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. Murray	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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