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SC Governors – Donald Stuart Russell, 1963-1965
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Biographical Overview
  • Born: February 22, 1906 in Lafayette Springs, MS
  • Died: February 22, 1998
  • Buried:
  • Religion: Methodist
  • Political Party: Democrat
Education
Occupations
Major Events and Accomplishments, 1963–1965
  • January 16, 1963 – Governor Russell's inaugural barbecue was the first integrated state function since Reconstruction
  • January 28, 1963 – Clemson College (now Clemson University) enrolled its first black student, Harvey Gantt
  • September 1963 – Former Governor Strom Thurmond announced his switch to the Republican Party
  • October 29,1964 – Greenville native Charles Townes won the Nobel Prize in Physics
  • November 3, 1964 – The majority of South Carolina voters cast their ballots for Barry Goldwater in the 1964 presidential election, making him the first Republican presidential candidate to carry the state since Reconstruction
  • April 22, 1965 – Governor Russell resigned from office to fill the vacancy in the US Senate caused by the death of Olin D. Johnston
Other Government Positions
  • Deputy Director, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, 1945
  • Assistant US Secretary of State, 1945-1947
  • US Senate, 1965-1966
  • US District Judge, 1967-1971
  • US Circuit Judge, appointed 1971
Other Accomplishments, Honors, Distinctions
  • At the time of his death, Judge Russell was presiding over a case between tobacco companies and the US Government - 1998
Web Resources
Election Results
Democratic Primary – 1962
Donald Stuart Russell 199,619 votes 60.8%
Burnet R. Maybank 103,015 votes 31.4%
A.W. Bethea 17,251 votes 5.3%

General Election – November 6, 1962
Russell was elected without opposition, receiving 253,704 votes.


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