South Carolina's 3rd congressional district

South Carolina's 3rd congressional district
South Carolina's 3rd congressional district
	South Carolina's 3rd congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
	Jeff Duncan; R–Laurens
Population (2019)	706,961
Median household; income	$50,815
Ethnicity	74.4% White; 18.5% Black; 4.3% Hispanic; 1.6% Two or more races; 0.9% Asian; 0.3% other;
Cook PVI	R+21

The 3rd congressional district of South Carolina is a congressional district in western South Carolina bordering both Georgia and North Carolina. It includes all of Abbeville, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Oconee, Pickens and Saluda counties and portions of Greenville and Newberry counties. The district is mostly rural, but much of the economy revolves around the manufacturing centers of Anderson and Greenwood.

History[]

Historically, the district was a Democratic stronghold, and Democrats continued to hold most local offices well into the 1990s. However, most residents share the socially conservative views of their counterparts in the 4th district and the district has elected Republicans since 1994. Republicans now dominate the district's politics at all levels, usually scoring margins rivaling those in the 4th. Indeed, no Democrat has cleared the 40 percent mark in the district in almost a quarter-century.

South Carolina's senior Senator, Lindsey Graham, held this seat from 1995 to 2003. He was succeeded by J. Gresham Barrett, who gave up the seat in order to run for governor.^[3] State Rep. Jeff Duncan won the seat in 2010.

From 2003 to 2013, the district included all of Abbeville, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, Oconee, Pickens and Saluda counties and most of Aiken and Laurens counties.

Election results from presidential races[]

Year	Office	Result
2000	President	Bush 63 - 35%
2004	President	Bush 66 - 34%
2008	President	McCain 63.5 - 35.1%
2012	President	Romney 64.5 - 33.9%
2016	President	Trump 67 - 29%
2020	President	Trump 69 - 30%

List of members representing the district[]

Name	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
Daniel Huger	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	1st 2nd	Elected in 1788. Re-elected in 1790. Retired.	1789–1793 "Georgetown-Cheraw district" 1st district: Charleston 2nd district: Beaufort-Orangeburg 3rd district: Georgetown-Cheraw 4th district: Camden 5th district: Ninety-Six
Lemuel Benton	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd 4th 5th	Elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Lost re-election.	1793–1795 "Georgetown-Cheraw district" (Map unknown)
	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799			1793–1795 "Georgetown-Cheraw district" (Map unknown)
	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799			1795–1799 "Georgetown district" 1796 election results by district
Benjamin Huger	Federalist	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1805	6th 7th 8th	Elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Re-elected in 1803. Retired.	1799–1833 "Georgetown district" (Map unknown)
David R. Williams	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809	9th 10th	Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Retired.
Robert Witherspoon	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	11th	Elected in 1808. Retired.
David R. Williams	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	12th	Elected in 1810. Retired.
Theodore Gourdin	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th	Elected in 1812. Lost re-election.
Benjamin Huger	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	14th	Elected in 1814. Lost re-election.
James Ervin	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	15th 16th	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Retired.
Thomas R. Mitchell	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1820. Lost re-election.
Robert B. Campbell	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elected in 1823. Retired.
Thomas R. Mitchell	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	19th 20th	Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Lost re-election.
John Campbell	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	Elected in 1828. Lost re-election.
Thomas R. Mitchell	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	Elected in 1830. Lost re-election.
Thomas Singleton	Nullifier	March 4, 1833 – November 25, 1833	23rd	Elected in 1833. Died.	1833–1843 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		November 25, 1833 – February 27, 1834
Robert B. Campbell	Nullifier	February 27, 1834 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	Elected to finish Singleton's term. Re-elected in 1834. Retired.
John Campbell	Nullifier	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th 26th 27th	Elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Redistricted to the 4th district.
John Campbell	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	25th 26th 27th
Joseph A. Woodward	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1853	28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd	Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. Retired.	1843–1853 [data unknown/missing]
Laurence M. Keitt	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – July 15, 1856	33rd 34th	Elected in 1853. Re-elected in 1854. Resigned to gain constituents' support following Caning of Charles Sumner.	1853–1860 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		July 15, 1856 – August 6, 1856	34th
Laurence M. Keitt	Democratic	August 6, 1856 – December ???, 1860	34th 35th 36th	Re-elected to finish his own term. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Retired early due to Civil War.
Inactive		December ???, 1860 – July 25, 1868	36th 37th 38th 39th 40th	Civil War and Reconstruction
Manuel S. Corley	Republican	July 25, 1868 – March 3, 1869	40th	Elected to finish the short term. Retired.	1868–1873 [data unknown/missing]
Solomon L. Hoge	Republican	April 8, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	Elected in 1868 (Successfully contested election of ). Retired.
Robert B. Elliott	Republican	March 4, 1871 – November 1, 1874	42nd 43rd	Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Resigned to become sheriff.
Robert B. Elliott	Republican	March 4, 1871 – November 1, 1874	42nd 43rd		1873–1883 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		November 1, 1874 – November 3, 1874	43rd
Lewis C. Carpenter	Republican	November 3, 1874 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected to finish Elliott's term. Retired.
Solomon L. Hoge	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. Retired.
D. Wyatt Aiken	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1887	45th 46th 47th 48th 49th	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Retired.
D. Wyatt Aiken	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1887	45th 46th 47th 48th 49th		1883–1893 [data unknown/missing]
James S. Cothran	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Retired.
George Johnstone	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. Lost renomination.
Asbury C. Latimer	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th	Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Retired.	1893–1903 [data unknown/missing]
Wyatt Aiken	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1917	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Lost renomination.	1903–1913 [data unknown/missing]
Wyatt Aiken	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1917	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th		1913–1933 Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood, Newberry, Oconee, and Pickens Counties.^[4]
Frederick H. Dominick	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1933	65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Lost renomination.
John C. Taylor	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Lost renomination.	1933–1943 [data unknown/missing]
Butler B. Hare	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1947	76th 77th 78th 79th	Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Retired.	1933–1943 [data unknown/missing]
1943–1953 [data unknown/missing]			76th 77th 78th 79th
	W.J. Bryan Dorn	Democratic	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	Elected in 1946. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
	James Butler Hare	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	81st	Elected in 1948. Lost renomination.
	W.J. Bryan Dorn	Democratic	January 3, 1951 – December 31, 1974	82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Retired to run for Governor of South Carolina and resigned following defeat.
1953–1963 [data unknown/missing]
1963–1973 [data unknown/missing]
1973–1983 [data unknown/missing]
	Vacant		December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975	93rd
	Butler Derrick	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1995	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Retired.
1983–1993 [data unknown/missing]
1993–2003 [data unknown/missing]
1993–2003 [data unknown/missing]	Lindsey Graham	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003	104th 105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Gresham Barrett	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011	108th 109th 110th 111th	Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Retired.	2003–2013 All of Abbeville, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, Oconee, Pickens and Saluda counties and most of Aiken and Laurens counties.
Jeff Duncan	Republican	January 3, 2011 – present	112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.
Jeff Duncan	Republican	January 3, 2011 – present	112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th		2013–present

