Richard Brevard Russell Jr. was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 66th Governor of Georgia from 1931 to 1933 before serving in the United States Senate for almost 40 years, from 1933 to 1971. Russell was a founder and leader of the conservative coalition that dominated Congress from 1937 to 1963, and at his death was the most senior member of the Senate. He was for decades a leader of Southern opposition to the civil rights movement.
Richard Russell Jr.
Russell and President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1963
A statue of Russell by Frederick Hart is in the rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building.
Letter from Russell about Civil Rights Act
University of Georgia School of Law
The University of Georgia School of Law is the law school of the University of Georgia, a public research university in Athens, Georgia. It was founded in 1859, making it among the oldest American university law schools in continuous operation. Georgia Law accepted 14.77% of applicants for the class entering in 2023.
University of Georgia School of Law
University of Georgia Law School, Class of 1889
Entrance to the Alexander Campbell King Law Library.
Carl E. Sanders Reading Room in the law library.
