United States congressional delegations from South Carolina
These are tables of congressional delegations from South Carolina to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.
South Carolina's current delegation
United States Senate
United States House of Representatives
Congress |
District |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
1st 1789–1791 |
William L. Smith (Pro-Admin) |
Aedanus Burke (Anti-Admin) |
Daniel Huger (Pro-Admin) |
Thomas Sumter (Anti-Admin) |
Thomas Tudor Tucker (Anti-Admin) |
2nd 1791–1793 |
Robert Barnwell (Pro-Admin) |
3rd 1793–1795 |
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John Hunter (Anti-Admin) |
Lemuel Benton (Anti-Admin) |
Richard Winn (Anti-Admin) |
Alexander Gillon (Anti-Admin) |
Andrew Pickens (Anti-Admin) |
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Robert Goodloe Harper (Pro-Admin) |
4th 1795–1797 |
William L. Smith (F) |
Wade Hampton (D-R) |
Lemuel Benton (D-R) |
Richard Winn (D-R) |
Robert Goodloe Harper (F) |
Samuel Earle (D-R) |
5th 1797–1799 |
|
John Rutledge, Jr. (F) |
Thomas Sumter (D-R) |
William Smith (D-R) |
|
Thomas Pinckney (F) |
6th 1799–1801 |
Benjamin Huger (F) |
Abraham Nott (F) |
7th 1801–1803 |
|
Thomas Lowndes (F) |
William Butler (D-R) |
Thomas Moore (D-R) |
|
Richard Winn (D-R) |
8th 1803–1805 |
William Butler (D-R) |
Wade Hampton (D-R) |
Richard Winn (D-R) |
Levi Casey (D-R) |
Thomas Moore (D-R) |
John B. Earle (D-R) |
9th 1805–1807 |
Robert Marion (D-R) |
David R. Williams (D-R) |
O'Brien Smith (D-R) |
Elias Earle (D-R) |
10th 1807–1809 |
John Taylor (D-R) |
Joseph Calhoun (D-R) |
Lemuel J. Alston (D-R) |
11th 1809–1811 |
|
Robert Witherspoon (D-R) |
|
Langdon Cheves (D-R) |
12th 1811–1813 |
David R. Williams (D-R) |
William Lowndes (D-R) |
John C. Calhoun (D-R) |
Elias Earle (D-R) |
13th 1813–1815 |
William Lowndes (D-R) |
Theodore Gourdin (D-R) |
John J. Chappell (D-R) |
David R. Evans (D-R) |
Elias Earle (D-R) |
Samuel Farrow (D-R) |
John Kershaw (D-R) |
14th 1815–1817 |
|
Henry Middleton (D-R) |
Benjamin Huger (F) |
William Woodward (D-R) |
John Taylor (D-R) |
Thomas Moore (D-R) |
William Mayrant (D-R) |
|
Stephen D. Miller (D-R) |
15th 1817–1819 |
|
James Ervin (D-R) |
Joseph Bellinger (D-R) |
Starling Tucker (D-R) |
Elias Earle (D-R) |
Wilson Nesbitt (D-R) |
|
Eldred Simkins (D-R) |
16th 1819–1821 |
Charles Pinckney (D-R) |
James Overstreet (D-R) |
John McCreary (D-R) |
Joseph Brevard (D-R) |
17th 1821–1823 |
|
Joel R. Poinsett (D-R) |
Thomas R. Mitchell (D-R) |
George McDuffie(D-R) |
John Wilson (D-R) |
Joseph Gist (D-R) |
James Blair (D-R) |
|
James Hamilton, Jr. (D-R) |
Andrew R. Govan (D-R) |
John Carter (D-R) |
18th 1823–1825 |
Joel R. Poinsett (J D-R) |
James Hamilton, Jr. (J D-R) |
Robert B. Campbell (J D-R) |
Andrew R. Govan (J D-R) |
George McDuffie (D) |
John Wilson (J D-R) |
