For 10 points, name this segregationist Georgia politician, a mentor to LBJ and an example of a Marshall Steinbaum easy part.
This man was governor when a convict in his state escaped to New Jersey and wrote the book adapted into the film I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang. He defeated Eugene Talmadge on a pro-New Deal platform in one senatorial campaign and chaired the investigation into the firing of Douglas MacArthur. For 10 points, name this segregationist Georgia politician, a mentor to LBJ and an example of a Marshall Steinbaum easy part.
This man was governor when a convict in his state escaped to New Jersey and wrote the book adapted into the film I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang.
Richard Russell Jr.