Donald Stuart Russell was a Democratic Senator from South Carolina. He served from 1965 to 1966. He also served as Governor of South Carolina, 1963-1965. Russell was a protege of former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. From 1952 to 1957 he served as president of the University of South Carolina. He ran for governor in 1958 but lost the Democratic primary to Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings. Four years later he was elected governor. He resigned as governor in 1965 upon the death of Sen. Olin D.