Joseph Gist (J D-R) |
John Carter (J D-R) |
Starling Tucker (J D-R) |
19th 1825–1827 |
William Drayton (J) |
James Hamilton, Jr. (J) |
Thomas R. Mitchell (J) |
Andrew R. Govan (J) |
George McDuffie (D) |
John Wilson (J) |
Joseph Gist (J) |
John Carter (J) |
Starling Tucker (J) |
20th 1827–1829 |
William D. Martin (J) |
Warren R. Davis (J) |
William T. Nuckolls (J) |
21st 1829–1831 |
Robert W. Barnwell (J) |
John Campbell (J) |
James Blair (J) |
22nd 1831–1833 |
Robert W. Barnwell (N) |
Thomas R. Mitchell (J) |
John M. Felder (J) |
Warren R. Davis (N) |
John K. Griffin (N) |
23rd 1833–1835 |
|
Henry L. Pinckney (N) |
William J. Grayson (N) |
Thomas D. Singleton (N) |
John M. Felder (N) |
William K. Clowney (N) |
|
Robert B. Campbell (N) |
Francis W. Pickens (N) |
Richard Irvine Manning I (J) |
24th 1835–1837 |
|
Robert B. Campbell (N) |
John K. Griffin (N) |
James H. Hammond (N) |
Henry L. Pinckney (N) |
Richard Irvine Manning I (J) |
James Rogers (J) |
Waddy Thompson, Jr. (Anti-J) |
|
Franklin H. Elmore (SR Democrat) |
John Peter Richardson II (J) |
25th 1837–1839 |
John Campbell (N) |
William K. Clowney (N) |
Franklin H. Elmore (SR Democrat) |
John K. Griffin (N) |
Hugh S. Legare (D) |
Francis W. Pickens (N) |
Robert B. Rhett (D) |
John Peter Richardson II (D) |
Waddy Thompson, Jr. (W) |
26th 1839–1841 |
Sampson H. Butler (D) |
John Campbell (D) |
John K. Griffin (D) |
Isaac E. Holmes (D) |
Francis W. Pickens (D) |
Robert B. Rhett (D) |
Thomas De Lage Sumter (D) |
James Rogers (D) |
27th 1841–1843 |
|
William Butler (W) |
Patrick C. Caldwell (D) |
John Campbell (D) |
Isaac E. Holmes (D) |
Francis W. Pickens (D) |
Robert B. Rhett (D) |
Thomas De Lage Sumter (D) |
James Rogers (D) |
|
Samuel W. Trotti (D) |
28th 1843–1845 |
James A. Black (D) |
Richard F. Simpson (D) |
Joseph A. Woodward (D) |
Armistead Burt (D) |
Isaac E. Holmes (D) |
29th 1845–1847 |
Alexander D. Sims (D) |
30th 1847–1849 |
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Daniel Wallace (D) |
John McQueen (D) |
31st 1849–1851 |
James L. Orr (D) |
William F. Colcock (D) |
32nd 1851–1853 |
William Aiken (D) |
33rd 1853–1855 |
John McQueen (D) |
William Aiken (D) |
Laurence M. Keitt (D) |
Preston S. Brooks (D) |
James L. Orr (D) |
William W. Boyce (D) |
34th 1855–1857 |
35th 1857–1859 |
William P. Miles (D) |
Milledge L. Bonham (D) |
36th 1859–1861 |
John D. Ashmore (D) |
37th 1861–1863 |
American Civil War |
38th 1863–1865 |
American Civil War |
39th 1865–1867 |
40th 1867–1869 |
Benjamin F. Whittemore (R) |
Christopher C. Bowen (R) |
Manuel S. Corley (R) |
James H. Goss (R) |
41st 1869–1871 |
|
Solomon L. Hoge (R) |
Alexander S. Wallace (R) |
|
Joseph H. Rainey (R) |
42nd 1871–1873 |
Robert C. De Large (R) |
Robert B. Elliott (R) |
43rd 1873–1875 |
|
Alonzo J. Ransier (R) |
Richard H. Cain (
At Large) (R) |
|
Lewis C. Carpenter (R) |
