South Carolina General Assembly

South Carolina General Assembly

Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate House of Representatives
Leadership
President Pro Tem of the Senate	Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr. (R) Since June 18, 2014
Speaker of the House	James H. "Jay" Lucas (R)
Structure
Seats	170 voting members: 46 Senators 124 Representatives

Senate political groups	Republican (28) Democratic (18)

House political groups	Republican (78) Democratic (46)
Elections
Senate last election	November 2012
House last election	November 2014
Meeting place

South Carolina State House, Columbia
Website
http://www.scstatehouse.gov/

The South Carolina General Assembly, also called the South Carolina Legislature, is the state legislature of the U.S. state of South Carolina. The legislature is bicameral and consists of the lower South Carolina House of Representatives and the upper South Carolina Senate. Altogether, the General Assembly consists of 170 members. The legislature convenes at the State House in Columbia.

Prior to the 1964 federal Reynolds v. Sims decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, the House of Representatives was apportioned so that each county had a number of representatives based on population, with each county guaranteed at least one Representative, while each county had one Senator. Moreover, each county's General Assembly delegation also doubled as its county council, as the state constitution made no provision for local government.

Reynolds v. Sims caused district lines to cross county lines, causing legislators to be on multiple county councils. This led to the passage of the Home Rule Act of 1975, which created county councils that were independent of the General Assembly. However, some functions that in many other states are performed by county governments are still handled by county legislative delegations in South Carolina, and the General Assembly still devotes much of its time to local issues.

There are 124 members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, who are elected every two years, and the South Carolina Senate has 46 members, elected every four years concurrent to the Presidential election. For both houses, there are no term limits. The General Assembly meets in joint session to elect judges, with all 170 members having an equal vote in such elections.

Officers

Senate

South Carolina Senate Officers
Position	Name	Party
President Pro Tempore	Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr.	Republican
Majority Leader	Harvey S. Peeler, Jr.	Republican
Minority Leader	Nikki G. Setzler	Democratic

House of Representatives

South Carolina House of Representatives Officers
Position	Name	Party
Speaker	James H. "Jay" Lucas	Republican
Speaker pro tempore	Tommy Pope	Republican
Majority Leader	Bruce W. Bannister	Republican
Minority Leader	J. Todd Rutherford	Democratic

External links

South Carolina Legislature Online

Members of the South Carolina State Senate

President of the Senate: Henry McMaster (R) President pro Tempore: Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr. (R) Majority Leader: Harvey S. Peeler, Jr. (R) Minority Leader: Nikki G. Setzler (D)

Thomas C. Alexander (R) Larry A. Martin (R) Kevin L. Bryant (R) William H. O'Dell (R) Thomas D. Corbin (R) Michael L. Fair (R) Karl B. Allen (D) Ross Turner (R) Daniel B. Verdin III (R) Floyd Nicholson (D) Glenn G. Reese (D) Lee Bright (R) Shane Martin (R) Harvey S. Peeler, Jr. (R) Robert W. Hayes, Jr. (R) Greg Gregory (R) Creighton B. Coleman (D) Ronnie W. Cromer (R) John L. Scott, Jr. (D) John E. Courson (R) Darrell Jackson (D) Joel Lourie (D) Katrina Frye Shealy (R) Tom Young, Jr. (R) A. Shane Massey (R) Nikki G. Setzler (D) Vincent A. Sheheen (D) Greg Hembree (R) Gerald Malloy (D) Kent M. Williams (D) Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr. (R) J. Yancey McGill (D) Luke A. Rankin (R) Raymond E. Cleary III (R) Thomas McElveen (D) Kevin L. Johnson (D) Lawrence K. Grooms (R) Sean Bennett (R) John W. Matthews, Jr. (D) Brad Hutto (D) Paul Thurmond (R) Marlon Kimpson (D) George E. Campsen III (R) Paul G. Campbell, Jr. (R) Margie Bright Matthews (D) Tom Davis (R)

