Russell Dyer Kittredge Biography This biography appears on page 569 in "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://usgwarchives.org/sd/sdfiles.htm RUSSELL DYER KITTREDGE. Russell Dyer Kittredge, one of the leading representatives of the younger members of the bar of South Dakota controlling an important and growing patronage in Sioux Falls, was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, October 12, 1886. He is a son of Herbert William and Marian (Thatcher) Kittredge, the former a native of New Hampshire. The parents removed to Westfield, Massachusetts, in 1890. Mr. Kittredge is a nephew of Alfred B. Kittredge, former United States senator from South Dakota, serving from 1901 to 1903 and from 1903 to 1909. Senator Kittredge died May 4, 1911. A more extended mention of him appears elsewhere in this work. Russell D. Kittredge acquired his early education in the public schools of Westfield, Massachusetts, which he left in 1904. He afterward entered Yale University and was graduated from the academic department in 1908 and from the law department in 1910. He was admitted to the bar in Massachusetts in February, 1911, and after residing in Westfield until August removed to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where he has since engaged in general practice. He is known as a strong and forceful lawyer and in the four years of his residence here has become connected with a great deal of important litigation. Mr. Kittredge belongs to the Country Club and the Elks and is a blue lodge Mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He is well known in social circles of the city, while in his profession he has gained that success which always follows earnest and conscientious labor.