44th 1875–1877 |
|
Edmund W.M. Mackey (Ind. R) |
Solomon L. Hoge (R) |
Robert Smalls (R) |
|
Charles W. Buttz (R) |
45th 1877–1879 |
Richard H. Cain (R) |
D. Wyatt Aiken (D) |
John H. Evins (D) |
46th 1879–1881 |
John S. Richardson (D) |
Michael P. O'Connor (D) |
George D. Tillman (D) |
47th 1881–1883 |
|
Samuel Dibble (D) |
|
Edmund W.M. Mackey (R) |
Robert Smalls (R) |
48th 1883–1885 |
|
Samuel Dibble (D) |
George D. Tillman (D) |
John J. Hemphill (D) |
George W. Dargan (D) |
Edmund W.M. Mackey (R) |
|
John Bratton (D) |
Robert Smalls (R) |
49th 1885–1887 |
William H. Perry (D) |
50th 1887–1889 |
James S. Cothran (D) |
William Elliott (D) |
51st 1889–1891 |
Thomas E. Miller (R) |
52nd 1891–1893 |
William H. Brawley (D) |
George Johnstone (D) |
George W. Shell (D) |
Eli T. Stackhouse (D) |
William Elliott (D) |
53rd 1893–1895 |
|
W. Jasper Talbert (D) |
Asbury C. Latimer (D) |
Thomas J. Strait (D) |
John L. McLaurin (D) |
George W. Murray (R) |
|
James F. Izlar (D) |
54th 1895–1897 |
|
William Elliott (D) |
Stanyarne Wilson (D) |
J. William Stokes (D) |
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George W. Murray (R) |
55th 1897–1899 |
William Elliott (D) |
James Norton (D) |
56th 1899–1901 |
David E. Finley (D) |
57th 1901–1903 |
Joseph T. Johnson (D) |
Robert B. Scarborough (D) |
Asbury F. Lever (D) |
58th 1903–1905 |
|
George S. Legare (D) |
George W. Croft (D) |
Wyatt Aiken (D) |
|
Theodore G. Croft (D) |
59th 1905–1907 |
James O'H. Patterson (D) |
J. Edwin Ellerbe (D) |
60th 1907–1909 |
61st 1909–1911 |
62nd 1911–1913 |
James F. Byrnes (D) |
63rd 1913–1915 |
Richard S. Whaley (D) |
J. Willard Ragsdale (D) |
64th 1915–1917 |
Samuel J. Nicholls (D) |
Paul G. McCorkle (D) |
65th 1917–1919 |
Fred H. Dominick (D) |
William F. Stevenson (D) |
66th 1919–1921 |
Philip H. Stoll (D) |
Edward C. Mann (D) |
67th 1921–1923 |
W. Turner Logan (D) |
John J. McSwain (D) |
Hampton P. Fulmer (D) |
68th 1923–1925 |
Allard H. Gasque (D) |
69th 1925–1927 |
Thomas S. McMillan (D) |
Butler B. Hare (D) |
70th 1927–1929 |
71st 1929–1931 |
72nd 1931–1933 |
73rd 1933–1935 |
Hampton P. Fulmer (D) |
John C. Taylor (D) |
James P. Richards (D) |
74th 1935–1937 |
75th 1937–1939 |
|
Gabriel H. Mahon, Jr. (D) |
|
Elizabeth Hawley Gasque (D) |
76th 1939–1941 |
Butler B. Hare (D) |
Joseph R. Bryson (D) |
John L. McMillan (D) |
77th 1941–1943 |
L. Mendel Rivers (D) |
78th 1943–1945 |
79th 1945–1947 |
John J. Riley (D) |
80th 1947–1949 |
W.J. Bryan Dorn (D) |
81st 1949–1951 |
Hugo S. Sims, Jr. (D) |
James B. Hare (D) |
82nd 1951–1953 |
John J. Riley (D) |
W.J. Bryan Dorn (D) |
83rd 1953–1955 |
84th 1955–1957 |
Robert T. Ashmore (D) |
85th 1957–1959 |
Robert W. Hemphill (D) |
86th 1959–1961 |
87th 1961–1963 |
88th 1963–1965 |
Albert Watson (D) |
89th 1965–1967 |
Albert Watson (R) |
Thomas S. Gettys (D) |
90th 1967–1969 |
