List of United States Senators from South Carolina

South Carolina ratified the 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.

Class 2

Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for two sessions of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Pierce Butler	Pro- Administration	March 4, 1789 – October 25, 1796	1	1	Elected in 1789
		Anti- Administration		2
				3	2	Re-elected in 1793 Resigned
		Democratic- Republican		4
Vacant			October 25, 1796 – December 8, 1796
2	John Hunter	Democratic- Republican	December 8, 1796 – November 26, 1798	4 (Continued)		Elected to finish Butler's term Resigned
				5
3	Charles Pinckney	Democratic- Republican	December 6, 1798 – June 6, 1801			Elected to finish Hunter's term
				6	3	Elected to full term in 1799 Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Spain
				7
Vacant			June 6, 1801 – December 15, 1801
4	Thomas Sumter	Democratic- Republican	December 15, 1801 – December 16, 1810	7 (Continued)		Elected to finish Pinckney's term
				8
				9	4	Re-elected in 1805 Resigned
				10
				11
Vacant			December 16, 1810 – December 31, 1810
5	John Taylor	Democratic- Republican	December 31, 1810 – November 1816	11 (Continued)		Elected to finish Sumter's term
				12	5	Elected in to full term in 1810 Resigned
				13
				14
Vacant			November 1816 – December 4, 1816
6	William Smith	Democratic- Republican	December 4, 1816 – March 3, 1823	14 (Continued)		Elected to finish Taylor's term
				15	6	Elected in to full term in 1816 Lost re-election
				16
				17
7	Robert Y. Hayne	Jacksonian Republican	March 4, 1823 – December 13, 1832	18	7	Elected in 1822
		Jacksonian		19
				20
				21	8	Re-elected in 1828 Resigned to become Governor of South Carolina
		Nullifier		22
Vacant			December 13, 1832 – December 29, 1832
8	John C. Calhoun	Nullifier	December 29, 1832 – March 3, 1843	22 (Continued)		Elected to finish Hayne's term
				23
				24	9	Re-elected in 1834
		Democratic		25
				26
				27	10	Re-elected in 1840 Resigned
9	Daniel Elliott Huger	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28		Elected to finish Calhoun's term Resigned
Vacant			March 3, 1845 – November 26, 1845	29
10	John C. Calhoun	Democratic	November 26, 1845 – March 31, 1850	29 (Continued)		Re-elected to finish Huger's term
				30	11	Re-elected in 1846 Died
				31
Vacant			March 31, 1850 – April 11, 1850
11	Franklin H. Elmore	Democratic	April 11, 1850 – May 29, 1850			Appointed to continue Calhoun's term Died
Vacant			May 29, 1850 – June 4, 1850
12	Robert Woodward Barnwell	Democratic	June 4, 1850 – December 8, 1850			Appointed to continue Elmore's term Retired when successor elected
Vacant			December 8, 1850 – December 18, 1850
13	Robert Rhett	Democratic	December 18, 1850 – May 7, 1852	31 (Continued)		Elected to finish Elmore's term Resgined
				32
Vacant			May 7, 1852 – May 10, 1852
14	William F. De Saussure	Democratic	May 10, 1852 – March 3, 1853	32 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Rhett's term Elected to finish Rhett's term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
15	Josiah J. Evans	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – May 6, 1858	33	12	Elected in 1852 Died
				34
				35
Vacant			May 6, 1858 – May 11, 1858
16	Arthur P. Hayne	Democratic	May 11, 1858 – December 2, 1858			Appointed to continue Evans's term Retired when successor elected
