Richard B. Russell Jr.

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United States senator human politician

Richard B. Russell Jr. was a long-serving U.S. senator from Georgia and influential mid-20th-century Democratic politician known for his leadership on defense and agricultural policy and his opposition to civil rights legislation.

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U.S. Senator Richard B. Russell Jr. of Georgia 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States senator ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
causeOfDeath emphysema ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1897-11-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1971-01-21 ⓘ
educatedAt Mercer University NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Georgia School of Law NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ
father Richard B. Russell Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Richard ⓘ
honorificSuffix Jr. ⓘ
ideology Southern Democrat NERFINISHED ⓘ
segregationist ⓘ
knownFor influence on U.S. agricultural policy ⓘ
influence on U.S. defense policy ⓘ
opposition to civil rights legislation ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Senate ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Naval Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ
namesakeOf Lake Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richard B. Russell Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richard B. Russell Federal Building NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richard B. Russell Senate Office Building NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
legislator ⓘ
officeEndTime 1971-01-21 ⓘ
officeStartTime 1933-01-12 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Winder, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
positionHeld Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee ⓘ
Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee ⓘ
Governor of Georgia ⓘ
President pro tempore of the United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States senator ⓘ
previousOfficeEndTime 1933-01-10 ⓘ
previousOfficeJurisdiction State of Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
previousOfficeStartTime 1931-06-27 ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
represents Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence Winder, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
stateOfBirth Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
workLocation Atlanta, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act → namedAfter → Richard B. Russell Jr. ⓘ
Russell Senate Office Building → namedAfter → Richard B. Russell Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Senator Richard B. Russell Jr. of Georgia
Richard B. Russell Dam → namedAfter → Richard B. Russell Jr. ⓘ
Richard B. Russell Federal Building and United States Courthouse → namedAfter → Richard B. Russell Jr. ⓘ