91st 1969–1971 |
James R. Mann (D) |
92nd 1971–1973 |
Mendel J. Davis (D) |
Floyd Spence (R) |
93rd 1973–1975 |
Edward Lunn Young (R) |
94th 1975–1977 |
Butler Derrick (D) |
Kenneth Lamar Holland (D) |
John Jenrette (D) |
95th 1977–1979 |
96th 1979–1981 |
Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. (R) |
97th 1981–1983 |
Tommy Hartnett (R) |
John L. Napier (R) |
98th 1983–1985 |
John M. Spratt, Jr. (D) |
Robin Tallon (D) |
99th 1985–1987 |
100th 1987–1989 |
Arthur Ravenel, Jr. (R) |
Liz J. Patterson (D) |
101st 1989–1991 |
102nd 1991–1993 |
103rd 1993–1995 |
Bob Inglis (R) |
James Clyburn (D) |
104th 1995–1997 |
Mark Sanford (R) |
Lindsey Graham (R) |
105th 1997–1999 |
106th 1999–2001 |
Jim DeMint (R) |
107th 2001–2003 |
|
Henry E. Brown, Jr. (R) |
|
Joe Wilson (R) |
108th 2003–2005 |
J. Gresham Barrett |
109th 2005–2007 |
Bob Inglis (R) |
110th 2007–2009 |
111th 2009–2011 |
112th 2011–2013 |
Tim Scott (R) |
Jeff Duncan (R) |
Trey Gowdy (R) |
Mick Mulvaney (R) |
113th 2013–2015 |
Mark Sanford (R) |
Tom Rice (R) |
114th 2015–2017 |
Congress |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
District |
Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina
As of April 2015, there are ten former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the U.S. State of South Carolina that are currently living.
Representative |
Term of office (Congressional years as congressmen/women/representatives while in office) |
District |
Date of birth (and age) |
Edward L. Young |
1973 - 1975 |
6th |
(1920-09-07) September 7, 1920 |
Kenneth L. Holland |
1975 - 1983 |
5th |
(1934-11-24) November 24, 1934 |
John Jenrette |
1975 - 1980 |
6th |
(1936-05-19) May 19, 1936 |
John Light Napier |
1981 - 1983 |
6th |
(1947-05-16) May 16, 1947 |
Robin Tallon |
1983 - 1993 |
6th |
(1946-08-08) August 8, 1946 |
John Spratt |
1983 - 2011 |
5th |
(1942-11-01) November 1, 1942 |
Liz J. Patterson |
1987 - 1993 |
4th |
(1939-11-18) November 18, 1939 |
Arthur Ravenel, Jr. |
1987 - 1995 |
1st |
(1927-03-29) March 29, 1927 |
Bob Inglis |
1993 - 1999 2005 - 2011 |
4th |
(1959-10-11) October 11, 1959 |
Lindsey Graham |
1995 - 2003 |
3rd |
(1955-07-09) July 9, 1955 |
Gresham Barrett |
2003 - 2011 |
3rd |
(1961-02-14) February 14, 1961 |
Living former U.S. Senators from South Carolina
As of April 2015, there are two former U.S. Senators from the U.S. State of South Carolina that are currently living, two from Class 3.
Senator |
Term of office (Congressional years as a congressmen/women/senators while in office) |
Class |
Date of birth (and age) |
Ernest Hollings |
1966 - 2005 |
3 |
(1922-01-01) January 1, 1922 |
James W. DeMint |
2005 - 2013 |
3 |
(1951-09-02) September 2, 1951 |
Key
Key to party COLORS and ABBREVIATIONS for Members of the U.S. Congress |
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See also