Infoplease - All the knowledge you need. ____________________ in [All Infoplease..] Search Daily Almanac for Oct 23, 2006 Search White Pages * Skip Navigation * Home * Almanacs * Atlas * Encyclopedia * Dictionary * Thesaurus * Features * Quizzes * World & News * United States * History & Gov't * Biography * Sports * Arts & Ent. * Business * Society & Culture * Health & Science * Homework Center * Fact Monster Kid's reference, games, quizzes * Daily Almanac + This Day in History + Today's Birthday + Word of the Day * Editor's Favorites + Halloween + Phobias! + Top 10 Scary Movies + Infoplease Movie Guide + Dracula + Ramadan + Diwali + Color! + Most Literate Cities + Wacky Town Names + Longitude/Latitude Finder + Pluto Demoted + World Trade Center + Quotations + Names--Meanings & Origins + Lemony Snicket + Harry Potter Banned?! + Infoplease Most Popular Pages + Daylight Saving Time + 2006 Calendar * Infoplease Tools + Distance Calculator + Periodic Table + Conversion Tool + Perpetual Calendar + Year by Year * Career Center + Job Search + Post Your Resume + Continuing Ed. * College Center + Scholarship Search + Colleges & Universities + College Resources * New/Updated + Volunteer Statistics + U.S. Charities with Largest Donations + Firearm Deaths + Largest U.S. Cities * Help | Site Map Search: Infoplease ____________________ go! to submit query Info search tips Search: Biographies ____________________ go! to submit query Bio search tips History and Government--Congressional Biographies--South Carolina RUSSELL, Donald Stuart (1906--1998) Senate Years of Service: 1965-1966 Party: Democrat 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. Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present Related Links * Members of the Current Senate * Floor Leaders of the Senate * Members or the Current House of Representatives * Speakers of the House of Representatives * U.S. Government * Profile of South Carolina * Page Tools: + Cite + Print + Email + + Bookmark o Add bookmark o Furl this page o Add to del.icio.us o Digg It! o Add to Reddit * © 2000-2006 Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease o * RSS o * About o * Contact o * Link to Us o * Advertise with Us o * Terms of Use o * Privacy o * Related sites: + Family Education o + TeacherVision