United States congressional delegations from South Carolina
These are tables of congressional delegations from South Carolina to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
The current dean of the South Carolina delegation is Representative and House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (SC-6), having served in the House since 1993.
U.S. House of Representatives[]
Current members[]
The current U.S. House delegation from South Carolina has 7 members, including 6 Republicans and 1 Democrat.
District | Representative (Residence) |
Party | Incumbency | CPVI | District map |
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1st | Nancy Mace (Charleston) |
Republican | January 3, 2021 | R+7 | |
2nd | Joe Wilson (Lexington) |
Republican | December 18, 2001 | R+9 | |
3rd | Jeff Duncan (Laurens) |
Republican | January 3, 2011 | R+21 | |
4th | William Timmons (Greenville) |
Republican | January 3, 2019 | R+14 | |
5th | Ralph Norman (Rock Hill) |
Republican | June 20, 2017 | R+11 | |
6th | Jim Clyburn (Charleston/Columbia) |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 | D+17 | |
7th | Tom Rice (Myrtle Beach) |
Republican | January 3, 2013 | R+11 |
Historic representation[]
1789–1803[]
Congress | District | |||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | |
1st (1789–1791) | William Loughton Smith (PA) |
Aedanus Burke (AA) | Daniel Huger (PA) | Thomas Sumter (AA) | Thomas Tudor Tucker (AA) | |
2nd (1791–1793) | Robert Barnwell (PA) | |||||
3rd (1793–1795) | John Hunter (AA) | Lemuel Benton (AA) | Richard Winn (AA) | Alexander Gillon (AA) | Andrew Pickens (AA) | |
Robert Goodloe Harper (PA) | ||||||
4th (1795–1797) | William Loughton Smith (F) |
Wade Hampton I (DR) | Lemuel Benton (DR) | Richard Winn (DR) | Robert Goodloe Harper (F) |
Samuel Earle (DR) |
5th (1797–1799) | John Rutledge Jr. (F) | Thomas Sumter (DR) | William Smith (DR) | |||
Thomas Pinckney (F) | ||||||
6th (1799–1801) | Benjamin Huger (F) | Abraham Nott (F) | ||||
7th (1801–1803) | Thomas Lowndes (F) | William Butler (DR) | Thomas Moore (DR) | |||
Richard Winn (DR) |
1803–1813[]
Congress | District | |||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
8th (1803–1805) | Thomas Lowndes (F) | William Butler (DR) |
Benjamin Huger (F) | Wade Hampton I (DR) | Richard Winn (DR) |
Levi Casey (DR) | Thomas Moore (DR) |
John B. Earle (DR) |
9th (1805–1807) | Robert Marion (DR) | David R. Williams (DR) | O'Brien Smith (DR) | Elias Earle (DR) | ||||
10th (1807–1809) | John Taylor (DR) | Joseph Calhoun (DR) | Lemuel J. Alston (DR) | |||||
11th (1809–1811) | Robert Witherspoon (DR) | |||||||
Langdon Cheves (DR) | ||||||||
12th (1811–1813) | David R. Williams (DR) | William Lowndes (DR) | John C. Calhoun (DR) | Elias Earle (DR) |
1813–1843[]
Congress | District | ||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | |
13th (1813–1815) |
Langdon Cheves (DR) | William Lowndes (DR) | Theodore Gourdin (DR) | John J. Chappell (DR) | David R. Evans (DR) | John C. Calhoun (DR) | Elias Earle (DR) | Samuel Farrow (DR) | John Kershaw (DR) |
14th (1815–1817) |
Henry Middleton (DR) | Benjamin Huger (F) | William Woodward (DR) |
John Taylor (DR) | Thomas Moore (DR) | William Mayrant (DR) | |||
Stephen Decatur Miller (DR) | |||||||||
15th (1817–1819) |
James Ervin (DR) | Joseph Bellinger (DR) | Starling Tucker (DR) | Elias Earle (DR) | Wilson Nesbitt (DR) | ||||
Eldred Simkins (DR) | |||||||||
16th (1819–1821) |
