Richard B. Russell Jr. and Franklin D. Roosevelt

ID: 659 ~ Source: Courtesy of New Georgia Encyclopedia  ~ Date: 1932
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Richard B. Russell Jr. (right) campaigns in Warm Springs for U.S. presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt (left) in 1932.

This file appears in: A New Governor and a New Deal

By Richard B. Russell Jr.
Editor’s Note: After his time in Georgia’s House of Representatives, that began when he was twenty-three, Richard ran for Governor. He would win the election and be sworn into office by his father in June of 1931. During his time in office he…