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    Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston (November 9, 1896 – April 18, 1965) was an American politician from the US state of South Carolina. He served as the 98th...
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    presidential election. In 1944, Olin D. Johnston again challenged Smith in the Democratic primary. During the campaign, Johnston, once again governor of South...
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    was won by Governor Burnet R. Maybank who defeated former Governor Olin D. Johnston after a run-off in the primary. He was unopposed in the general election...
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    1942, during World War II, to select the Governor of South Carolina. Olin D. Johnston won the Democratic primary and ran without opposition in the general...
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    November 6, 1934, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Olin D. Johnston won the contested Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general...
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    Incumbent Democratic Senator Olin D. Johnston defeated Governor Fritz Hollings in the Democratic primary and Republican W. D. Workman, Jr. in the general...
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    Senator Olin D. Johnston defeated Strom Thurmond in a bitterly contested Democratic primary on July 11 and was unopposed in the general election. Olin D. Johnston...
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    Byrnes's US Senate seat in September 1941, defeating former governor Olin D. Johnston with 56.6 percent of the vote. In 1942 Maybank was elected to the full...
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    June 12, 1962. Olin D. Johnston, the incumbent Senator, faced stiff competition from Governor Fritz Hollings who argued that Johnston was too liberal...
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    Incumbent Democratic Senator Olin D. Johnston handily defeated Republican mayor of Clemson Leon P. Crawford. Olin D. Johnston, the incumbent Senator, faced...
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  • character actor Olin M. Jeffords (1890–1964), American lawyer from Vermont Olin W. Joerg (born 1956), German lawyer from Augsburg Olin D. Johnston (1896–1965)...
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    administration-backed civil rights bill out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Olin D. Johnston objected on the grounds that the committee did not have permission...
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    Senate election was Governor Olin D. Johnston, who challenged him once again in the Democratic primary. While Johnston was fully supportive of the New...
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    election. Incumbent Democrat Olin D. Johnston handily defeated Republican mayor of Clemson Leon P. Crawford. Olin D. Johnston, the incumbent Senator, faced...
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    of South Carolina. The election resulted from the death of Senator Olin D. Johnston in 1965. Then Governor Donald S. Russell entered in a prearranged agreement...
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    Democratic primary for the United States Senate from South Carolina, 1950: Olin D. Johnston (inc.) – 186,180 (53.95%) Strom Thurmond – 158,904 (46.05%) 1954 United...
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    Sobel 1978, p. 1434. "Olin De Witt Talmadge Johnston". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023. "Olin D. Johnston Is Inaugurated As New...
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    incumbent Olin D. Johnston. Johnston died in 1965, and the following year Hollings won a special election to serve the remainder of Johnston's term. Hollings...
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    counsel. Stinney's family, churches, and the NAACP appealed to Governor Olin D. Johnston for clemency, given the age of the boy. Most of the pleas for clemency...
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  • by marriage of William Freame Johnston. NOTE: James Keenan was also nephew of U.S. Consul Hugh Keenan. Olin D. Johnston (1896–1965), South Carolina State...
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    Spartanburg and candidate for Governor in 1926 R. Beverly Herbert Olin D. Johnston, State Representative from Spartanburg William H. Keith A. Frank Lever...
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    simultaneously with the special election to fill out the remainder of Olin D. Johnston's term. Incumbent Senator Strom Thurmond, who had switched parties from...
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    Robert E. McNair appointed him to fill the seat vacated by the death of Olin D. Johnston as Democratic Senator, through 1966. On January 28, 1963, Clemson University...
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    Democrat Glen H. Taylor lost renomination to the class 3 seat to his predecessor D. Worth Clark. Taylor had beaten Clark for the Democratic nomination in 1944...
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  • of Quebec from 1774 to 1797 Joseph F. Johnston (1843–1913), governor of Alabama from 1896 to 1900 Olin D. Johnston (1896–1965), governor of South Carolina...
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  • was elected the 75th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina and when Olin Johnston resigned from the Governorship in 1945, Williams became the 102nd Governor...
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    the radio station, becoming the sole owner. South Carolina senator Olin D. Johnston, chair of the Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee, asked Purvis...
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    challenger Ruth M. Briggs. There were two elections, due to the death of Olin D. Johnston in 1965. Incumbent Strom Thurmond, who had switched parties from Democratic...
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    including Senators Albert Gore, Sr. (D-TN) and J. William Fulbright (D-AR), as well as Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV), who personally filibustered for 14...
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    limit. The most recent governor to serve non-consecutive terms was Olin D. Johnston, who left office in 1945. According to the South Carolina Constitution...
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