South Carolina's 2nd congressional district

South Carolina's 2nd congressional district
Current Representative		Joe Wilson (R–Springdale)
Population (2000)	668,668
Median income	$42,915
Ethnicity	69.5% White, 26.4% Black, 1.2% Asian, 3.3% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI	R+14

The 2nd Congressional District of South Carolina is a congressional district in central and southwestern South Carolina. The district spans from the Georgia-South Carolina border to the suburbs surrounding Columbia.

From 2003 to 2013 it included all of Lexington, does not include all of Beaufort County, example: zip 29926 is in the 1st Congressional DistrictBeaufort, Jasper, Hampton, Allendale and Barnwell counties; most of Richland County and parts of Aiken, Calhoun and Orangeburg counties. It was based in the state capital, Columbia; other major cities in the district were Beaufort and Hilton Head Island.

The district has been based in Columbia since 1933, when South Carolina lost a district as a result of the 1930 Census; before then, much of its territory had been the 6th District. It assumed its current configuration after the 1990 Census, when most of its black residents were drawn into the 6th District.

It has been in Republican hands since 1965, when the district's second-term Democratic congressman, Albert Watson, switched parties. The district's best-known congressman, Floyd Spence, represented the district for over 30 years and was chairman of the House Armed Services Committee from 1995 to 2001, when he died a few months after being elected to a 16th term. He was succeeded in a special election by one of his former aides, state senator Joe Wilson, who continues to hold the seat.

Wilson's most recent opponent was Rob Miller.

The district from 2003 to 2013

List of representatives

Name	Tenure	Party	Electoral history
Aedanus Burke	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	Anti-Administration	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Robert Barnwell	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	Pro-Administration	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Hunter	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	Anti-Administration	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Wade Hampton	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	Democratic-Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Rutledge, Jr.	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Butler	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1813	Democratic-Republican	Redistricted from the 5th district
William Lowndes	March 4, 1813 – May 8, 1822	Democratic-Republican	Redistricted from the 4th district Resigned
James Hamilton, Jr.	December 13, 1822 – March 3, 1823	Democratic-Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Jacksonian Democratic-Republican
	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	Jackson
Robert W. Barnwell	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	Jackson	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	Nullifier
William J. Grayson	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	Nullifier	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Robert Rhett	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843	Democratic	Redistricted to the 7th district
Richard F. Simpson	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James L. Orr	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	Democratic	Redistricted to the 5th district
William Aiken, Jr.	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857	Democratic	Redistricted from the 6th district
William P. Miles	March 4, 1857 – December 24, 1860	Democratic	Retired
Civil War – Occupation and Reconstruction	December 24, 1860 – July 20, 1868
Christopher C. Bowen	July 20, 1868 – March 3, 1871	Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Robert C. De Large	March 4, 1871 – January 24, 1873	Republican	Seat declared vacant
Alonzo J. Ransier	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Edmund W.M. Mackey	March 4, 1875 – July 19, 1876	Independent Republican	Seat declared vacant
Charles W. Buttz	November 7, 1876 – March 3, 1877	Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Richard H. Cain	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Michael P. O'Connor	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	Democratic	contested election at end of term
Samuel Dibble	June 9, 1881 – May 31, 1882	Democratic	won contested election
Edmund W.M. Mackey	May 31, 1882 – March 3, 1883	Republican	Redistricted to the 7th district
George D. Tillman	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1893	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
W. Jasper Talbert	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George W. Croft	March 4, 1903 – March 10, 1904	Democratic	Died
Theodore G. Croft	May 17, 1904 – March 3, 1905	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James O'H. Patterson	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James F. Byrnes	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1925	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Butler B. Hare	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Hampton Fulmer	March 4, 1933 – October 19, 1944	Democratic	Redistricted from the 7th district Died
Willa L. Fulmer	November 7, 1944 – January 3, 1945	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John J. Riley	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1949	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Hugo S. Sims, Jr.	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John J. Riley	January 3, 1951 – January 1, 1962	Democratic	Died
Corinne Boyd Riley	April 10, 1962 – January 3, 1963	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Albert Watson	January 3, 1963 – February 1, 1965	Democratic	Resigned
	June 15, 1965 – January 3, 1971	Republican	Re-elected to finish his term as a Republican
Floyd Spence	January 3, 1971 – August 16, 2001	Republican	Died
Joe Wilson	December 18, 2001 – Present	Republican	First elected to finish Spence's term
Name	Tenure	Party	Electoral history

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
• Political Graveyard database of South Carolina congressmen