Donald S. Russell

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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 Governor of South Carolina, 1963-1965. Russell was a protege of former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. 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 Western District of South Carolina by President Lyndon Johnson in 1967, to fill the vacancy created by the death of Russell's former law partner, Charles Cecil Wyche. In 1971, President Richard Nixon assigned Russell to the 4th circuit Appellate Court bench where he served until his death in 1998. judge.

[edit] External links

• Donald S. Russel - South Carolina Political Collections. University of South Carolina Archives. Article retrieved March 10, 2006.

Preceded by Ernest Hollings

Governor of South Carolina 1963 – 1965

Succeeded by Robert Evander McNair

Governors 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