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District Years Electoral history D. Wyatt Aiken: Democratic: 3rd: March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1887 Elected in 1876. Retired. William Aiken, Jr. Democratic: 6th: March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 Elected in 1850. Redistricted to the 2nd district. 2nd: March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857 Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1853. Retired ...
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 ...
On January 6, 2023, a three-judge panel from the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina ruled that the current 1st district lines were unconstitutional due to racial gerrymandering and would have to be redrawn April of that year. [1] The case, Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, was argued on October 11 ...
The legislature is bicameral and consists of the lower South Carolina House of Representatives and the upper South Carolina Senate. All together, the General Assembly consists of 170 members. The legislature convenes at the State House in Columbia. Prior to the 1964 federal Reynolds v. Sims decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, each county ...
The following is a list of legislative terms of the South Carolina General Assembly, the law-making branch of government of the U.S. state of South Carolina. South Carolina became part of the United States on May 23, 1788 .
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 .
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.
The 7th congressional district of South Carolina existed in the 19th century, but was eliminated in 1853 as a result of the 1850 census.After the 1880 census, Congress apportioned the state another seat, and the state legislature re-established the district.