Birth Name: Ernest Frederick Hollings
Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 1, 1922
Ethnicity: German
Fritz Hollings is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he was Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, from January 18, 1955 to January 20, 1959, Governor of South Carolina, from January 20, 1959 to January 15, 1963, and a U.S. Senator from South Carolina, from November 9, 1966 to January 3, 2005.
He was a candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States in 1984.
Fritz was the son of Wilhelmine Dorothea (Meyer) and Adolph Gevert Hollings.
Fritz was married to Rita Liddy, until his death. He had six children with his first wife, Martha Patricia Salley.
Fritz’s paternal grandparents were Adolph F. D. Hollings and Anna R. Dorothea Hollings.
Source: Fritz Hollings on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org