South Carolina's 5th congressional district
South Carolina's 5th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Population (2019) | 738,205 | ||
Median household income | $56,282[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+11[2] |
The 5th congressional district of South Carolina is a congressional district in northern South Carolina bordering North Carolina. The district includes all of Cherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Union and York counties and parts of Newberry, Spartanburg and Sumter counties. Outside the rapidly growing cities of Rock Hill, Fort Mill, and Lake Wylie the district is mostly rural and agricultural. The district borders were contracted from some of the easternmost counties in the 2012 redistricting.
The district's character is very similar to other mostly rural districts in the South. Democrats still hold most offices outside Republican-dominated York County. However, few of the area's Democrats can be described as liberal by national standards; most are fairly conservative on social issues, but less so on economics. The largest blocs of Republican voters are in the fast-growing suburbs of Charlotte, North Carolina and Cherokee County, which shares the Republican tilt of most of the rest of the Upstate. York County is by far the largest county in the district, with almost one-third of its population, and its Republican bent has pushed the district as a whole into the Republican column in recent years.
In November 2010, the Republican Mick Mulvaney defeated longtime Congressman John Spratt and became the first Republican since Robert Smalls and the end of Reconstruction to represent the district. Following Mulvaney's confirmation as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, a special election was held in 2017 to determine his successor. Republican Ralph Norman narrowly won the special election against Archie Parnell.[3]
History[]
From 2003 to 2013 the district included all of Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Marlboro, Newberry and York counties and parts of Florence, Lee and Sumter counties.
Election results from presidential races[]
Year | Office | Result |
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2004 | President | Bush 56 - 42% |
2004 | President | Bush 57 - 42% |
2008 | President | McCain 53.04 - 45.8% |
2012 | President | Romney 55.1 - 43.6% |
2016 | President | Trump 57.3 - 38.8% |
2020 | President | Trump 58.4 - 41.5% |
List of members representing the district[]
Member (Residence) |
Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
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Thomas Tudor Tucker (Charleston) |
Anti-Administration | March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793 |
1st 2nd |
Elected in 1788. Re-elected in 1790. Retired. |
1789–1793 "Ninety-Six district" |
Alexander Gillon (Charleston) |
Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 – October 6, 1794 |
3rd | Elected in 1793. Died. |
1793–1797 "Ninety-Six district" (Map unknown) |
Vacant | October 6, 1794 – February 9, 1795 | ||||
Robert Goodloe Harper (Charleston) |
Pro-Administration | February 9, 1795 – March 3, 1795 |
3rd 4th 5th 6th |
Elected October 13–14, 1794 to finish Gillon's term and elected the same day to the next term. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Retired. | |
Federalist | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801 | ||||
1797–1803 "Ninety-Six district" | |||||
William Butler (Mount Willing) |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 |
7th | Elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 2nd district. | |
Richard Winn (Winnsboro) |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1813 |
8th 9th 10th 11th 12th |
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Retired. |
1803–1813 "Sumter district" |
David R. Evans (Winnsboro) |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
13th | Elected in 1812. Retired. |
1813–1823 "Newberry district" |
William Woodward ([data unknown/missing]) |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
14th | Elected in 1814. Lost re-election. | |
Starling Tucker (Mountain Shoals) |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823 |
15th 16th 17th |
Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 9th district. | |
George McDuffie (Charleston) |
Democratic-Republican (Jackson) | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd |
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1834. Resigned to become Governor of South Carolina. |
1823–1833 "Edgefield district" |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831 | ||||
Nullifier | March 4, 1831 – 1834 | ||||
1833–1843 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Vacant | 1834 – December 8, 1834 |
23rd | |||
Francis W. Pickens (Edgefield) |
Nullifier | December 8, 1834 – March 3, 1839 |
23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th |
Elected to finish McDuffie's term. Also elected to the next full term. Re-elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Retired. | |
Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 | ||||
Armistead Burt (Abbeville) |
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] |
James L. Orr (Anderson) |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859 |
33rd 34th 35th |
Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1853. Re-elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856 Retired. |
1853–1863 [data unknown/missing] |
John D. Ashmore (Greenville) |
Democratic | March 4, 1859 – December 21, 1860 |
36th | Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860 but resigned due to Civil War. | |
Vacant | December 21, 1860 – March 3, 1863 |
36th 37th |
Civil War | ||
District eliminated March 4, 1863 | |||||
District re-established March 4, 1875 | |||||
Robert Smalls (Beaufort) |
Republican | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 |
44th 45th |
Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Lost re-election. |
1875–1883 [data unknown/missing] |
George D. Tillman (Edgefield) |
Democratic | March 4, 1879 – July 19, 1882 |
46th 47th |
Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Lost contested election. | |
Robert Smalls (Beaufort) |
Republican | July 19, 1882 – March 3, 1883 |
47th | Won contested election. Retired. | |
John J. Hemphill (Chester) |
Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1893 |
48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd |
Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Lost renomination. |
1883–1893 [data unknown/missing] |
Thomas J. Strait (Lancaster) |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899 |
53rd 54th 55th |
Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Lost renomination. |
