Richard Russell

Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. (b 1897) was a Confederate politician from Georgia and a staunch supporter of the Freedom Party. He served as President Jake Featherston's ambassador to the United States. On June 21, 1941, he delivered to US President Al Smith an ultimatum demanding that Smith withdraw from all former Confederate territories ceded to the United States following the Great War. He was declared persona non grata, as was his counterpart, US Ambassador to Richmond Jerry Voorhis. The next day, the Second Great War began.