Donald S. Russell

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Donald Stuart Russell
107th Governor of South Carolina
In office January 15, 1963 – April 22, 1965
Lieutenant	Robert Evander McNair
Preceded by	Ernest Hollings
Succeeded by	Robert Evander McNair
Junior United States Senator from South Carolina
In office April 22, 1965 – November 9, 1966 Served alongside Strom Thurmond
Preceded by	Olin D. Johnston
Succeeded by	Ernest Hollings
Born	January 22, 1906 Lafayette Springs, Mississippi
Died	February 22, 1998 (aged 92) Spartanburg, South Carolina
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Virginia Utsey
Children	4
Alma mater	University of Michigan University of South Carolina
Profession	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 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 appointed Russell to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, where he served until his death in 1998.

[edit] External links

• Donald S. Russel - 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
• United States Congress Biography of Donald Stuart Russell
• Donald S. Russell at Find A Grave

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