| LC control no. | n 80131448 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hollings, Ernest F., 1922-2019 |
| Variant(s) | Hollings, Fritz, 1922-2019 |
| See also | South Carolina. Governor (1959-1963 : Hollings) |
| Birth date | 1922-01-01 |
| Death date | 2019-04-06 |
| Place of birth | Charleston (S.C.) |
| Place of death | Isle of Palms (S.C.) |
| Affiliation | Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina University of South Carolina. School of Law South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Governors Lieutenant governors Lawyers |
| Found in | His The case against hunger, 1970. His Making government work, 2008: ECIP t.p. (Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings) data view (b. Jan. 1, 1922) Wikipedia, viewed Aug. 8, 2012 (Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (born Jan. 1, 1922) served as a Democratic United States Senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005, as well as the 106th Governor of South Carolina (1959-1963) and the 77th Lieutenant Governor (1955-1959). He served 38 years and 55 days in the Senate, which makes him the 8th-longest-serving Senator in history; Born: Jan. 1, 1922, Charleston, S.C.; Alma mater: The Citadel; University of South Carolina, Columbia); viewed Apr. 8, 2019 (d. Apr. 6, 2019, Isle of Palms, S.C.) Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress website, viewed July 25, 2013 (Hollings, Ernest Frederick, a Senator from South Carolina; born in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., January 1, 1922; attended the public schools of Charleston; graduated, The Citadel 1942 and University of South Carolina Law School 1947; admitted to the bar in 1947 and commenced law practice in Charleston; served in the United States Army 1942-1945; elected to the South Carolina general assembly in 1948, 1950, and 1952; speaker pro tempore, South Carolina house of representatives; elected lieutenant governor of South Carolina 1954; elected governor of South Carolina 1958, serving from 1959 to 1963; presidential appointee to several federal commissions; elected in a special election on November 8, 1966, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to complete the unexpired term of Olin D. Johnston; reelected in 1968, 1974, 1980, 1986, 1992 and 1998 and served from November 9, 1966, to January 3, 2005; chair, Committee on the Budget (Ninety-sixth Congress), Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (One Hundredth through One Hundred Third Congresses; One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003]); unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1984; was not a candidate for reelection to the Senate in 2004) Washington Post website, viewed April 9, 2019 (Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings, who oversaw in the early 1960s the orderly desegregation of South Carolina schools as the state's governor, and who was known for his attempts to balance the federal budget and for his sharp, often caustic tongue in his 38 years as a U.S. senator, died April 6, [2019,] in Isle of Palms, S.C. He was 97) |
| Associated language | eng |
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