South Carolina House of Representatives

South Carolina
House of Representatives
South Carolina; House of Representatives
South Carolina General Assembly
Type
Type	Lower House
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 12, 2021
Leadership
Speaker	Jay Lucas (R) ; since December 2, 2014
Speaker Pro Tempore	Tommy Pope (R) ; since December 2, 2014
Majority Leader	Gary Simrill (R) ; since December 6, 2016
Minority Leader	J. Todd Rutherford (D) ; since January 8, 2013
Structure
Seats	124
Political groups	Majority Republican (81); Minority Democratic (43);
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article III, South Carolina Constitution
Salary	$10,400/year + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 3, 2020; (124 seats)
Next election	November 8, 2022
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place
	House of Representatives Chamber; South Carolina State House; Columbia, South Carolina
Website
	South Carolina House of Representatives

The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly. It consists of 124 representatives elected to two-year terms at the same time as U.S. congressional elections.

Unlike many legislatures, seating on the floor is not divided by party, but is arranged by county delegation - a legacy of the original apportionment of the chamber. Until 1964, each of South Carolina's counties was a legislative district, with the number of representatives determined by the county's population. It meets from the second week of January into May.

History[]

In Colonial times, there was a Commons House of Assembly.^[1]

Qualifications and terms[]

Representatives are considered part-time citizen legislators who serve two-year terms. Representatives are elected at-large by their district, and there are no term limits.^[2] Representatives must be 21 years of age before they are eligible to become a representative.^[3]

Composition[]

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
Beginning of 2021-22 Session	81	43	124	0
Latest voting share	65.32%	34.68%

Leadership[]

South Carolina House of Representatives Officers
Position	Name	Party
Speaker	Jay Lucas	Republican
Majority Leader	Gary Simrill	Republican
Minority Leader	Todd Rutherford	Democratic

Current members[]

