South Carolina's 6th congressional district

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+12

The 6th Congressional District of South Carolina is a congressional district in central South Carolina. It includes 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 was gerrymandered in the early 1990s from a deal by Republicans and black Democrats in the South Carolina General Assembly to ensure a majority black population. The rural counties of the black belt in South Carolina make up much of the district, but it was also carved to include the black precincts in Charleston and Columbia.

Even before the district assumed its current configuration, it was a Democratic bastion. It included the northeastern part of the state, from Darlington to Myrtle Beach. It only elected two Republicans, in both cases for only a single term.

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

List of representatives

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	District Residence	Notes
District created in 1793
Andrew Pickens	March 4, 1793	March 3, 1795	Anti-Administration	Abbeville
Samuel Earle	March 4, 1795	March 3, 1797	Democratic-Republican
William Smith	March 4, 1797	March 3, 1799	Democratic-Republican	Spartanburg
Abraham Nott	March 4, 1799	March 3, 1801	Federalist	Camden
Thomas Moore	March 4, 1801	March 3, 1803	Democratic-Republican	Spartanburg	redistricted to the 7th district
Levi Casey	March 4, 1803	February 3, 1807	Democratic-Republican	Newberry	Died
Joseph Calhoun	June 2, 1807	March 3, 1811	Democratic-Republican	Calhoun Mills
John C. Calhoun	March 4, 1811	November 3, 1817	Democratic-Republican	Abbeville	Resigned after being appointed Secretary of War
Eldred Simkins	January 24, 1818	March 3, 1821	Democratic-Republican	Edgefield
George McDuffie	March 4, 1821	March 3, 1823	Democratic-Republican	Charleston	redistricted to the 5th district
John Wilson	March 4, 1823	March 3, 1825	Jacksonian D-R	Golden Grove	redistricted from the 7th district
	March 4, 1825	March 3, 1827	Jacksonian
Warren R. Davis	March 4, 1827	March 3, 1831	Jacksonian	Pendleton
	March 4, 1831	January 29, 1835	Nullifier		Died
Waddy Thompson, Jr.	September 10, 1835	March 3, 1837	Anti-Jackson
	March 4, 1837	March 3, 1841	Whig
William Butler	March 4, 1841	March 3, 1843	Whig
Isaac E. Holmes	March 4, 1843	March 3, 1851	Democrat	Charleston	redistricted from the 1st district
William Aiken, Jr.	March 4, 1851	March 3, 1853	Democrat	Charleston	redistricted to the 2nd district
William W. Boyce	March 4, 1853	December 21, 1860	Democrat	Winnsboro	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	Democrat	Darlington
Eli T. Stackhouse	March 4, 1891	June 14, 1892	Democrat	Little Rock	Died
John L. McLaurin	December 5, 1892	May 31, 1897	Democrat	Bennettsville	Resigned after being elected to US Senate
James Norton	December 6, 1897	March 3, 1901	Democrat	Mullins
Robert B. Scarborough	March 4, 1901	March 3, 1905	Democrat	Conway
J. Edwin Ellerbe	March 4, 1905	March 3, 1913	Democrat	Sellers
J. Willard Ragsdale	March 4, 1913	July 23, 1919	Democrat	Florence	Died
Philip H. Stoll	October 7, 1919	March 3, 1923	Democrat	Kingstree
Allard H. Gasque	March 4, 1923	June 17, 1938	Democrat	Florence	Died
Elizabeth H. Gasque	September 13, 1938	January 3, 1939	Democrat	Florence
John L. McMillan	January 3, 1939	January 3, 1973	Democrat	Mullins
Edward Lunn Young	January 3, 1973	January 3, 1975	Republican	Florence
John Jenrette	January 3, 1975	December 10, 1980	Democrat	North Myrtle Beach	Resigned
John L. Napier	January 3, 1981	January 3, 1983	Republican	Bennettsville
Robin Tallon	January 3, 1983	January 3, 1993	Democrat	Florence
Jim Clyburn	January 3, 1993	Present	Democrat	Sumter	Incumbent

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