17	James Chesnut, Jr.	Democratic	December 3, 1858 – November 10, 1860	35 (Continued)		Elected to finish Evans's term
				36	13	Re-elected in 1858 Withdrew, and later expelled for his support of the Confederate States
Vacant			November 10, 1860 – July 15, 1868			Civil War and Reconstruction
				37
				38
				39	14
				40
18	Thomas J. Robertson	Republican	July 15, 1868 – March 3, 1877			Elected to finish vacant term
				41
				42	15	Re-elected in 1872
				43
				44
19	Matthew Butler	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1895	45	16	Elected in 1876
				46
				47
				48	17	Re-elected in 1882
				49
				50
				51	18	Re-elected in 1888 Lost re-election
				52
				53
20	Benjamin Tillman	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – July 3, 1918	54	19	Elected in 1894
				55
				56
				57	20	Re-elected in 1900
				58
				59
				60	21	Re-elected in 1906
				61
				62
				63	22	Re-elected in 1912 Died
				64
				65
Vacant			July 3, 1918 – July 6, 1918
21	Christie Benet	Democratic	July 6, 1918 – November 5, 1918			Appointed to continue Tillman's term Lost election to finish Tillman's term
22	William P. Pollock	Democratic	November 6, 1918 – March 3, 1919	65 (Continued)		Elected to finish Tillman's term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
23	Nathaniel B. Dial	Democratic	March 3, 1919 – March 3, 1925	66	23	Elected in 1918 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				67
				68
24	Coleman Livingston Blease	Democratic	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931	69	24	Elected in 1924 Lost renomination
				70
				71
25	James F. Byrnes	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – July 8, 1941	72	25	Elected in 1930
				73
				74
				75	26	Re-elected in 1936 Resigned
				76
				77
Vacant			July 8, 1941 – July 22, 1941
26	Alva M. Lumpkin	Democratic	July 22, 1941 – August 1, 1941			Appointed to continue Byrnes's term Died
27	Roger C. Peace	Democratic	August 5, 1941 – November 4, 1941			Appointed to continue Byrne's term Retired when successor elected
28	Burnet R. Maybank	Democratic	November 5, 1941 – September 1, 1954	77 (Continued)		Elected to finish Byrnes's term
				78	27	Re-elected in 1942
				79
				80
				81	28	Re-elected in 1948 Died
				82
				83
Vacant			September 1, 1954 – September 6, 1954
29	Charles E. Daniel	Democratic	September 6, 1954 – December 23, 1954			Appointed to finish Maybank's term Resigned early to give successor preferential seniority
30	Strom Thurmond	Democratic	December 24, 1954 – April 4, 1956	83 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Daniel's term, having been elected to the next term
				84	29	Elected to full term in 1954 Resigned
31	Thomas A. Wofford	Democratic	April 5, 1956 – November 6, 1956			Appointed to continue Thurmond's term Retired
32	Strom Thurmond	Democratic	November 7, 1956 – January 3, 2003			Elected to finish his own term
				85
				86
				87	30	Re-elected in 1960
				88
		Republican		88 (Continued)
				89
				90	31	Re-elected in 1966
				91
				92
				93	32	Re-elected in 1972
				94
				95
				96	33	Re-elected in 1978
				97
				98
				99	34	Re-elected in 1984
				100
				101
				102	35	Re-elected in 1990
				103
				104
				105	36	Re-elected in 1996 Retired
				106
				107
33	Lindsey Graham	Republican	January 3, 2003 – Present	108	37	Elected in 2002
				109
				110
				111	38	Re-elected in 2008
				112
				113
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 3

Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for three sessions of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Ralph Izard	Pro- Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1795	1	1	Elected in 1789 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				2
				3
2	Jacob Read	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801	4	2	Elected in 1795 Lost re-election
				5
				6
3	John E. Colhoun	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1801 – October 26, 1802	7	3	Elected in 1800 Died
Vacant			October 26, 1802 – November 4, 1802
4	Pierce Butler	Democratic- Republican	November 4, 1802 – November 21, 1804	7 (Continued)		Elected to finish Colhoun's term Resgined
				8
Vacant			November 21, 1804 – December 6, 1804
5	John Gaillard	Democratic- Republican	December 6, 1804 – February 26, 1826	8 (Continued)		Elected in finish Butler's term
				9
				10	4	Re-elected in 1806
				11
				12
				13	5	Re-elected in 1812
				14
				15
				16	6	Re-elected in 1818
				17
		Crawford Republican		18
		Jacksonian		19	7	Re-elected in 1824 Died
Vacant			February 26, 1826 – March 8, 1826
6	William Harper	Jacksonian	March 8, 1826 – November 29, 1826			[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
7	William Smith	Jacksonian	November 29, 1826 – March 3, 1831	19 (Continued)		[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				20
				21
8	Stephen Decatur Miller	Nullifier	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22	8	Elected in 1830 Resigned due to ill health
Vacant			March 3, 1833 – November 26, 1833	23
9	William C. Preston	Nullifier	November 26, 1833 – November 29, 1842	23 (Continued)		Elected to finish Miller's term
				24
		Whig		25	9	Re-elected in 1836 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				26
				27
Vacant			November 29, 1842 – December 23, 1842
10	George McDuffie	Democratic	December 23, 1842 – August 17, 1846	27 (Continued)		Elected to finish Preston's term
				28	10	Re-elected in 1842 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				29
Vacant			August 17, 1846 – December 4, 1846
11	Andrew Butler	Democratic	December 4, 1846 – May 25, 1857	29 (Continued)		Appointed to continue McDuffie's term Elected to finish McDuffie's term
				30
				31	11	Re-elected in 1848
				32
				33
				34	12	Re-elected in 1854 Died
				35
Vacant			May 25, 1857 – December 7, 1857
12	James Henry Hammond	Democratic	December 7, 1857 – November 11, 1860	35 (Continued)		Elected to finish Butler's term Withdrew
				36
Vacant			November 11, 1860 – July 16, 1868	36 (Continued)		Civil War and Reconstruction
				37	13
				38
				39
				40	14
13	Frederick A. Sawyer	Republican	July 16, 1868 – March 3, 1873			[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				41
				42
14	John J. Patterson	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	43	15	Elected in 1872 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				44
				45
15	Wade Hampton III	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1891	46	16	Elected in 1878
				47
				48
				49	17	Re-elected in 1884 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				50
				51
16	John L. M. Irby	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897	52	18	Elected in 1890 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				53
				54
17	Joseph H. Earle	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – May 20, 1897	55	19	Elected in 1896 Died
Vacant			May 20, 1897 – June 1, 1897
18	John L. McLaurin	Democratic	June 1, 1897 – March 3, 1903	55 (Continued)		[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				56
				57
19	Asbury Latimer	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – February 20, 1908	58	20	Elected in 1902 Died
				59
				60
Vacant			February 20, 1908 – March 6, 1908
20	Frank B. Gary	Democratic	March 6, 1908 – March 3, 1909			[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
21	Ellison D. Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – November 17, 1944	61	21	Elected in 1908
				62
				63
				64	22	Re-elected in 1914
				65
				66
				67	23	Re-elected in 1920
				68
				69
				70	24	Re-elected in 1926
				71
				72
				73	25	Re-elected in 1932
				74
				75
				76	26	Re-elected in 1938 Lost renomination, and then died
				77
				78
Vacant			November 17, 1944 – November 20, 1944	78 (Continued)
22	Wilton E. Hall	Democratic	November 20, 1944 – January 3, 1945			Appointed to complete Smith's term
23	Olin D. Johnston	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – April 18, 1965	79	27	Elected in 1944
				80
				81
				82	28	Re-elected in 1950
				83
				84
				85	29	Re-elected in 1956
				86
				87
				88	30	Re-elected in 1962 Died
				89
Vacant			April 18, 1965 – April 22, 1965
24	Donald S. Russell	Democratic	April 22, 1965 – November 8, 1966			Appointed to continue Johnson's term Lost nomination to finish Johnson's term
25	Ernest Hollings	Democratic	November 9, 1966 – January 3, 2005	89 (Continued)		Elected to finish Johnson's term
				90
				91	31	Re-elected in 1968
				92
				93
				94	32	Re-elected in 1974
				95
				96
				97	33	Re-elected in 1980
				98
				99
				100	34	Re-elected in 1986
				101
				102
				103	35	Re-elected in 1992
				104
				105
				106	36	Re-elected in 1998 Retired
				107
				108
26	James W. DeMint	Republican	January 3, 2005 – January 1, 2013	109	37	Elected in 2004
				110
				111
				112	38	Re-elected in 2010 Resigned to head The Heritage Foundation
27	Tim Scott	Republican	January 2, 2013 – Present	112 (Continued)		Appointed to continue DeMint's term
				113
				114
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

See also

• List of United States Representatives from South Carolina
• United States Congressional Delegations from South Carolina