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Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston oder Olin D. Johnston (* 18. November 1896 nahe Honea Path, South Carolina; † 18. April 1965 in Columbia, South Carolina) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker aus dem Bundesstaat South Carolina und Mitglied der Demokratischen Partei.
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 governor of South Carolina, from 1935 to 1939 and again from 1943 to 1945.
Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston oder Olin D. Johnston (* 18. November 1896 nahe Honea Path, South Carolina; † 18. April 1965 in Columbia, South Carolina) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker aus dem Bundesstaat South Carolina und Mitglied der Demokratischen Partei.
Johnston was the first battalion commander of Wofford's ROTC. Johnston was defeated in the 1930 Democratic gubernatorial primary by Ibra Charles Blackwood. Johnston served in the US Senate from the time he resigned as governor until his death - 1945-1965.
20. Mai 2024 · Olin Johnston was among the first Southerners who were outspoken in support of Social Security, as well as the government financing the medical care of the elderly. Johnston was also a proponent of developing public power to provide electricity for South Carolinians, an important issue in the Palmetto State.
8. Juni 2016 · Governor, U.S. senator. Olin Johnston was born on November 18, 1896, on the outskirts of Honea Path, an upcountry mill town, and raised in the countryside by tenant farming parents Ed and Leila Johnston. Like many of their generation, the family left the farm for the factory.
Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston was governor of South Carolina from 1935 to 1939 and 1943 to 1945, and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1944, 1950, 1956, and 1962. Johnston supported President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, which put him at odds with other segregationists, including his 1938 opponent for governor, “Cotton Ed”
