South Carolina's 7th congressional district

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The 7th Congressional District of South Carolina was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in South Carolina. It was first eliminated in 1853 as a result of the 1850 Census. After the 1880 Census, it was again reconstituted for 50 years before being eliminated in 1933 as a result of the 1930 Census. It was last represented by Hampton P. Fulmer who was redistricted into the 2nd District.

[edit] Representatives

Name Took Office Left Office Party District Residence
Thomas Moore 1803 1813 Democratic-Republican Spartanburg
Elias Earle 1813 1815 Democratic-Republican Greenville
John Taylor 1815 1817 Democratic-Republican Columbia
Elias Earle 1817 1821 Democratic-Republican Greenville
John Wilson 1821 1823 Democratic-Republican Golden Grove
Joseph Gist 1823 1827 Jacksonian Pinckneyville
William T. Nuckolls 1827 1833 Jacksonian Spartanburg
William K. Clowney 1833 1835 Nullifier Union
Richard Irvine Manning I 1835 1836(a) Jacksonian Columbia
John Peter Richardson II 1836(a) 1837 Jacksonian Spartanburg
Robert B. Rhett 1837 1839 Democrat Beaufort
Thomas De Lage Sumter 1839 1841 Democrat Stateburg
Robert B. Rhett 1841 1849 Democrat Beaufort
William F. Colcock 1849 1853 Democrat Coosawhatchie
Civil War - Occupation and Reconstruction - Not Allocated
Edmund W.M. Mackey 1883 1884(b) Republican Charleston
Robert Smalls 1884(b) 1887 Republican Beaufort
William Elliott 1887 1890(c) Democrat Beaufort
Thomas E. Miller 1890(c) 1891 Republican Grahamville
William Elliott 1891 1893 Democrat Beaufort
George W. Murphy 1893 1895 Republican Charleston
J. William Stokes 1895 1896(d) Democrat Orangeburg
1896(d) 1901(e)
Asbury F. Lever 1901(e) 1919(f) Democrat Newberry
Edward C. Mann 1919(f) 1921 Democrat Orangeburg
Hampton P. Fulmer 1921 1933 Democrat Orangeburg

(a) Richard Manning died in 1836; Richardson succeeded him in a special election.
(b) Edmund Mackey died in 1884; Smalls succeeded him in a special election.
(c) Thomas Miller successfully contested the election of William Elliott in 1888 and filled the seat on September 24, 1890.
(d) J. William Stokes seat was declared vacant on June 1, 1896; he was reelected in the ensuing special election and returned to the seat on November 3, 1896.
(e) J. William Stokes died in 1901; Lever succeeded him in a special election.
(f) Asbury Lever resigned in 1919; Mann succeeded him in a special election.

Source: Congressional Biographical Directory

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