Hollings, Ernest F., 1922-
Biography:
"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."--Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library. (Digital Library of Georgia)
- Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections (University of South Carolina)
- Isaiah DeQuincey Newman, (1911-1985), Papers, 1929-2003 (University of South Carolina)
- Annual Report, December 1, 1968, The South Carolina Conference of Branches, NAACP (Text)
- Broadcast Bureau's Comments on Petition to Enlarge Issues, December 4, 1978 (Text)
- Letter, June 13, 1977, I. D. Newman to Ernest F. Hollings (Text)
- Letter, November 16, 1976, I. D. Newman to John C. West (Text)
- Memorandum, March 7, 1969, I. D. Newman to Ruby Hurley and others, regarding headquarters move; Monthly Report, March 4, 1969 (Text)
- James O. Eastland Collection Photographs (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- Modjeska Monteith Simkins: In Her Own Words (University of South Carolina)
- Modjeska Monteith Simkins Papers, 1909-1992 (University of South Carolina)
- Southern school news (University of Georgia Libraries)