| Olin D. Johnston AKA Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston Born: 18-Nov-1896
Birthplace: Honea Path, SC
Died: 18-Apr-1965
Location of death: Columbia, SC
Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified
Remains: Buried, Barkers Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Honea Path, SC
Gender: Male
Religion: Baptist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Governor and Senator from South Carolina Military service: US Army (1917-19, Sgt.) Father: Edward Andrews Johnston
Mother: Lelia Webb
Wife: Gladys E. Atkinson (m. 27-Dec-1924, one son, two daughters)
Son: Olin D. Johnston, Jr.
Daughter: Sallie Leigh Johnston
Daughter: Elizabeth J. Patterson (US Congresswoman, b. 18-Nov-1939)
University: Textile Industrial Institute, Spartanburg, SC (1915)
University: Wofford College (attended 1915-17)
University: BA, Wofford College (attended 1920-21)
University: MA Rural Economy, University of South Carolina (1923)
Law School: LLB, University of South Carolina Law School (1924)
US Senator, South Carolina (3-Jan-1945 to 18-Apr-1965, his death)
Governor of South Carolina (19-Jan-1943 to 2-Jan-1945)
Governor of South Carolina (15-Jan-1935 to 17-Jan-1939)
South Carolina State House of Representatives (1927-30)
South Carolina State House of Representatives (1923-24)
Faucette and Johnston Partner
American Legion
Democratic National Committee South Carolina (1935-40)
Democratic National Committee South Carolina (1944-48)
Disabled American Veterans
Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks
Freemasonry
Knights of Pythias
Optimists Club
Shriners
South Carolina Bar 1924
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Woodmen of the World
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