Former US Sen. Ernest 'Fritz' Hollings, who helped shepherd South Carolina through desegregation as governor before going on to serve 6 terms in the Senate, has died, a family spokesman said.
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He had served 38 years and two months, making him the eighth longest-serving senator in U.S. history. Hollings was a sharp-tongued orator whose rhetorical flourishes in the deep accent of his home state enlivened many a Washington debate, but his influence in Washington never reached the levels he hoped.
"This General Assembly must make clear South Carolina's choice, a government of laws rather than a government of men," he told lawmakers. Shortly afterward, Clemson was peacefully integrated. But his sharp tongue and sharper wit sometimes got him in trouble. He once called Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, the"senator from the B'nai B'rith" and in 1983 referred to the presidential campaign supporters of former Sen. Alan Cranston, D-California, as"wetbacks."
Despite his changed views, Hollings remained a strong supporter of national defense which he saw as the main business of government. He helped create the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and write the National Coastal Zone Management Act. Hollings also attached his name to the Gramm-Rudman bill aimed at balancing the federal budget.
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