Richard B. Russell, Jr., Senator From Georgia

Richard B. Russell, Jr., represented Georgia in the United States Senate from 1933 to 1971, a period of sweeping social change. Russell (1879–1971) was regarded by his fellow senators as the quintessential member of the Senate’s establishment, and they dubbed him “a Senator’s Senator” and “the Georgia Giant.” So great was his popularity in Congress that Lyndon B. Johnson once said, “If the membership of the Senate were to cast a secret vote on the man they believed best qualifies to be pres...