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    Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (November 2, 1897 – January 21, 1971) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 66th Governor...
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  • Richard Russell may refer to: Richard M. Russell (1891–1977), American politician, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts Richard Russell Jr. (1897–1971)...
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    1903 to 1908 and opened in 1909. It was named for former Senator Richard Russell Jr. from Georgia in 1972. It occupies a site north of the Capitol bounded...
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    in the HBO movie Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013) and Senator Richard Russell Jr. in All the Way (2016). Langella also had a recurring role as Gabriel...
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    Richard Brevard Russell Sr. (April 27, 1861 – December 3, 1938) was an American lawyer, legislator, jurist, and candidate for political office. He is...
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    the Warren Commission. Members of the Warren Commission Earl Warren Richard Russell Jr. John Sherman Cooper Hale Boggs Gerald Ford Allen Dulles John J. McCloy...
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    Richard B. Russell Jr. referred the suit to the state attorney general, however, the request to sue Talmadge was rejected. In 1932, Governor Richard B...
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    that the possibility could arise from the entry of Georgia Senator Richard Russell, Jr. into the general election as a third-party candidate and thereby...
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    for Richard B. Russell, Jr. (1897–1971), United States Senator from Georgia (1933–1971). The contract for Richard B. Russell's construction was awarded...
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    from Florida U.S. Representative James A. Roe from New York Senator Richard Russell Jr. from Georgia President Harry S. Truman from Missouri Former vice...
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    Hayden, Stennis, Stevens, Hollings, Russell Jr., and Long) until January 7, 2013, when Patrick Leahy surpassed Russell B. Long as the 10th longest-serving...
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    been appointed to the seat to replace the late Thomas E. Watson. Richard Russell Jr. was the state's longest serving senator, served from 1933 to 1971...
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  • her son Richard Russell Jr. In 1891, Russell married lawyer and future Georgia Supreme Court Justice Richard Russell Sr. After marriage, Russell spent time...
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    Convention by defeating Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver, Georgia Senator Richard Russell Jr., and other candidates. The Republican nomination was primarily contested...
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    Richard Russell Riordan Jr. (/ˈraɪərdən/ RY-ər-dən; born June 5, 1964) is an American author, best known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians...
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    ballot, defeating Tennessee senator Estes Kefauver, Georgia senator Richard Russell Jr., and former commerce secretary W. Averell Harriman. Eisenhower was...
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    same time providing food to school-age children. It was named after Richard Russell Jr., signed into law by President Harry S. Truman in 1946, and entered...
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  • All the Way (2016 film) (category Films about Martin Luther King Jr.)
    Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.; and Frank Langella as U.S. Senator Richard Russell Jr. from Georgia. The film was broadcast on HBO on...
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    candidate James M. Tunnell Jr., whose father had served in the Senate in the 1940s. Democratic incumbent Richard Russell Jr. was reelected unopposed to...
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  • (2011)| Fite, Gilbert. Richard B. Russell, Jr, Senator from Georgia (2002) Goldsmith, John A. Colleagues: Richard B. Russell and His Apprentice, Lyndon...
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  • Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1955 he accompanied Senator Richard Russell Jr. on a trip to the USSR. Here he and Russell reported seeing "flying saucers" which have...
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    he was dismissed as being too old by labor union leaders. Senator Richard Russell Jr. of Georgia was popular in the South and his campaign easily won the...
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    house guests powerful Congressional figures such as Carl Vinson, Richard Russell Jr., and Everett Dirksen. (His son John would witness some of these and...
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    took place on November 3, 1936. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Richard Russell Jr. was re-elected to a second term (his first full term) in office after...
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    not attend the conference. Among those absent were Georgia Senator Richard Russell Jr., who had finished with the second-most delegates in the Democratic...
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    1966. Incumbent Democratic Senator Richard Russell Jr. was elected to a seventh term in office. On September 14, Russell won the Democratic primary with...
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    Georgia Democratic Party from 1970–1971. In 1971, upon the death of Richard Russell Jr., Governor Jimmy Carter appointed Gambrell to the United States Senate...
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    took place on November 8, 1960. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Richard Russell Jr. was re-elected to a sixth term in office. As was common at the time...
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    north of the Capitol: Russell Senate Office Building (RSOB), (built 1903-1908, opened in 1909), named after Senator Richard Russell Jr. (1897-1971), of Georgia...
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    Senate for a full term to replace his wife's uncle, veteran Senator Richard Russell Jr., who had died in office in 1971. Vandiver finished third behind Sam...
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