Charles Pinckney (DR) | James Overstreet (DR) | John McCreary (DR) | Joseph Brevard (DR) | |||||
17th (1821–1823) |
Joel Roberts Poinsett (DR)[a] |
Thomas R. Mitchell (DR) |
George McDuffie (DR) | John Wilson (DR) | Joseph Gist (DR) | James Blair (DR) | |||
James Hampton Jr. (DR)[a] |
Andrew R. Govan (DR)[a] |
John Carter (DR) | |||||||
18th (1823–1825) |
Robert B. Campbell (DR)[a] |
George McDuffie (DR)[a] |
John Wilson (DR)[a] | Joseph Gist (DR)[a] | John Carter (DR)[a] | Starling Tucker (DR)[a] | |||
19th (1825–1827) |
William Drayton (J) | James Hamilton Jr. (J) | Thomas R. Mitchell (J) | Andrew R. Govan (J) | George McDuffie (J) | 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 Woodeard Barnwell (J) |
John Campbell (J) | James Blair (J) | ||||||
22nd (1831–1833) |
Robert Woodward Barnwell (N) |
Thomas R. Mitchell (J) | John Myers 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 Myers Felder (N) |
William K. Clowney (N) | ||||
Robert B. Campbell (N) | Francis Wilkinson Pickens (N) |
Richard Irving Manning I (J) | |||||||
24th (1835–1837) |
James Henry Hammond (N) |
Waddy Thompson Jr. (NR) |
James Rogers (J) | ||||||
Franklin H. Elmore (SR) | John Peter Richardson II (J) | ||||||||
25th (1837–1839) |
Hugh S. Legaré (D) | Robert Rhett (D) | John Campbell (N) | Waddy Thompson Jr. (W) |
William K. Clowney (N) |
John Peter Richardson II (D) | |||
26th (1839–1841) |
Isaac E. Holmes (D) | John Campbell (D) | Sampson H. Butler (D) | Francis Wilkinson Pickens (D) |
James Rogers (D) | Thomas De Lage Sumter (D) |
John K. Griffin (D) | ||
27th (1841–1843) |
William Butler (W) | Patrick C. Caldwell (D) | |||||||
Samuel W. Trotti (D) |
1843–1853[]
Congress | District | ||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |
28th (1843–1845) | James A. Black (D) |
Richard F. Simpson (D) |
Joseph A. Woodward (D) |
John Campbell (D) | Armistead Burt (D) |
Isaac E. Holmes (D) |
Robert Rhett (D) |
29th (1845–1847) | Alexander D. Sims (D) | ||||||
30th (1847–1849) | |||||||
Daniel Wallace (D) |
John McQueen (D) | ||||||
31st (1849–1851) | James Lawrence Orr (D) |
William F. Colcock (D) | |||||
32nd (1851–1853) | William Aiken (D) |
1853–1863[]
Congress | District | |||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | |
33rd (1853–1855) | John McQueen (D) |
William Aiken (D) |
Laurence M. Keitt (D) |
Preston Brooks (D) |
James Lawrence Orr (D) |
William Waters Boyce (D) |
34th (1855–1857) | ||||||
35th (1857–1859) | William Porcher Miles (D) |
Milledge Luke Bonham (D) | ||||
36th (1859–1861) | John D. Ashmore (D) | |||||
American Civil War | ||||||
37th (1861–1863) |
1863–1883[]
Congress | District | ||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | At-large | |
38–39th (1863–1867) |
American Civil War | ||||
40th (1867–1869) | |||||
B. 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 Rainey (R) | |||||
42nd (1871–1873) | Robert C. De Large (R) | Robert B. Elliott (R) | |||
43rd (1873–1875) | Alonzo J. Ransier (R) | Richard H. Cain (R) | |||
Lewis C. Carpenter (R) | |||||
44th (1875–1877) | Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR) | Solomon L. Hoge (R) | 5th District | ||
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) |
1883–1933[]
Congress | District | ||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |
48th (1883–1885) | Samuel Dibble (D) | George D. Tillman (D) | D. Wyatt Aiken (D) | John H. Evins (D) | John J. Hemphill (D) | George W. Dargan (D) |
