31, 1965|journal=Arkansas General Assembly Composite Images, 1866-2023}}</ref>
Elrod died December 3, 1985 aged 81.<ref name="death-notice">{{cite news |title=Siloam Springs, Russell Elrod 81 dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-siloam-springs-russell-elro/144369589/ |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=Tulsa World |date=4 December 1985 |pages=44}} {{Open access}}</ref> <ref name="obiturary">{{cite news |title=Russell Elrod Obituary |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-dec-04-1985-4388499/ |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=newspaperarchive.com |language=en}} {{Open access}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53730680/russell-c-elrod Findagrave entry]
[[Category:Arkansas state senators]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Elrod, Russell}}
[[Category:1904 births]]
[[Category:1985 deaths]]
[[Category:people from Delaware County, Oklahoma]]
[[Category:People from Siloam Springs, Arkansas]]
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