- Donald S. Russell
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Donald Stuart Russell 107th Governor of South Carolina In office
January 15, 1963 – April 22, 1965Lieutenant Robert Evander McNair Preceded by Ernest Hollings Succeeded by Robert Evander McNair United States Senator from South Carolina In office
April 22, 1965 – November 9, 1966
Served alongside Strom ThurmondPreceded by Olin D. Johnston Succeeded by Ernest Hollings Personal details Born February 22, 1906
Lafayette County, MississippiDied February 22, 1998 (aged 92)
Spartanburg, South CarolinaPolitical party Democratic Spouse(s) Virginia Utsey Children 4 Alma mater University of Michigan
University of South CarolinaProfession Lawyer Religion Methodist Donald Stuart Russell (February 22, 1906 – February 22, 1998) was a Democratic Senator from South Carolina. He served from 1965 to 1966. He also served as the 107th Governor of South Carolina, 1963-1965. Russell was a protege of former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes and served as Assistant Secretary of State for Administration from 1945 to 1947. From 1952 to 1957 he served as president of the University of South Carolina. He ran for governor in 1958 but lost the Democratic primary to Ernest F."Fritz" Hollings. Four years later he was elected governor.
He resigned as governor in 1965 upon the death of Sen. Olin D. Johnston and was appointed by the new governor, Robert E. McNair, to fill the vacancy created by Johnston's death. In the Democratic primary for the special election in 1966 to fill the remainder of Johnston's term, he again lost to Fritz Hollings. Russell was appointed U.S. District Judge for the District of South Carolina by President Lyndon Johnson in 1966, to fill the vacancy created by the death of Russell's former law partner, Charles Cecil Wyche. In 1971, President Richard Nixon appointed Russell to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, where he served until his death, on his 92nd birthday in 1998.
External links
- Donald S. Russell - South Carolina Political Collections. University of South Carolina Archives. Article retrieved March 10, 2006.
- SCIway Biography of Donald Stuart Russell
- NGA Biography of Donald Stuart Russell
- Donald S. Russell at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Donald S. Russell at Find a Grave
- Donald S. Russell at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Government offices Preceded by
Frank McCarthyAssistant Secretary of State for Administration
September 24, 1945 – January 20, 1947Succeeded by
John PeurifoyPolitical offices Preceded by
Ernest HollingsGovernor of South Carolina
1963–1965Succeeded by
Robert Evander McNairUnited States Senate Preceded by
Olin D. JohnstonUnited States Senator (Class 3) from South Carolina
April 22, 1965 – November 8, 1966
Served alongside: Strom ThurmondSucceeded by
Ernest HollingsGovernors of South Carolina J. Rutledge · Lowndes · J. Rutledge · Mathews · Guerard · Moultrie · T. Pinckney · C. Pinckney · Moultrie · Vanderhorst · C. Pinckney · E. Rutledge · Drayton · J. Richardson · P. Hamilton · C. Pinckney · Drayton · Middleton · Alston · D. Williams · A. Pickens · Geddes · Bennett · Wilson · Manning I · Taylor · Miller · J. Hamilton · Hayne · McDuffie · Butler · Noble · Henagan · Richardson II · Hammond · Aiken · Johnson · Seabrook · Means · J. Manning · Adams · Allston · Gist · F. Pickens · Bonham · Magrath · Perry · Orr · Scott · Moses · Chamberlain · Hampton · Simpson · Jeter · Hagood · Thompson · Sheppard · Richardson III · Tillman · Evans · Ellerbe · McSweeney · Heyward · Ansel · Blease · Smith · Manning III · Cooper · Harvey · McLeod · Richards · Blackwood · Johnston · Maybank · Harley · Jefferies · Johnston · R. Williams · Thurmond · Byrnes · Timmerman · Hollings · Russell · McNair · West · Edwards · Riley · Campbell · Beasley · Hodges · Sanford · Haley
United States Senators from South Carolina Class 2 P. Butler · Hunter · Pinckney · Sumter · Taylor · W. Smith · R. Hayne · Calhoun · Huger · Calhoun · Elmore · Barnwell · Rhett · De Saussure · Evans · A. Hayne · Chesnut · Robertson · M. Butler · Tillman · Benet · Pollock · Dial · Blease · Byrnes · Lumpkin · Peace · Maybank · Daniel · Thurmond · Wofford · Thurmond · GrahamClass 3 Categories:- 1906 births
- 1998 deaths
- University of South Carolina alumni
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- Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina
- United States district court judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
- Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States court of appeals judges appointed by Richard Nixon
- University of South Carolina trustees
- Presidents of the University of South Carolina
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- Democratic Party United States Senators
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