E. 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 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) | ||||
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 Francis Lever (D) | ||||
58th (1903–1905) | George Swinton Legaré (D) |
George W. Croft (D) | Wyatt Aiken (D) | ||||
Theodore G. Croft (D) | |||||||
59th (1905–1907) | James O. 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) | Frederick H. Dominick (D) |
William Francis 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) |
1933–present[]
Congress | District | ||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |||
73rd (1933–1935) | Thomas S. McMillan (D) |
Hampton P. Fulmer (D) |
John C. Taylor (D) | John J. McSwain (D) |
James P. Richards (D) |
Allard H. Gasque (D) | |||
74th (1935–1937) | |||||||||
Gabriel H. Mahon (D) | |||||||||
75th (1937–1939) | |||||||||
E. H. 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) | |||||||||
Willa L. Fulmer (D) | |||||||||
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) | |||||||||
Corinne B. Riley (D) | |||||||||
88th (1963–1965) | Albert Watson (D) | ||||||||
89th (1965–1967) | Albert Watson (R) | Thomas S. Gettys (D) | |||||||
90th (1967–1969) | |||||||||
91st (1969–1971) | James Mann (D) | ||||||||
92nd (1971–1973) | Mendel Jackson Davis (D) |
Floyd Spence (R) | |||||||
93rd (1973–1975) | Ed 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) | Thomas F. Hartnett (R) |
John L. Napier (R) | |||||||
98th (1983–1985) | John Spratt (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) | Jim 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) | Gresham Barrett (R) | ||||||||
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) | |||||||||
115th (2017–2019) | |||||||||
Ralph Norman (R) | |||||||||
116th (2019–2021) | Joe Cunningham (D) | William Timmons (R) | |||||||
117th (2021-2023) | Nancy Mace (R) | ||||||||
Congress | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | ||
District |
United States Senate[]
Current senators
Class II senator | Congress | Class III senators | ||
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Pierce Butler (PA) | 1st (1789–1791) | Ralph Izard (PA) | ||
Pierce Butler (AA) | 2nd (1791–1793) | |||
3rd (1793–1795) | ||||
Pierce Butler (DR) | 4th (1795–1797) | Jacob Read (F) | ||
John Hunter (DR) | ||||
5th (1797–1799) | ||||
Charles Pinckney (DR) | ||||
6th (1799–1801) | ||||
7th (1801–1803) | John E. Colhoun (DR) | |||
Thomas Sumter (DR) | Pierce Butler (DR) | |||
8th (1803–1805) | ||||
John Gaillard (DR) | ||||
9th (1805–1807) | ||||
10th (1807–1809) | ||||
11th (1809–1811) | ||||
John Taylor (DR) | ||||
12th (1811–1813) | ||||
13th (1813–1815) | ||||
14th (1815–1817) | ||||
William Smith (DR) | ||||
15th (1817–1819) | ||||
16th (1819–1821) | ||||
17th (1821–1823) | ||||
Robert Y. Hayne (DR) | 18th (1823–1825) | |||
Robert Y. Hayne (J) | 19th (1825–1827) | John Gaillard (J) | ||
William Harper (J) | ||||
William Smith (J) | ||||
20th (1827–1829) | ||||
21st (1829–1831) | ||||
Robert Y. Hayne (N) | 22nd (1831–1833) | Stephen Decatur Miller (N) | ||
John C. Calhoun (N) | ||||
23rd (1833–1835) | William C. Preston (N) | |||
24th (1835–1837) | ||||
John C. Calhoun (D) | 25th (1837–1839) | William C. Preston (W) | ||
26th (1839–1841) | ||||
27th (1841–1843) | ||||
George McDuffie (D) | ||||
Daniel Elliott Huger (D) | 28th (1843–1845) | |||
John C. Calhoun (D) | 29th (1845–1847) | |||
Andrew Butler (D) | ||||
30th (1847–1849) | ||||
31st (1849–1851) | ||||
Franklin H. Elmore (D) | ||||
