Hugh Leatherman, Stalwart South Carolina Senator, Dies at 90

Sen. Hugh Leatherman, R-Florence, listens to a speaker during the first day of legislative session at the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, S.C., on Jan. 10, 2017. Sean Rayford/AP Photo

COLUMBIA, S.C.—State Sen. Hugh Leatherman, South Carolina’s oldest and most powerful state lawmaker, died Friday at the age of 90.

Leatherman died at his home in Florence, his office said, after being diagnosed with an inoperable cancer.