Donald S. Russell

Donald Stuart Russell
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In office April 23, 1971 – February 22, 1998
Appointed by	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Simon Sobeloff
Succeeded by	William Byrd Traxler, Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
In office November 3, 1966 – May 1, 1971
Appointed by	Lyndon Johnson
Preceded by	Charles Cecil Wyche
Succeeded by	Solomon Blatt, Jr.
United States Senator from South Carolina
In office April 22, 1965 – November 9, 1966
Preceded by	Olin D. Johnston
Succeeded by	Ernest Hollings
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
Personal details
Born	(1906-02-22)February 22, 1906 Lafayette County, Mississippi, USA
Died	February 22, 1998(1998-02-22) (aged 92) Spartanburg, South Carolina
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	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 the 107th Governor of South Carolina, 1963-1965. Russell was a protégé 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, Russell again lost to Fritz Hollings. McNair, however, won a gubernatorial term of his own in 1966 by defeating the Republican Joseph O. Rogers, Jr., while Hollings won election to the rest of Johnston's Senate term by defeating Republican Marshall Parker.

In 1966, after his short Senate tenure ended, Russell was appointed U.S. District Judge for the District of South Carolina by President Lyndon B. Johnson 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.

His Spartanburg home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.^[1]

References

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.

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