| LC control no. | n 85137018 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Russell, Donald Stuart, 1906-1998 |
| See also | South Carolina. Governor (1963-1965 : Russell) |
| Birth date | 1906-02-22 |
| Death date | 1998-02-22 |
| Place of birth | Lafayette County (Miss.) |
| Place of death | Spartanburg (S.C.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Governors Lawyers Judges Legislators |
| Found in | NUCMC data from USA Mil. Hist. Inst. for Oral history coll., 1970-1985 (Hon. Donald Russell) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Russell, Donald Stuart, 1906-; usage: none given) WWA, 1984-1985 (Russell, Donald Stuart, judge; b. Lafayette Springs, Miss., 1906; s. Jessee and Lula (Russell) R.; m. Virginia Utsey, 1929; practiced law, Spartenburg, S.C., 1930-42; asst. to dir. war moblzn, 1943; dep. dir. Off. War Moblzn Reconversion, 1945; gov. S.C., 1963-65; mem. U.S. Senate from S.C., 1965-66; US Ct. Appeals Judge, 1971-; Office: Spartanburg, S.C.) Wikipedia WWW site, July 13, 2007 (Donald Stuart Russell, b. Feb. 22, 1906; d. Feb. 22, 1998; Democratic Senator from S.C. from 1965 to 1966; also served as governor of S.C., 1963-1965) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed September 28, 2023: (Russell, Donald Stuart, a Senator from South Carolina; born in Lafayette Springs, Lafayette County, Miss., February 22, 1906; moved with his family to Chester, S.C., in 1914; attended the public schools; graduated from the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1925, and from the law school of the same university in 1928; admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Union, S.C., in 1928; took graduate work in law at the University of Michigan in 1929; moved to Spartanburg, S.C., in 1930 and continued law practice until 1942; went to Washington, D.C., and worked in the War Department and as assistant to the Director of Economic Stabilization 1942-1943; served in the United States Army as a major in 1944; Deputy Director, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, in 1945; Assistant Secretary of State for Administration 1945-1947; resumed law practice in Spartanburg, S.C.; president of the University of South Carolina 1952-1957; Governor of South Carolina from November 1962, until his resignation on April 22, 1965; was immediately appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Olin D. Johnston and served from April 22, 1965, until November 8, 1966; unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1966 to complete the term; United States district judge for South Carolina, until appointed United States circuit judge for the Fourth Judicial Circuit in 1971; resided in Spartanburg, S.C. until his death on February 22, 1998; interment in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Spartanburg, S.C.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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