South Carolina Governor - Donald Stuart Russell (original) (raw)

SC Governors – Donald Stuart Russell, 1963-1965

Biographical Overview Born: February 22, 1906 in Lafayette Springs, MS Died: February 22, 1998Buried: ?Religion: Methodist Political Party: Democrat	Donald Stuart RussellCourtesy of South Carolina Legislative Manual
Education University of South Carolina - A.B. 1925, LL.B. 1928 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI
Occupations Major, United States ArmyLawyerPresident of the University of South Carolina – 1951-1957

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. He was succeeded by his Lieutenant Governor, Robert McNair.

At the time of his death, Judge Russell was presiding over a case between tobacco companies and the US Government - 1998

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