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South Carolina ratified the United States Constitution on May 23, 1788. Its Senate seats were declared vacant in July 1861 owing to its secession from the Union. They were again filled from July 1868. The state's current U.S. senators are Republicans Lindsey Graham, serving since 2003, and Tim Scott, serving since 2013.
In the general election, he defeated Democratic nominee Alex Sanders, the former president of the College of Charleston and former chief judge of the South Carolina Court of Appeals, 600,010 votes (54%) to 487,359 (44%). [51] Graham thus became South Carolina's first new U.S. senator since Fritz Hollings in 1966. [52]
A diagram of the Senate Chamber, 1917. The South Carolina Senate is the upper house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the lower house being the South Carolina House of Representatives. It consists of 46 senators elected from single member districts for four-year terms at the same time as United States presidential elections.
University of South Carolina (BA, JD) January 3, 2003 2026 Class 2 ... Seniority in the United States Senate; List of current members of the United States House of ...
The 30 Republicans in the 46-member chamber had a majority to pass the ban, but did not have the extra votes to end a threatened filibuster by Republican Sen. Tom Davis. Davis, the chief of staff ...
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 Jim Clyburn (SC-6) , having served in the House since 1993.
Three female GOP state senators who tried to protect abortion rights in South Carolina lost primary elections this month to men who ran on anti-abortion platforms.. Katrina Shealy, Sandy Senn and ...
Pages in category "United States senators from South Carolina" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .