George Mitchell Russum (January 28, 1834 – October 21, 1901) was a justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1896 to 1897.

In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Russum as the assessor of internal revenue in Maryland's 1st congressional district.

In 1867, Russum was appointed by Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase as register in bankruptcy for the same district.

[3] On January 21, 1896, Russum was appointed by Governor Lloyd Lowndes as chief judge of the Second Judicial Court.

He then took his seat on the Maryland Court of Appeals and was nominated for election in 1897 but lost to James Alfred Pearce.