List of United States senators from South Carolina
Appearance
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.
List of Senators
Class 2Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020. | C | Class 3Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010. The next election will be in 2016. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | ![]() Pierce Butler |
Pro- Administration |
March 4, 1789 – October 25, 1796 |
Elected in 1789. | 1 | 1st | 1 | Elected in 1789. [data missing]. |
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1795 |
Pro- Administration |
![]() Ralph Izard |
1 |
Anti- Administration |
2nd | |||||||||||
Re-elected in 1793. Resigned. |
2 | 3rd | ||||||||||
Democratic- Republican |
4th | 2 | Elected in 1795. Lost re-election. |
March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801 |
Federalist | ![]() Jacob Read |
2 | |||||
Vacant | October 25, 1796 – December 8, 1796 |
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2 | John Hunter | Democratic- Republican |
December 8, 1796 – November 26, 1798 |
Elected to finish Butler's term. Resigned. | ||||||||
5th | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() Charles Pinckney |
Democratic- Republican |
December 6, 1798 – June 6, 1801 |
Elected to finish Hunter's term. | ||||||||
Elected to full term. in 1799. Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Spain. |
3 | 6th | ||||||||||
7th | 3 | Elected in 1800. Died. |
March 4, 1801 – October 26, 1802 |
Democratic- Republican |
![]() John E. Colhoun |
3 | ||||||
Vacant | June 6, 1801 – December 15, 1801 |
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4 | ![]() Thomas Sumter |
Democratic- Republican |
December 15, 1801 – December 16, 1810 |
Elected to finish Pinckney's term. | ||||||||
October 26, 1802 – November 4, 1802 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Colhoun's term. Resigned. |
November 4, 1802 – November 21, 1804 |
Democratic- Republican |
![]() Pierce Butler |
4 | ||||||||
8th | ||||||||||||
November 21, 1804 – December 6, 1804 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Butler's term. | December 6, 1804 – February 26, 1826 |
Democratic- Republican |
![]() John Gaillard |
5 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1805. Resigned. |
4 | 9th | ||||||||||
10th | 4 | Re-elected in 1806. | ||||||||||
11th | ||||||||||||
Vacant | December 16, 1810 – December 31, 1810 |
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5 | ![]() John Taylor |
Democratic- Republican |
December 31, 1810 – November 1816 |
Elected to finish Sumter's term. | ||||||||
Elected in to full term. in 1810. Resigned. |
5 | 12th | ||||||||||
13th | 5 | Re-elected in 1812. | ||||||||||
14th | ||||||||||||
Vacant | November 1816 – December 4, 1816 |
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6 | ![]() William Smith |
Democratic- Republican |
December 4, 1816 – March 3, 1823 |
Elected to finish Taylor's term. | ||||||||
Elected in to full term. in 1816. Lost re-election. |
6 | 15th | ||||||||||
16th | 6 | Re-elected in 1818. | ||||||||||
17th | ||||||||||||
7 | ![]() Robert Y. Hayne |
Jacksonian Republican |
March 4, 1823 – December 13, 1832 |
Elected in 1822. | 7 | 18th | Crawford Republican | |||||
Jacksonian | 19th | 7 | Re-elected in 1824. Died. |
Jacksonian | ||||||||
February 26, 1826 – March 8, 1826 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Gaillard's term. [data missing]. |
March 8, 1826 – November 29, 1826 |
Jacksonian | ![]() William Harper |
6 | ||||||||
Elected to finish Gaillard's term. Lost re-election. |
November 29, 1826 – March 3, 1831 |
Jacksonian | ![]() William Smith |
7 | ||||||||
20th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1828. Resigned to become S.C. Governor. |
8 | 21st | ||||||||||
Nullifier | 22nd | 8 | Elected in 1830. Resigned due to ill health |
March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
Nullifier | Stephen Decatur Miller | 8 | |||||
Vacant | December 13, 1832 – December 29, 1832 |
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8 | ![]() John C. Calhoun |
Nullifier | December 29, 1832 – March 3, 1843 |
Elected to finish Hayne's term. | ||||||||
23rd | March 3, 1833 – November 26, 1833 |
Vacant | ||||||||||
Elected to finish Miller's term. | November 26, 1833 – November 29, 1842 |
Nullifier | ![]() William C. Preston |
9 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1834. | 9 | 24th | ||||||||||
Democratic | 25th | 9 | Re-elected in 1837. [data missing]. |
Whig | ||||||||
26th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1840. Resigned. |
10 | 27th | ||||||||||
November 29, 1842 – December 23, 1842 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Preston's term. | December 23, 1842 – August 17, 1846 |
Democratic | ![]() George McDuffie |
10 | ||||||||
9 | Daniel Elliott Huger | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
Elected to finish Calhoun's term. Resigned. |