1893–1903 [data unknown/missing] |
David E. Finley (York) |
Democratic | March 4, 1899 – January 26, 1917 |
56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th |
Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-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. Re-elected in 1916 but died before next term began. | |
1903–1913 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
1913–1923 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Vacant | January 26, 1917 – February 21, 1917 |
64th | |||
Paul G. McCorkle (York) |
Democratic | February 21, 1917 – March 3, 1917 |
Elected to finish Finley's term in the 64th Congress. Retired. | ||
William F. Stevenson (Cheraw) |
Democratic | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1933 |
65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Elected to finish Finley's term in the 65th Congress. 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. | |
1923–1933 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
James P. Richards (Lancaster) |
Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1957 |
73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th |
Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Retired. |
1933–1943 [data unknown/missing] |
1943–1953 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
1953–1963 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Robert W. Hemphill (Chester) |
Democratic | January 3, 1957 – May 1, 1964 |
85th 86th 87th 88th |
Elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Resigned to become Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. | |
1963–1973 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Vacant | May 1, 1964 – November 3, 1964 |
88th | |||
Thomas S. Gettys (Rock Hill) |
Democratic | November 3, 1964 – December 31, 1974 |
88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd |
Elected to finish Hemphill's term. Also elected to the next full term. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Retired and resigned before next term began. | |
1973–1983 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Kenneth L. Holland (Gaffney) |
Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 |
94th 95th 96th 97th |
Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Retired. | |
John Spratt (York) |
Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2011 |
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th |
Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election. |
1983–1993 [data unknown/missing] |
1993–2003 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
2003–2013 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Mick Mulvaney (Lancaster) |
Republican | January 3, 2011 – February 16, 2017 |
112th 113th 114th 115th |
Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Resigned to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget. | |
2013–Present [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Vacant | February 16, 2017 – June 20, 2017 |
115th | |||
Ralph Norman (Rock Hill) |
Republican | June 20, 2017[3] – present |
115th 116th 117th |
Elected to finish Mulvaney's term. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. |
Historical district boundaries[]
Election results[]
2012[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mick Mulvaney (incumbent) | 154,324 | 55.5 | |
Democratic | Joyce Knott | 123,443 | 44.4 | |
Write-in | 236 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 278,003 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2014[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mick Mulvaney (incumbent) | 103,078 | 58.9 | |
Democratic | Tom Adams | 71,985 | 41.1 | |
Write-in | 82 | 0.0 | ||
Total votes | 175,145 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2016[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mick Mulvaney (incumbent) | 161,669 | 59.2 | |
Democratic | Fran Person | 105,772 | 38.7 | |
American | Rudy Barnes Jr | 5,388 | 2.0 | |
Write-in | 177 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 273,006 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2017 special[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Ralph Norman | 45,076 | 51.04% | -8.03% | |
Democratic | Archie Parnell | 42,341 | 47.94% | +9.17% | |
American | Josh Thornton | 319 | 0.36% | -1.74% | |
Libertarian | Victor Kocher | 273 | 0.31% | N/A | |
Green | David Kulma | 242 | 0.27% | N/A | |
Write-in | 65 | 0.07% | 0.0% | ||
Total votes | 88,316 | 100.00% | |||
Majority | 2,836 | 3.23% | |||
Turnout | 88,316 | 18.24% | |||
Republican win |
2018[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ralph Norman (incumbent) | 141,757 | 57.0 | |
Democratic | Archie Parnell | 103,129 | 41.5 | |
Constitution | Michael Chandler | 3,443 | 1.4 | |
Write-in | 250 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 248,579 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2020[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ralph Norman (incumbent) | 220,006 | 60.1 | |
Democratic | Moe Brown | 145,979 | 39.9 | |
Write-in | 273 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 366,258 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
In popular culture[]
- In the first season of House of Cards, protagonist Frank Underwood represents the district in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=45&cd=05
- ^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ^ a b https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/south-carolina-house-special-election
- ^ "Election Statistics - US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". Karen Haas, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ The votes for the Democratic candidate includes votes cast for the candidate who also ran under the Working Families Party ticket
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Special Election – U.S. House District 5, State House Districts 48 and 70 – June 20, 2017". South Carolina State Election Commission. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
- ^ 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.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- 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°29′N 80°58′W / 34.49°N 80.97°W
- Congressional districts of South Carolina
- Cherokee County, South Carolina
- Chester County, South Carolina
- Chesterfield County, South Carolina
- Darlington County, South Carolina
- Dillon County, South Carolina
- Fairfield County, South Carolina
- Florence County, South Carolina
- Kershaw County, South Carolina
- Lancaster County, South Carolina
- Lee County, South Carolina
- Marlboro County, South Carolina
- Newberry County, South Carolina
- Sumter County, South Carolina
- York County, South Carolina