Reporting from Columbia, S.C. — Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings, the silver-haired Democrat who helped shepherd South Carolina through desegregation as governor and went on to serve six terms in ...

Ernest Frederick “Fritz” Hollings, the charismatic and quick-witted former U.S. senator and South Carolina governor who became one of the state's most important national political figures ...

as lieutenant governor and governor, and as a member of the United States Senate,” said his children, Michael Hollings, Helen Hollings Reardon and Ernest Hollings III, in a statement.

Ernest F. Hollings ... Like his colleague Strom Thurmond, South Carolina’s senior senator, Mr. Hollings became governor, ran for president and was a revered populist who took care of the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings, the silver-haired Democrat who helped shepherd South Carolina through desegregation as governor and went on to serve six terms in the U.S. Senate ...

Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings with journalist Kirk Victor, who collaborated with Hollings on his 2008 book, Making Government Work. Fritz Hollings has died, the former South Carolina governor and six ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Mourners are paying their respects to Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings, the former South Carolina governor and longtime U.S. senator who died earlier this month at 97. The body of ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The son of former U.S. Senator Ernest Hollings plans to run for lieutenant governor next year.Michael Hollings told a Columbia newspaper he considered running for governor ...

Ernest “Fritz” Hollings lived a tremendous life ... In 1954, he was elected South Carolina’s lieutenant governor and then, at only 36 years old, he was chosen to serve as our state ...

as lieutenant governor and governor, and as a member of the United States Senate,” said his children, Michael Hollings, Helen Hollings Reardon and Ernest Hollings III, in a statement.

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 ...