District	Representative^[4]	Party	Residence
1	Bill Whitmire	Rep	Walhalla
2	Bill Sandifer III	Rep	Seneca
3	Jerry Carter	Rep	Central
4	Davey Hiott	Rep	Pickens
5	Neal Collins	Rep	Easley
6	W. Brian White	Rep	Anderson
7	Jay West	Rep	Belton
8	Jonathon D. Hill	Rep	Townville
9	Anne Thayer	Rep	Belton
10	West Cox	Rep	Piedmont
11	Craig A. Gagnon	Rep	Abbeville
12	J. Anne Parks	Dem	Greenwood
13	John R. McCravy III	Rep	Hodges
14	Stewart Jones	Rep	Laurens
15	JA Moore	Dem	Goose Creek
16	Mark N. Willis	Rep	Fountain Inn
17	Mike Burns	Rep	Taylors
18	Tommy Stringer	Rep	Greer
19	Patrick Haddon	Rep	Greenville
20	Adam Morgan	Rep	Greenville
21	Bobby Cox	Rep	Greer
22	Jason Elliott	Rep	Greenville
23	Chandra Dillard	Dem	Greenville
24	Bruce W. Bannister	Rep	Greenville
25	Leola C. Robinson-Simpson	Dem	Greenville
26	Raye Felder	Rep	Fort Mill
27	Garry R. Smith	Rep	Simpsonville
28	Ashley Trantham	Rep	Mauldin
29	Dennis Moss	Rep	Gaffney
30	Steve Moss	Rep	Blacksburg
31	Rosalyn Henderson-Myers	Dem	Spartanburg
32	Max Hyde	Rep	Spartanburg
33	Travis Moore	Rep	Spartanburg
34	Roger Nutt	Rep	Spartanburg
35	Bill Chumley	Rep	Woodruff
36	Merita Ann Allison	Rep	Lyman
37	Steven Wayne Long	Rep	Boiling Springs
38	Josiah Magnuson	Rep	Campobello
39	Cal Forrest	Rep	Monetta
40	Rick Martin	Rep	Newberry
41	Annie McDaniel	Dem	Winnsboro
42	Doug Gilliam	Rep	Union
43	Randy Ligon	Rep	Chester
44	Sandy McGarry	Rep	Lancaster
45	Brandon Michael Newton	Rep	Lancaster
46	Gary Simrill	Rep	Rock Hill
47	Tommy Pope	Rep	York
48	Bruce Bryant	Rep	Rock Hill
49	John Richard C. King	Dem	Rock Hill
50	Will Wheeler	Dem	Bishopville
51	J. David Weeks	Dem	Sumter
52	Vic Dabney	Rep	Camden
53	Richie Yow	Rep	Chesterfield
54	Pat Henegan	Dem	Bennettsville
55	Jackie E. Hayes	Dem	Dillon
56	Tim McGinnis	Rep	Myrtle Beach
57	Lucas Atkinson	Dem	Marion
58	Jeff Johnson	Rep	Conway
59	Terry Alexander	Dem	Florence
60	Phillip Lowe	Rep	Florence
61	Roger K. Kirby	Dem	Lake City
62	Robert Q. Williams	Dem	Darlington
63	Jay Jordan	Rep	Florence
64	Kimberly Johnson	Dem	Manning
65	Jay Lucas	Rep	Hartsville
66	Gilda Cobb-Hunter	Dem	Orangeburg
67	G. Murrell Smith Jr.	Rep	Sumter
68	Heather Ammons Crawford	Rep	Myrtle Beach
69	Chris Wooten	Rep	Lexington
70	Wendy Brawley	Dem	Sumter
71	Nathan Ballentine	Rep	Chapin
72	Seth Rose	Dem	Columbia
73	Christopher R. Hart	Dem	Columbia
74	Todd Rutherford	Dem	Columbia
75	Kirkman Finlay III	Rep	Columbia
76	Leon Howard	Dem	Columbia
77	Kambrell Garvin	Dem	Columbia
78	Beth Bernstein	Dem	Columbia
79	Ivory Torrey Thigpen	Dem	Columbia
80	Jermaine Johnson	Dem	Eastover
81	Bart T. Blackwell	Rep	Aiken
82	Bill Clyburn	Dem	Aiken
83	Bill Hixon	Rep	North Augusta
84	Melissa Lackey Oremus	Rep	Aiken County
85	Chip Huggins	Rep	Columbia
86	Bill Taylor	Rep	Aiken
87	Paula Rawl Calhoon	Rep	Lexington
88	RJ May	Rep	West Columbia
89	Micah Caskey	Rep	West Columbia
90	Justin Bamberg	Dem	Bamberg
91	Lonnie Hosey	Dem	Barnwell
92	Joseph Daning	Rep	Goose Creek
93	Russell Ott	Dem	St. Matthews
94	Gil Gatch	Rep	Summerville
95	Jerry Govan Jr.	Dem	Orangeburg
96	Ryan McCabe	Rep	Pelion
97	Mandy Kimmons	Rep	St. George
98	Chris Murphy	Rep	North Charleston
99	Marvin Smith	Rep	Charleston
100	Sylleste Davis	Rep	Moncks Corner
101	Cezar McKnight	Dem	Kingstree
102	Joseph H. Jefferson	Dem	Pineville
103	Carl Anderson	Dem	Georgetown
104	William Bailey	Rep	North Myrtle Beach
105	Kevin Hardee	Rep	Loris
106	Russell Fry	Rep	Surfside Beach
107	Case Brittain	Rep	Myrtle Beach
108	Lee Hewitt	Rep	Murrells Inlet
109	Deon Tedder	Dem	North Charleston
110	William S. Cogswell Jr.	Rep	Charleston
111	Wendell Gilliard	Dem	Charleston
112	Joe Bustos	Rep	Isle of Palms
113	Marvin R. Pendarvis	Dem	North Charleston
114	Lin Bennett	Rep	Charleston
115	Spencer Wetmore^[5]	Dem	Folly Beach
116	Chardale Murray	Dem	Hollywood
117	Krystle Matthews	Dem	North Charleston
118	Bill Herbkersman	Rep	Bluffton
119	Leon Stavrinakis	Dem	Charleston
120	Weston J. Newton	Rep	Bluffton
121	Michael F. Rivers Sr.	Dem	St. Helena Island
122	Shedron D. Williams	Dem	Hampton
123	Jeff Bradley	Rep	Hilton Head Island
124	Shannon Erickson	Rep	Beaufort

