South Carolina's 1st congressional district

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The 1st Congressional District of South Carolina is a coastal congressional district in South Carolina. It stretches from Seabrook Island in the south to the North Carolina border and includes parts of Charleston, Dorchester, Berkeley and Georgetown counties and all of Horry county. The district has historically centered in Charleston and it currently also includes the major tourist destination of Myrtle Beach.

The district was once a Democratic stronghold, but has always had a somewhat conservative slant due to the heavy presence of the military (especially the Navy) in the region. After the end of Reconstruction, a Republican did not serve a full term in this district until Tommy Hartnett was swept in by Reagan's coattails in 1981. Charleston's black voters were shifted to the 6th District in 1993, turning the 1st from a Republican-leaning swing district into a heavily Republican district.

Henry Brown a Republican, has represented this district since 2001.

[edit] Representatives

Name Took Office Left Office Party District Residence
Thomas Lowndes 1803 1805 Federalist Charleston
Robert Marion 1805 1810(a) Democratic-Republican Charleston
Langdon Cheves 1810(a) 1815 Democratic-Republican Charleston
Henry Middleton 1815 1819 Democratic-Republican Charleston
Charles Pinckney 1819 1821 Democratic-Republican Charleston
Joel R. Poinsett 1821 1823 Democratic-Republican Charleston
1823 1825(b) Jacksonian
William Drayton 1825(b) 1833 Jacksonian Charleston
Henry L. Pinckney 1833 1835 Nullifier Charleston
Robert B. Campbell 1835 1837 Nullifier Brownsville
John Campbell 1837 1845 Nullifier Parnassus
Sampson H. Butler 1839 1842(c) Democrat Barnwell
Samuel W. Trotti 1842(c) 1843 Democrat Buckhead
James A. Black 1843 1848(d) Democrat Columbia
Daniel Wallace 1848(d) 1853 Democrat Union
John McQueen 1853 1860 Democrat Society Hill
Civil War - Occupation and Reconstruction
Benjamin F. Whittemore 1868 1870(e) Republican Darlington
Joseph H. Rainey 1870(e) 1879 Republican Georgetown
John S. Richardson 1879 1883 Democrat Charleston
Samuel Dibble 1883 1891 Democrat Charleston
William H. Brawley 1891 1894(f) Democrat Charleston
James F. Izlar 1894(f) 1895 Democrat Orangeburg
William Elliott 1895 1896(g) Democrat Beaufort
George W. Murray 1896(g) 1897 Republican Charleston
William Elliott 1897 1903 Democrat Beaufort
George S. Legaré 1903 1913(h) Democrat Charleston
Richard S. Whaley 1913(h) 1921 Democrat Charleston
W. Turner Logan 1921 1925 Democrat Charleston
Thomas S. McMillan 1925 1939(i) Democrat Charleston
Clara Gooding McMillan 1939(i) 1941 Democrat Charleston
L. Mendel Rivers 1941 1970(j) Democrat Charleston
Mendel Jackson Davis 1971(j) 1981 Democrat North Charleston
Thomas Hartnett 1981 1987 Republican Mount Pleasant
Arthur Ravenel, Jr. 1987 1995 Republican Mount Pleasant
Mark Sanford 1995 2001 Republican Sullivan's Island
Henry Brown 2001 present Republican Hanahan

(a) Robert Marion resigned in 1810; Cheves succeeded him in a special election.
(b) Joel Poinsett resigned in 1825 to enter the diplomatic service; Drayton succeeded him in a special election.
(c) Sampson Butler resigned in 1842; Trotti succeeded him in a special election.
(d) James Black died in 1848; Wallace succeeded him in a special election.
(e) Benjamin Whittemore was censured by the House of Representatives and resigned in 1870; Rainey succeeded him in a special election.
(f) William Brawley resigned in 1894 to accept a position on the United States district court; Izlar succeeded him in a special election.
(g) George Murray successfully contested the election of William Elliott and filled the seat for the remainder of the term.
(h) George Legare died in 1913; Whaley succeeded him in a special election.
(i) Thomas McMillan died in 1939; his widow Clara won a special election and served as caretaker until Rivers took office in 1941.
(j) Mendel Rivers died in 1970, just before taking office for his 16th term; Davis succeeded him in a special election.

Source: Congressional Biographical Directory