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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.

Since 2023

The current dean of the South Carolina delegation is Representative Jim Clyburn (SC-6), having served in the House since 1993.

U.S. House of Representatives

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Main article: List of United States representatives from South Carolina

Current members

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The current U.S. House delegation from South Carolina has 7 members, including 6 Republicans and 1 Democrat.

District Member
(Residence) 		Party Incumbent since CPVI District map
1st  
Nancy Mace
(Charleston) 		Republican January 3, 2021 R+7  
2nd  
Joe Wilson
(Springdale) 		Republican December 18, 2001 R+8  
3rd  
Jeff Duncan
(Laurens) 		Republican January 3, 2011 R+21  
4th  
William Timmons
(Greenville) 		Republican January 3, 2019 R+12  
5th  
Ralph Norman
(Rock Hill) 		Republican June 20, 2017 R+12  
6th  
Jim Clyburn
(Columbia) 		Democratic January 3, 1993 D+14  
7th  
Russell Fry
(Murrells Inlet) 		Republican January 3, 2023 R+11  

Historic representation

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1789–1803

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Congress 1st district 2nd district 3rd district 4th district 5th district 6th district
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

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Congress District
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

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Congress District
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
Hamilton 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 H. Hammond (N) Waddy
Thompson Jr. (NR) 		James Rogers (J)
Franklin H.
Elmore (SR/D) 		John Peter
Richardson II (J)
25th
(1837–1839) 		Hugh S. Legaré (D) Robert Barnwell
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

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Congress District
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
Barnwell
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

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Congress 1st district 2nd district 3rd district 4th district 5th district 6th district
33rd (1853–1855) John
McQueen (D) 		William
Aiken (D) 		Laurence M.
Keitt (D) 		Preston
Brooks (D) 		James Lawrence
Orr (D) 		William W.
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

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Congress 1st district 2nd district 3rd district 4th district 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

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Congress 1st district 2nd district 3rd district 4th district 5th district 6th district 7th district
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) 		A. Frank
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)

1933–2013

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Congress 1st district 2nd district 3rd district 4th district 5th district 6th district
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 Brown (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)

2013–present

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Congress District
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
113th (2013–2015) Mark Sanford (R) Joe Wilson (R) Jeff Duncan (R) Trey Gowdy (R) Mick Mulvaney (R) Jim Clyburn (D) 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)
118th (2023-2025) Russell Fry (R)

United States Senate

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Main article: List of United States senators from South Carolina
Current U.S. senators from South Carolina
South Carolina

CPVI (2022):[1]
R+8
Class II senator Class III senator
 
Lindsey Graham
(Senior senator)
(Seneca) 		 
Tim Scott
(Junior senator)
(Hanahan)
Party Republican Republican
Incumbent since January 3, 2003 January 2, 2013
Class II senator Congress Class III senator
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 Barnwell 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 H. 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)
Cole L. 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)
118th (2023–2025)

Key

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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

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Supported the Jackson faction in the 1824 United States presidential election

References

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  1. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: State Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
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