Party composition over time[]

Year	Democratic Party	Republican Party	Independent / Other	Majority
1865	0	0	124	124
1868	14	110	0	96
1870	0	100	24^(a)	76
1872	22	102	0	80
1874	0	91	33^(b)	58
1876	64	60	0	4
1878	121	3	0	118
1880	120	4	0	116
1882	118	6	0	112
1884	119	5	0	114
1886	120	4	0	116
1888	121	3	0	118
1890	115	9	0	106
1892	120	4	0	116
1894	104	3	17^(c)	87
1896– 1900	123	1	0	122
1902– 1960	124	0	0	124
1961	123	1^[6]^[7]	0	122
1962	124	0	0	124
1964	123	1	0	122
1966	107	17	0	90
1968	119	5	0	114
1970	113	11	0	102
1972	103	21	0	82
1974	108	16	0	92
1976	112	12	0	100
1978	108	16	0	92
1980	108	16	0	92
1982	105	19	0	86
1984	96	28	0	68
1986	92	32	0	60
1988	88	36	0	52
1990	80	44	0	36
1992	74	50	0	24
1994	54	70	0	16
1996	53	71	0	18
1998	57	67	0	10
2000	53	71	0	18
2002	51	73	0	22
2004	50	74	0	24
2006	51	73	0	22
2008	51	73	0	22
2010	48	76	0	28
2012	46	78	0	32
2014	46	78	0	32
2016	44	80	0	36
2018	44	80	0	35
2020^[8]	42	81	0	39

^(a) 21 were members of the Union Reform Party of South Carolina and the other 3 were Independents from Anderson. Two of the Union Reform members from Chesterfield were later replaced by Republicans from a resolution passed in the House.
^(b) All 33 were members of the Conservative Party of South Carolina.
^(c) All 17 were Independent Democrats.

References[]

^ "General Assembly".
^ "South Carolina Legislature Online - House of Representatives". www.scstatehouse.gov. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
^ "Candidate Qualifications - SCVotes". www.scvotes.org. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
^ "South Carolina Legislature Online". SC Statehouse.gon. South Carolina Government. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
^ Kropf, Schuyler (August 11, 2020). "Democrats flip SC state House seat with win on James Island". Post and Courier.
^ Republican Charles Evans Boineau Jr., who was elected in an August 1961 special election
^ "University Libraries - University Libraries - University of South Carolina". library.sc.edu. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
^ "South Carolina Election Results". New York Times. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

Additional sources[]

Reynolds, John S. (1969). Reconstruction in South Carolina. Negro University Press. ISBN 0-8371-1638-4.
Kalk, Bruce H. (2001). The origins of the southern strategy: two-party competition in South Carolina, 1950–1972. Lexington Books. ISBN 0-7391-0242-7.

External links[]

South Carolina House of Representatives
- 2007 seating chart
Project Vote Smart – State House of South Carolina links to each Representative

Coordinates: 34°00′01″N 81°01′59″W / 34.0003°N 81.0331°W / 34.0003; -81.0331

[1] "General Assembly".

[2] "South Carolina Legislature Online - House of Representatives". www.scstatehouse.gov. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

[3] "Candidate Qualifications - SCVotes". www.scvotes.org. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

[4] "South Carolina Legislature Online". SC Statehouse.gon. South Carolina Government. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

[5] Kropf, Schuyler (August 11, 2020). "Democrats flip SC state House seat with win on James Island". Post and Courier.

[6] Republican Charles Evans Boineau Jr., who was elected in an August 1961 special election

[7] "University Libraries - University Libraries - University of South Carolina". library.sc.edu. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

[8] "South Carolina Election Results". New York Times. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

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show v t Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Speaker of the House Jay Lucas (R) Speaker pro tempore Tommy Pope (R) Majority Leader Gary Simrill (R) Minority Leader Todd Rutherford (D)
Bill Whitmire (R) Bill Sandifer III (R) Jerry Carter (R) Davey Hiott (R) Neal Collins (R) W. Brian White (R) Jay West (R) Jonathon D. Hill (R) Anne Thayer (R) West Cox (R) Craig A. Gagnon (R) J. Anne Parks (D) John R. McCravy III (R) Stewart Jones (R) JA Moore (D) Mark N. Willis (R) Mike Burns (R) Tommy Stringer (R) Patrick Haddon (R) Adam Morgan (R) Bobby Cox (R) Jason Elliott (R) Chandra Dillard (D) Bruce W. Bannister (R) Leola C. Robinson-Simpson (D) Raye Felder (R) Garry R. Smith (R) Ashley Trantham (R) Dennis Moss (R) Steve Moss (R) Rosalyn Henderson-Myers (D) Max Hyde Jr. (R) Travis Moore (R) Roger Nutt (R) Bill Chumley (R) Merita Ann Allison (R) Steven Wayne Long (R) Josiah Magnuson (R) Cal Forrest (R) Rick Martin (R) Annie McDaniel (D) Doug Gilliam (R) Randy Ligon (R) Mandy Powers Norrell (D) Brandon Michael Newton (R) Gary Simrill (R) Tommy Pope (R) Bruce M. Bryant (R) John Richard C. King (D) Will Wheeler (D) J. David Weeks (D) Vic Dabney (R) Richie Yow (R) Pat Henegan (D) Jackie E. Hayes (D) Tim McGinnis (R) Lucas Atkinson (D) Jeff Johnson (R) Terry Alexander (D) Phillip Lowe (R) Roger K. Kirby (D) Robert Q. Williams (D) Jay Jordan (R) Kimberly Johnson (D) Jay Lucas (R) Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D) G. Murrell Smith Jr. (R) Heather Ammons Crawford (R) Chris Wooten (R) Wendy Brawley (D) Nathan Ballentine (R) Seth Rose (D) Chris Hart (D) Todd Rutherford (D) Kirkman Finlay III (R) Leon Howard (D) Kambrell Garvin (D) Beth Bernstein (D) Ivory Torrey Thigpen (D) Jermaine Johnson (D) Bart T. Blackwell (R) Bill Clyburn (D) Bill Hixon (R) Melissa Lackey Oremus (R) Chip Huggins (R) Bill Taylor (R) Paula Rawl Calhoon (R) RJ May (R) Micah Caskey (R) Justin Bamberg (D) Lonnie Hosey (D) Joseph Daning (R) Russell Ott (D) Gil Gatch (R) Jerry Govan Jr. (D) Ryan McCabe (R) Mandy Kimmons (R) Chris Murphy (R) Mark Smith (R) Sylleste Davis (R) Cezar McKnight (D) Joseph H. Jefferson (D) Carl Anderson (D) William Bailey (R) Kevin Hardee (R) Russell Fry (R) Case Brittain (R) Lee Hewitt (R) Deon Tedder (D) William S. Cogswell Jr. (R) Wendell Gilliard (D) Joe Bustos (R) Marvin R. Pendarvis (D) Lin Bennett (R) Spencer Wetmore (D) Chardale Murray (D) Krystle Matthews (D) Bill Herbkersman (R) Leon Stavrinakis (D) Weston J. Newton (R) Michael F. Rivers Sr. (D) Shedron D. Williams (D) Jeff Bradley (R) Shannon Erickson (R)
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