Robert Woodward Barnwell (D) | ||||
Robert Rhett (D) | ||||
32nd (1851–1853) | ||||
William F. De Saussure (D) | ||||
Josiah J. Evans (D) | 33rd (1853–1855) | |||
34th (1855–1857) | ||||
35th (1857–1859) | ||||
Arthur P. Hayne (D) | ||||
James Chesnut Jr. (D) | James Henry Hammond (D) | |||
36th (1859–1861) | ||||
vacant | vacant | |||
37th (1861–1863) | ||||
38th (1863–1865) | ||||
39th (1865–1867) | ||||
40th (1867–1869) | ||||
Thomas J. Robertson (R) | Frederick A. Sawyer (R) | |||
41st (1869–1871) | ||||
42nd (1871–1873) | ||||
43rd (1873–1875) | John J. Patterson (R) | |||
44th (1875–1877) | ||||
Matthew Butler (D) | 45th (1877–1879) | |||
46th (1879–1881) | Wade Hampton III (D) | |||
47th (1881–1883) | ||||
48th (1883–1885) | ||||
49th (1885–1887) | ||||
50th (1887–1889) | ||||
51st (1889–1891) | ||||
52nd (1891–1893) | John L. M. Irby (D) | |||
53rd (1893–1895) | ||||
Benjamin Tillman (D) | 54th (1895–1897) | |||
55th (1897–1899) | Joseph H. Earle (D) | |||
John L. McLaurin (D) | ||||
56th (1899–1901) | ||||
57th (1901–1903) | ||||
58th (1903–1905) | Asbury Latimer (D) | |||
59th (1905–1907) | ||||
60th (1907–1909) | ||||
Frank B. Gary (D) | ||||
61st (1909–1911) | Ellison D. Smith (D) | |||
62nd (1911–1913) | ||||
63rd (1913–1915) | ||||
64th (1915–1917) | ||||
65th (1917–1919) | ||||
Christie Benet (D) | ||||
William P. Pollock (D) | ||||
Nathaniel B. Dial (D) | 66th (1919–1921) | |||
67th (1921–1923) | ||||
68th (1923–1925) | ||||
Coleman Livingston Blease (D) | 69th (1925–1927) | |||
70th (1927–1929) | ||||
71st (1929–1931) | ||||
James F. Byrnes (D) | 72nd (1931–1933) | |||
73rd (1933–1935) | ||||
74th (1935–1937) | ||||
75th (1937–1939) | ||||
76th (1939–1941) | ||||
77th (1941–1943) | ||||
Alva M. Lumpkin (D) | ||||
Roger C. Peace (D) | ||||
Burnet R. Maybank (D) | ||||
78th (1943–1945) | ||||
Wilton E. Hall (D) | ||||
79th (1945–1947) | Olin D. Johnston (D) | |||
80th (1947–1949) | ||||
81st (1949–1951) | ||||
82nd (1951–1953) | ||||
83rd (1953–1955) | ||||
Charles E. Daniel (D) | ||||
Strom Thurmond (D) | ||||
84th (1955–1957) | ||||
Thomas A. Wofford (D) | ||||
Strom Thurmond (D) | ||||
85th (1957–1959) | ||||
86th (1959–1961) | ||||
87th (1961–1963) | ||||
88th (1963–1965) | ||||
Strom Thurmond (R) | ||||
89th (1965–1967) | ||||
Donald S. Russell (D) | ||||
Fritz Hollings (D) | ||||
90th (1967–1969) | ||||
91st (1969–1971) | ||||
92nd (1971–1973) | ||||
93rd (1973–1975) | ||||
94th (1975–1977) | ||||
95th (1977–1979) | ||||
96th (1979–1981) | ||||
97th (1981–1983) | ||||
98th (1983–1985) | ||||
99th (1985–1987) | ||||
100th (1987–1989) | ||||
101st (1989–1991) | ||||
102nd (1991–1993) | ||||
103rd (1993–1995) | ||||
104th (1995–1997) | ||||
105th (1997–1999) | ||||
106th (1999–2001) | ||||
107th (2001–2003) | ||||
Lindsey Graham (R) | 108th (2003–2005) | |||
109th (2005–2007) | Jim DeMint (R) | |||
110th (2007–2009) | ||||
111th (2009–2011) | ||||
112th (2011–2013) | ||||
Tim Scott (R) | ||||
113th (2013–2015) | ||||
114th (2015–2017) | ||||
115th (2017–2019) | ||||
116th (2019–2021) | ||||
117th (2021-2023) |
Key[]
Anti-Administration (AA) |
Democratic (D) |
Democratic-Republican (DR) |
Dixiecrat (Dix), States' Rights (SR) |
Federalist (F) Pro-Administration (PA) |
Independent Republican (IR) |
Jacksonian (J) |
National Republican (NR) |
Nullifier (N) |
Republican (R) |
Whig (W) |
See also[]
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
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