Recent election results[]

2012[]

South Carolina's 3rd congressional district, 2012^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Duncan (incumbent)	169,512	66.5
	Democratic	Bryan Ryan B. Doyle	84,735	33.3
	n/a	Write-ins	516	0.2
Total votes			254,763	100.0
	Republican hold

2014[]

South Carolina's 3rd congressional district, 2014^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Duncan (incumbent)	116,741	71.2
	Democratic	Barbara Jo Mullis	47,181	28.8
	n/a	Write-ins	87	0.0
Total votes			164,009	100.0
	Republican hold

2016[]

South Carolina's 3rd congressional district, 2016 ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Duncan (incumbent)	196,325	72.8
	Democratic	Hosea Cleveland	72,933	27.1
	n/a	Write-ins	282	0.1
Total votes			269,540	100.0
	Republican hold

2018[]

South Carolina's 3rd congressional district, 2018^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Duncan (incumbent)	153,338	67.8
	Democratic	Mary Geren	70,046	31.0
	American	Dave Moore	2,697	1.2
	n/a	Write-ins	123	0.0
Total votes			226,204	100.0
	Republican hold

2020[]

South Carolina's 3rd congressional district, 2020^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Duncan (incumbent)	237,544	71.2
	Democratic	Hosea Cleveland	95,712	28.7
	Write-in		308	0.1
Total votes			333,564	100.0
	Republican hold

References[]

^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=45&cd=03
^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
^ "Gresh". greshambarrett.com.
^ "South Carolina". Official congressional directory. p. 104. hdl:2027/uc1.l0075858456.
^ "Election Statistics - US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". Karen Haas, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
^ "South Carolina Election Commission Official Results". West Virginia Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
^ "2016 Statewide General Election official results". South Carolina State Election Commission. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
^ Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
^ "2020 Statewide General Election Night Reporting - Results". South Carolina Election Commission. November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.

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Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Coordinates: 34°23′N 82°30′W / 34.38°N 82.50°W / 34.38; -82.50

[1] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=45&cd=03

[Cook-2] "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.

[3] "Gresh". greshambarrett.com.

[4] "South Carolina". Official congressional directory. p. 104. hdl:2027/uc1.l0075858456.

[CHofR-5] "Election Statistics - US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". Karen Haas, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved February 23, 2013.

[Generalelection-6] "South Carolina Election Commission Official Results". West Virginia Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2015.

[General-7] "2016 Statewide General Election official results". South Carolina State Election Commission. Retrieved December 5, 2016.

[clerk2018-8] Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.

[scvote-results-9] "2020 Statewide General Election Night Reporting - Results". South Carolina Election Commission. November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.

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