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Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives

Speaker of the House: Jay Lucas (R) Speaker pro Tempore: Tommy Pope (R) Majority Leader: Bruce W. Bannister (R) Minority Leader: J. Todd Rutherford (D)

Bill Whitmire (R) Bill Sandifer, III (R) Gary E. Clary (R) Davey Hiott (R) Neal Collins (R) W. Brian White (R) Michael Gambrell (R) Jonathon D. Hill (R) Anne Thayer (R) Joshua A. Putnam (R) Craig A. Gagnon (R) J. Anne Parks (D) R. Shannon Riley (R) Michael Pitts (R) Samuel Rivers, Jr. (R) Mark N. Willis (R) Mike Burns (R) Tommy Stringer (R) Dwight Loftis (R) Dan Hamilton (R) Phyllis Henderson (R) Wendy Nanney (R) Chandra Dillard (D) Bruce W. Bannister (R) Leola C. Robinson-Simpson (D) Raye Felder (R) Garry R. Smith (R) Eric Bedingfield (R) Dennis Moss (R) Steve Moss (R) Harold Mitchell, Jr. (D) Derham Cole (R) Eddie Tallon (R) Michael Forrester (R) Bill Chumley (R) Merita Ann Allison (R) Donna C. Hicks (R) Doug Brannon (R) Ralph Shealy Kennedy, Jr. (R) Walton McLeod (D) MaryGail K. Douglas (D) Michael A. Anthony (D) Greg Delleney (R) Mandy Powers Norrell (D) Deborah Long (R) Gary Simrill (R) Tommy Pope (R) Ralph Norman (R) John Richard C. King (D) Grady Brown (D) J. David Weeks (D) Laurie Funderburk (D) Richie Yow (R) Pat Henegan (D) Jackie E. Hayes (D) Mike Ryhal (R) J. Wayne George (D) Jeffrey E. Johnson (R) Terry Alexander (D) Phillip Lowe (R) Roger K. Kirby (D) Robert Q. Williams (D) Wallace H. Jordan, Jr. (R) Robert L. Ridgeway, III (D) Jay Lucas (R) Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D) George Smith, Jr. (R) Heather Ammons Crawford (R) Rick Quinn (R) Joseph Neal (D) Nathan Ballentine (R) James E. Smith, Jr. (D) Christopher R. Hart (D) J. Todd Rutherford (D) Kirkman Finlay, III (R) Leon Howard (D) Joe McEachern (D) Beth E. Bernstein (D) Mia S. McLeod (D) Jimmy Bales (D) Don L. Wells (R) Bill Clyburn (D) Bill Hixon (R) Christopher A. Corley (R) Chip Huggins (R) Bill Taylor (R) Todd Atwater (R) McLain Toole (R) Kenneth Bingham (R) Justin T. Bamberg (D) Lonnie Hosey (D) Joseph Daning (R) Russell Ott (D) Jenny Horne (R) Jerry Govan, Jr. (D) Lawrence Spires (R) Patsy Knight (D) Chris Murphy (R) James Merrill (R) Edward Southard (R) Cezar McKnight (D) Joseph H. Jefferson (D) Carl Anderson (D) Gregory D. Duckworth (R) Kevin Hardee (R) Russell Fry (R) Alan D. Clemmons (R) Stephen Goldfinch, Jr. (R) David Mack (D) Chip Limehouse (R) Wendell Gilliard (D) Mike Sottile (R) Seth Whipper (D) Mary Tinkler (D) Peter McCoy (R) Robert Brown (D) Bill Crosby (R) Bill Herbkersman (R) Leon Stavrinakis (D) Weston J. Newton (R) Kenneth Hodges (D) William Bowers (D) Jeffrey A. Bradley (R) Shannon Erickson (R)

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Columbia (capital)

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South Carolina General Assembly

Officers

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

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