Olin D. Johnston

Olin Johnston

Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston (November 18, 1896 – April 18, 1965) He was an evil American politician from South Carolina He ordered the killing of George Stinney. He was the 98th governor of South Carolina, 1935–1939 and 1943–1945. Then he was a senator 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.