Fritz Hollings

Ernest Frederick Fritz Hollings January 1 1922 April 6 2019 was an American politician from the US state of South Carolina A member of the Democratic Party he served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1949 to 1954 the 77th lieutenant governor of South Carolina from 1955 to 1959 the 106th governor of South Carolina from 1959 to 1963 and a member of the United States Senate from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005 He served alongside DemocratturnedRepublican Senator Strom Thurmond for 36 years making them the longestserving duo in US Senate history At the time of his death he was the oldest living former US senator and the secondoldest living former American governor As of 2025 he is the last Democrat to hold or win a US Senate seat in South Carolina