Olin D. Johnston

Olin D. Johnston
United States Senator from South Carolina
In office January 3, 1945 – April 18, 1965
Preceded by	Wilton E. Hall
Succeeded by	Donald S. Russell
98th Governor of South Carolina
In office January 19, 1943 – January 2, 1945
Lieutenant	Ransome J. Williams
Preceded by	Richard M. Jefferies
Succeeded by	Ransome J. Williams
In office January 15, 1935 – January 17, 1939
Lieutenant	Joseph E. Harley
Preceded by	Ibra C. Blackwood
Succeeded by	Burnet R. Maybank
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Spartanburg County
In office January 11, 1927 – January 13, 1931
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Anderson County
In office January 9, 1923 – January 13, 1925
Personal details
Born	Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston (1896-11-18)November 18, 1896 Near Honea Path, South Carolina, U.S.
Died	April 18, 1965(1965-04-18) (aged 68) Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Gladys Atkinson ​ (m. 1924)​
Children	3, including Elizabeth
Alma mater	Wofford College (BA) University of South Carolina (M.A., LL.B.)
Profession	Lawyer
Known for	Denying clemency to wrongful execution victim George Stinney
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch/service	United States Army National Guard
Years of service	1917 – 1919
Rank	Sergeant
Unit	117th Engineer Unit
Battles/wars	World War I

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. He represented the state in the United States Senate from 1945 until his death from pneumonia in Columbia, South Carolina in 1965. He has become infamously remembered for denying clemency to George Stinney, a 14 year-old African American boy who was wrongfully sentenced to death in 1944 after a trial that lasted for one single day, a conviction overturned 70 years later.