Olin D. Johnston

Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston (November 18, 1896 – April 18, 1965) He was an American politician from South Carolina. He was the 98th governor of South Carolina, 1935–1939 and 1943–1945. He was later a senator of the state, from 1945 until he died in 1965. He's known for sentencing 14-year-old George Stinney to be executed. He was a southern Democrat.

He died on April 18, 1965, from pneumonia.

Category:1896 births
Category:1965 deaths
Category:Governors of South Carolina
Category:United States senators from South Carolina
Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians
Category:20th-century American politicians
Category:Members of the South Carolina General Assembly