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2 days ago · Only 35 of the 278 southern delegates, thirteen from Alabama and the entire twenty-two member Mississippi delegation, left the convention on July 15. The remaining southern delegates gave their support to Senator Richard Russell Jr. on the presidential ballot.
3 days ago · Senator Richard Russell, Jr. later warned President Johnson that his strong support for the civil rights bill "will not only cost you the South, it will cost you the election". Johnson, however, went on to win the 1964 election by one of the biggest landslides in American history.
3 days ago · Stevenson emerged victorious on the third presidential ballot of the 1952 Democratic National Convention by defeating Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver, Georgia Senator Richard Russell Jr., and other candidates.
4 days ago · Richard R. Russell, Sr., passed away Monday, July 1, 2024, at the Kent Hospital. He was 88 years of age. Richard was the husband of the late Helen J. (Nelson) Russell to whom he shared 50 years of ...
4 days ago · Richard R. Russell, Sr., passed away Monday, July 1, 2024, at the Kent Hospital. He was 88 years of age. Richard was the husband of the late Helen J. (Nelson) Russell to whom he shared 50 …
6 days ago · Sen. Everett Dirksen sits cross-legged on top of a Senate press gallery desk — his favorite news conference form — as he talks to reporters April 7, 1964, discussing amendments he planned to ...
Jun 19, 2024 · Richard T. "Dick" Russell Jr., of Great Falls, a Purple Heart recipient and World War II U.S. Army Air Force, 5th Air Force veteran, celebrated his 100th birthday on Sunday, March 6.