28th | 10 | Re-elected in 1842 or 1843. [data missing]. | |||||
Vacant | March 3, 1845 – November 26, 1845 |
29th | ||||||||||
10 | ![]() John C. Calhoun |
Democratic | November 26, 1845 – March 31, 1850 |
Re-elected to finish Huger's term. | ||||||||
August 17, 1846 – December 4, 1846 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue McDuffie's term. Elected to finish McDuffie's term. |
December 4, 1846 – May 25, 1857 |
Democratic | ![]() Andrew Butler |
11 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1846. Died. |
11 | 30th | ||||||||||
31st | 11 | Re-elected in 1848. | ||||||||||
Vacant | March 31, 1850 – April 11, 1850 |
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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 |
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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 |
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13 | ![]() Robert Rhett |
Democratic | December 18, 1850 – May 7, 1852 |
Elected to finish Elmore's term. Resgined. | ||||||||
32nd | ||||||||||||
Vacant | May 7, 1852 – May 10, 1852 |
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14 | ![]() William F. De Saussure |
Democratic | May 10, 1852 – March 3, 1853 |
Appointed to continue Rhett's term. Elected November 29, 1852[1] to finish Rhett's term. [data missing]. | ||||||||
15 | ![]() Josiah J. Evans |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – May 6, 1858 |
Elected in 1852 or 1853. Died. |
12 | 33rd | ||||||
34th | 12 | Re-elected in 1854. Died. | ||||||||||
35th | ||||||||||||
May 25, 1857 – December 7, 1857 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Butler's term. Withdrew. |
December 7, 1857 – November 11, 1860 |
Democratic | ![]() James Henry Hammond |
12 | ||||||||
Vacant | May 6, 1858 – May 11, 1858 |
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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 |
Elected to finish Evans's term. | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1858. Withdrew, and later expelled for his support of the Confederate States. |
13 | 36th | ||||||||||
Vacant | November 10, 1860 – July 15, 1868 |
Civil War and Reconstruction | ||||||||||
Civil War and Reconstruction | November 11, 1860 – July 16, 1868 |
Vacant | ||||||||||
37th | 13 | |||||||||||
38th | ||||||||||||
14 | 39th | |||||||||||
40th | 14 | |||||||||||
18 | ![]() Thomas J. Robertson |
Republican | July 15, 1868 – March 3, 1877 |
Elected to finish the vacant term. | ||||||||
Elected to finish the vacant term. | July 16, 1868 – March 3, 1873 |
Republican | ![]() Frederick A. Sawyer |
13 | ||||||||
41st | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1870. Retired. |
15 | 42nd | ||||||||||
43rd | 15 | Elected in 1872. [data missing]. |
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879 |
Republican | ![]() John J. Patterson |
14 | ||||||
44th | ||||||||||||
19 | ![]() Matthew Butler |
Democratic | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1895 |
Elected in 1876. | 16 | 45th | ||||||
46th | 16 | Elected in 1878. | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1891 |
Democratic | ![]() Wade Hampton III |
15 | ||||||
47th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1882. | 17 | 48th | ||||||||||
49th | 17 | Re-elected in 1884. [data missing]. | ||||||||||
50th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1888. Lost re-election. |
18 | 51st | ||||||||||
52nd | 18 | Elected in 1890. [data missing]. |
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897 |
Democratic | ![]() John L. M. Irby |
16 | ||||||
53rd | ||||||||||||
20 | ![]() Benjamin Tillman |
Democratic | March 4, 1895 – July 3, 1918 |
Elected in 1894. | 19 | 54th | ||||||
55th | 19 | Elected in 1896. Died. |
March 4, 1897 – May 20, 1897 |
Democratic | ![]() Joseph H. Earle |
17 | ||||||
May 20, 1897 – June 1, 1897 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
[data missing] | June 1, 1897 – March 3, 1903 |
Democratic | ![]() John L. McLaurin |
18 | ||||||||
56th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1900. | 20 | 57th | ||||||||||
58th | 20 | Elected in 1902. Died. |
March 4, 1903 – February 20, 1908 |
Democratic | ![]() Asbury Latimer |
19 | ||||||
59th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1906. | 21 | 60th | ||||||||||
February 20, 1908 – March 6, 1908 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
[data missing] | March 6, 1908 – March 3, 1909 |
Democratic | ![]() Frank B. Gary |
20 | ||||||||
61st | 21 | Elected in 1908. | March 4, 1909 – November 17, 1944 |
Democratic | ![]() Ellison D. Smith |
21 | ||||||
62nd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1912. Died. |
22 | 63rd | ||||||||||
64th | 22 | Re-elected in 1914. | ||||||||||
65th | ||||||||||||
Vacant | July 3, 1918 – July 6, 1918 |
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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 |
Elected to finish Tillman's term. [data missing]. | ||||||||
