Donald Stuart Russell

Biography of Donald Stuart Russell

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Russell
• First Name: Donald
• Middle Name: Stuart
• Date of Birth: February , 22 , 1906
• Place of Birth (POB): Lafayette Springs , Mississippi (US-MS, MS, 28, MI, Miss.)
• Date of Death: February , 22 , 1998
• Place of Death (POD): Spartanburg , South Carolina (US-SC, SC, 45, S.C., S. Car.)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Donald Stuart Russell Court Service Information

• Court Name: United States District Court, District of South Carolina
• Court Type: United States District Court
• Appointment under the Presidency of: Lyndon B. Johnson ( Democratic )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 10/11/1966
• American Bar Association (ABA) Ratings of judicial nominees (majority rating): Well Qualified
• Seat vacated by: Wyche , Charles C.
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 10/11/1966
• Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
• Committee action date: 10/20/1966
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 10/20/1966
• Commission Date: 11/03/1966
• Date of Termination: 05/01/1971
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Second Appointment of Donald Stuart Russell

• Court Name: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Court Type: United States Court of Appeals
• Promoted by President: Richard M. Nixon ( Republican )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 04/07/1971
• American Bar Association (ABA) Ratings of judicial nominees (majority rating): Well Qualified
• Seat vacated by: Sobeloff , Simon E.
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 04/07/1971
• Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
• Committee action: 04/20/1971
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 04/21/1971
• Commission Date: 04/23/1971
• Date of Termination: 02/22/1998
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Donald Stuart Russell in the Law School

• Name of School: University of South Carolina
• Degree: Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
• Law Degree Year: 1925

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): University of South Carolina School of Law
• Degree: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
• Law Degree Year: 1928

Donald Stuart Russell Career Path

Employment:

• Private practice, Union, South Carolina, 1929-1930
• Private practice, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1930-1942, 1947-1951, 1957-1963
• Price Adjustment Board, U.S. Department of War, 1942-1943; assistant director of economic stabilization, 1942; assistant to director of war mobilization, 1943
• U.S. Army major, 1944
• Deputy director, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, 1945
• Assistant secretary of state, 1945-1947
• President, University of South Carolina, 1951-1957
• Governor, South Carolina, 1963-1965
• U.S. senator from South Carolina, 1965-1966

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