The Rural Poor

Ernest F. Hollings has represented South Carolina in the United States Senate since 1966. After serving in the House of Representatives of South Carolina from 1948 to 1954, he became lieutenant governor in 1955, and governor of the state in 1959. He is the author of The Case Against Hunger (Chicago: Cowles, 1970). Senator Hollings has a continuing interest in the alleviation of rural poverty and the eradication of hunger and malnutrition.