Digs on the name Richard B. Russell and now the GA connection
Nuclear power sub
On the space committee (SPACE FORCE)
Wanted an independent C_A
Investigated JFK death and didnt buy it
Did not marry his love because she was Catholic
Was against civil rights
Was a friend to Dems and Republicans
Richard B. Russell Jr. served in public office for fifty years as a state legislator, governer of Georgia, and U.S. senator. HIs most significant achievement was a comprehensive reorganization of the state government, which was accomplished by reducing the number of agencies from 102 to 17. In 1946 he helped form the Armed Services Committee. Russell served on the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, the Central Intelligence Agency's congressional oversight committee, and the Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee
Russell began contesting civil rights legislation as early as 1935, when an antilynching bill was introduced in Congress. He believed in white supremacy and a separate but equal society, but he did not promote hatred or acts of violence in order to defend these beliefs.
He believed America's best defense was a military power so strong that no other nation could challenge it successfully. Many national newspapers praised Russell for his skill in defusing the situation, and he gained a reputation as one of the most powerful men in the Senate.
As chair of the Armed Services Committee, he started its Military Preparedness Subcommittee. He was a leader in establishing the Atomic Energy Commission, in setting up an independent Central Intelligence Agency, and in placing space exploration and development in the hands of both civilians and the military.
In 1963 U.S. president Lyndon Johnson appointed a reluctant Russell to the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, or the Warren Commission, as it came to be known. Russell rejected the single-bullet theory. Russell insisted that Earl Warren qualify the commission's findings to read that they found "no evidence" that Oswald "was part of any conspiracy, domestic or foreign."
In 1938 his engagement to an attorney ended because the couple could not reconcile differences over her Catholic faith.
Senate Resolution 296 naming his old office building the Richard Brevard Russell Senate Office Building. Subsequently, a NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINE, a federal courthouse in Atlanta, a state highway, a dam and lake, and various structures would bear his name. Russell is buried in his family's cemetery behind the Russell home in Winder.
https://m.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/richard-b-russell-jr-1897-1971