South Carolina's 6th congressional district

"SC-06" redirects here. For other uses, see SC-6.

South Carolina's 6th congressional district
Current Representative		Jim Clyburn (D–Columbia)
Population (2000)	668,670
Median income	$28,967
Ethnicity	40.8% White, 57.0% Black, 0.5% Asian, 1.5% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI	D+17

The 6th Congressional District of South Carolina is a congressional district in central South Carolina. From 2003 to 2013 it included all of Bamberg, Clarendon, Colleton, Marion and Williamsburg counties and parts of Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Dorchester, Florence, Georgetown, Lee, Orangeburg, Richland and Sumter counties. The district borders shifted south in the 2012 redistricting,moving away from North Carolina and adding the Georgia-South Carolina border.

The district was defined in the early 1990s in a deal between state Republicans (mostly white) and Democrats (mostly black) in the South Carolina General Assembly to ensure a majority-black population, known as a majority-minority district. The rural counties of the historical black belt in South Carolina make up much of the district, but it was shaped also to include the black precincts in Charleston and Columbia.

It has historically been considered a Democratic bastion, as the state had been until the late twentieth century. It included the northeastern part of the state, from Darlington to Myrtle Beach. It has elected only two Republicans since the early twentieth century, in both cases for only a single term.

Jim Clyburn, the current Assistant House Minority Leader, has represented this district since taking office in 1993.

The district from 2003 to 2013

List of representatives

Name	Years	Party	Electoral history
District created in 1793
Andrew Pickens	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	Anti- Administration	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Samuel Earle	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Smith	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Abraham Nott	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas Moore	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	Democratic- Republican	Redistricted to the 7th district
Levi Casey	March 4, 1803 – February 3, 1807	Democratic- Republican	Died
Joseph Calhoun	June 2, 1807 – March 3, 1811	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John C. Calhoun	March 4, 1811 – November 3, 1817	Democratic- Republican	Resigned after being appointed Secretary of War
Eldred Simkins	January 24, 1818 – March 3, 1821	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George McDuffie	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	Democratic- Republican	Redistricted to the 5th district
John Wilson	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Jacksonian Democratic-Republican	Redistricted from the 7th district
	| March 4, 1825 – | March 3, 1827	Jacksonian	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Warren R. Davis	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831	Jacksonian	Died
	March 4, 1831 – January 29, 1835	Nullifier
Waddy Thompson, Jr.	September 10, 1835 – March 3, 1837	Anti- Jackson	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	Whig
William Butler	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	Whig	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Isaac E. Holmes	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1851	Democratic	Redistricted from the 1st district
William Aiken, Jr.	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	Democratic	Redistricted to the 2nd district
William W. Boyce	March 4, 1853 – December 21, 1860	Democratic	Retired
Civil War - Occupation and Reconstruction - Not Allocated
District eliminated in 1867
District re-established 1883
George W. Dargan	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1891	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Eli T. Stackhouse	March 4, 1891 – June 14, 1892	Democratic	Died
John L. McLaurin	December 5, 1892 – May 31, 1897	Democratic	Resigned after being elected to US Senate
James Norton	December 6, 1897 – March 3, 1901	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Robert B. Scarborough	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
J. Edwin Ellerbe	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1913	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
J. Willard Ragsdale	March 4, 1913 – July 23, 1919	Democratic	Died
Philip H. Stoll	October 7, 1919 – March 3, 1923	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Allard H. Gasque	March 4, 1923 – June 17, 1938	Democratic	Died
Elizabeth H. Gasque	September 13, 1938 – January 3, 1939	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John L. McMillan	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1973	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Edward Lunn Young	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Jenrette	January 3, 1975 – December 10, 1980	Democratic	Resigned
John L. Napier	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Robin Tallon	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Jim Clyburn	January 3, 1993 – Present	Democratic	First elected in 1992

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