23 | ![]() Nathaniel B. Dial |
Democratic | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1925 |
Elected in 1918. [data missing]. |
23 | 66th | ||||||
67th | 23 | Re-elected in 1920. | ||||||||||
68th | ||||||||||||
24 | ![]() Coleman Livingston Blease |
Democratic | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931 |
Elected in 1924. Lost renomination. |
24 | 69th | ||||||
70th | 24 | Re-elected in 1926. | ||||||||||
71st | ||||||||||||
25 | ![]() James F. Byrnes |
Democratic | March 4, 1931 – July 8, 1941 |
Elected in 1930. | 25 | 72nd | ||||||
73rd | 25 | Re-elected in 1932. | ||||||||||
74th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1936. Resigned. |
26 | 75th | ||||||||||
76th | 26 | Re-elected in 1938. Lost renomination, and then died | ||||||||||
77th | ||||||||||||
Vacant | July 8, 1941 – July 22, 1941 |
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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 |
Elected to finish Byrnes's term. | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1942. | 27 | 78th | ||||||||||
November 17, 1944 – November 20, 1944 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to complete Smith's term. | November 20, 1944 – January 3, 1945 |
Democratic | ![]() Wilton E. Hall |
22 | ||||||||
79th | 27 | Elected in 1944. | January 3, 1945 – April 18, 1965 |
Democratic | ![]() Olin D. Johnston |
23 | ||||||
80th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1948. Died. |
28 | 81st | ||||||||||
82nd | 28 | Re-elected in 1950. | ||||||||||
83rd | ||||||||||||
Vacant | September 1, 1954 – September 6, 1954 |
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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 |
Appointed to finish Daniel's term., having been elected to the next term. | ||||||||
Elected to full term. in 1954. Resigned. |
29 | 84th | ||||||||||
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 in 1956. to finish his own term. | ||||||||
85th | 29 | Re-elected in 1956. | ||||||||||
86th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1960. | 30 | 87th | ||||||||||
88th | 30 | Re-elected in 1962. Died. | ||||||||||
Republican | ||||||||||||
89th | ||||||||||||
April 18, 1965 – April 22, 1965 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Johnston's term. Lost nomination to finish Johnston's term. |
April 22, 1965 – November 8, 1966 |
Democratic | ![]() Donald S. Russell |
24 | ||||||||
Elected to finish Johnston's term. | November 9, 1966 – January 3, 2005 |
Democratic | ![]() Ernest Hollings |
25 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1966. | 31 | 90th | ||||||||||
91st | 31 | Re-elected in 1968. | ||||||||||
92nd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1972. | 32 | 93rd | ||||||||||
94th | 32 | Re-elected in 1974. | ||||||||||
95th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1978. | 33 | 96th | ||||||||||
97th | 33 | Re-elected in 1980. | ||||||||||
98th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1984. | 34 | 99th | ||||||||||
100th | 34 | Re-elected in 1986. | ||||||||||
101st | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1990. | 35 | 102nd | ||||||||||
103rd | 35 | Re-elected in 1992. | ||||||||||
104th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1996. Retired. |
36 | 105th | ||||||||||
106th | 36 | Re-elected in 1998. Retired. | ||||||||||
107th | ||||||||||||
33 | ![]() Lindsey Graham |
Republican | January 3, 2003 – Present |
Elected in 2002. | 37 | 108th | ||||||
109th | 37 | Elected in 2004. | January 3, 2005 – January 1, 2013 |
Republican | ![]() Jim DeMint |
26 | ||||||
110th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2008. | 38 | 111th | ||||||||||
112th | 38 | Re-elected in 2010. Resigned to head The Heritage Foundation. | ||||||||||
Appointed to continue DeMint's term. Elected to finish DeMint's term. |
January 2, 2013 – Present |
Republican | ![]() Tim Scott |
27 | ||||||||
113th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2014. | 39 | 114th | ||||||||||
115th | 39 | To be decided in the 2016 election. | ||||||||||
116th | ||||||||||||
To be decided in the 2020 election. | 40 | 117th | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | C | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # |
Class 2 | Class 3 |
List of living former U.S. Senators
As of January 2016[update], there are two former Senators who are living, both from Class 3.
Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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Ernest Hollings | 1966–2005 | 3 | January 1, 1922 |
James W. DeMint | 2005–2013 | 3 | September 2, 1951 |
See also
- List of United States Representatives from South Carolina
- United States Congressional Delegations from South Carolina
References
- ^ Byrd, Robert C.; Wolff, Wendy (October 1, 1993). "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992" (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 164.