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.
List of Senators
Class 2 Class 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. |
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# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | ![]() Pierce Butler |
Pro- Administration |
March 4, 1789 – October 25, 1796 |
Elected in 1789. | 1 | 1st Congress | 1 | Elected in 1789. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]. |
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1795 |
Pro- Administration |
![]() Ralph Izard |
1 |
Anti- Administration |
2nd Congress | |||||||||||
Re-elected in 1793. Resigned. |
2 | 3rd Congress | ||||||||||
Democratic- Republican |
4th Congress | 2 | Election year unknown. 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 Congress | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() Charles Pinckney |
Democratic- Republican |
December 6, 1798 – June 6, 1801 |
Elected to finish Hunter's term. | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1799. Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Spain. |
3 | 6th Congress | ||||||||||
7th Congress | 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 Congress | ||||||||||||
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 Congress | ||||||||||
10th Congress | 4 | Re-elected in 1806. | ||||||||||
11th Congress | ||||||||||||
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. | ||||||||
Re-elected December 20, 1810. Resigned. |
5 | 12th Congress | ||||||||||
13th Congress | 5 | Re-elected in 1812. | ||||||||||
14th Congress | ||||||||||||
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. | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1816. Lost re-election. |
6 | 15th Congress | ||||||||||
16th Congress | 6 | Re-elected in 1818. | ||||||||||
17th Congress | ||||||||||||
7 | ![]() Robert Y. Hayne |
Jacksonian Republican |
March 4, 1823 – December 13, 1832 |
Elected in 1822. | 7 | 18th Congress | Crawford Republican | |||||
Jacksonian | 19th Congress | 7 | Re-elected in 1824. Died. |
Jacksonian | ||||||||
February 26, 1826 – March 8, 1826 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Gaillard's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]. |
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 Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1828. Resigned to become S.C. Governor. |
8 | 21st Congress | ||||||||||
Nullifier | 22nd Congress | 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 Congress | 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 Congress | ||||||||||
Democratic | 25th Congress | 9 | Re-elected in 1837. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]. |
Whig | ||||||||
26th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1840. Resigned. |
10 | 27th Congress | ||||||||||
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 Congress | 10 | Re-elected in 1842 or 1843. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]. | |||||
Vacant | March 3, 1845 – November 26, 1845 |
29th Congress | ||||||||||
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 Congress | ||||||||||
31st Congress | 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 Congress | ||||||||||||
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] | ||||||||
15 | ![]() Josiah J. Evans |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – May 6, 1858 |
Elected in 1852 or 1853. Died. |
12 | 33rd Congress | ||||||
34th Congress | 12 | Re-elected in 1854. Died. | ||||||||||
35th Congress | ||||||||||||
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 Congress | ||||||||||
Vacant | November 10, 1860 – July 15, 1868 |
Civil War and Reconstruction | ||||||||||
Civil War and Reconstruction | November 11, 1860 – July 16, 1868 |
Vacant | ||||||||||
37th Congress | 13 | |||||||||||
38th Congress | ||||||||||||
14 | 39th Congress | |||||||||||
40th Congress | 14 | |||||||||||
18 | ![]() Thomas J. Robertson |
Republican | July 15, 1868 – March 3, 1877 |
Elected to finish the vacant term. | ||||||||
Elected to finish the vacant term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
July 16, 1868 – March 3, 1873 |
Republican | ![]() Frederick A. Sawyer |
13 | ||||||||
41st Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1870. Retired. |
15 | 42nd Congress | ||||||||||
43rd Congress | 15 | Elected in 1872 or 1873. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]. |
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879 |
Republican | ![]() John J. Patterson |
14 | ||||||
44th Congress | ||||||||||||
19 | ![]() Matthew Butler |
Democratic | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1895 |
Elected in 1876. | 16 | 45th Congress | ||||||
46th Congress | 16 | Elected in 1878. | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1891 |
Democratic | ![]() Wade Hampton III |
15 | ||||||
47th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1882. | 17 | 48th Congress | ||||||||||
49th Congress | 17 | Re-elected in 1884. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
50th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1888. Lost renomination. |
18 | 51st Congress | ||||||||||
52nd Congress | 18 | Elected in 1890. Retired. |
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897 |
Democratic | ![]() John L. M. Irby |
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53rd Congress | ||||||||||||
20 | ![]() Benjamin Tillman |
Democratic | March 4, 1895 – July 3, 1918 |
Elected December 11, 1894. | 19 | 54th Congress | ||||||
55th Congress | 19 | Elected January 26, 1897. Died. |
March 4, 1897 – May 20, 1897 |
Democratic | ![]() Joseph H. Earle |
17 | ||||||
May 20, 1897 – May 27, 1897 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Earle's term. Elected January 26, 1898 to finish Earle's term.[2] Retired. |
May 27, 1897 – March 3, 1903 |
Democratic | ![]() John L. McLaurin |
18 | ||||||||
56th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1901. | 20 | 57th Congress | ||||||||||
58th Congress | 20 | Elected in 1902. Died. |
March 4, 1903 – February 20, 1908 |
Democratic | ![]() Asbury Latimer |
19 | ||||||
59th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1907. | 21 | 60th Congress | ||||||||||
February 20, 1908 – March 6, 1908 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | March 6, 1908 – March 3, 1909 |
Democratic | ![]() Frank B. Gary |
20 | ||||||||
61st Congress | 21 | Elected in 1908. | March 4, 1909 – November 17, 1944 |
Democratic | ![]() Ellison D. Smith |
21 | ||||||
62nd Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1912. Died. |
22 | 63rd Congress | ||||||||||
64th Congress | 22 | Re-elected in 1914. | ||||||||||
65th Congress | ||||||||||||
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 unknown/missing. You can help!]. | ||||||||
23 | ![]() Nathaniel B. Dial |
Democratic | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1925 |
Elected in 1918. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]. |
23 | 66th Congress | ||||||
67th Congress | 23 | Re-elected in 1920. | ||||||||||
68th Congress | ||||||||||||
24 | ![]() Coleman Livingston Blease |
Democratic | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931 |
Elected in 1924. Lost renomination. |
24 | 69th Congress | ||||||
70th Congress | 24 | Re-elected in 1926. | ||||||||||
71st Congress | ||||||||||||
25 | ![]() James F. Byrnes |
Democratic | March 4, 1931 – July 8, 1941 |
Elected in 1930. | 25 | 72nd Congress | ||||||
73rd Congress | 25 | Re-elected in 1932. | ||||||||||
74th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1936. Resigned. |
26 | 75th Congress | ||||||||||
76th Congress | 26 | Re-elected in 1938. Lost renomination, and then died | ||||||||||
77th Congress | ||||||||||||
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 Congress | ||||||||||
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 Congress | 27 | Elected in 1944. | January 3, 1945 – April 18, 1965 |
Democratic | ![]() Olin D. Johnston |
23 | ||||||
80th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1948. Died. |
28 | 81st Congress | ||||||||||
82nd Congress | 28 | Re-elected in 1950. | ||||||||||
83rd Congress | ||||||||||||
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 in 1954. Resigned. |
29 | 84th Congress | ||||||||||
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 Congress | 29 | Re-elected in 1956. | ||||||||||
86th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1960. Changed parties September 16, 1964. |
30 | 87th Congress | ||||||||||
88th Congress | 30 | Re-elected in 1962. Died. | ||||||||||
Republican | ||||||||||||
89th Congress | ||||||||||||
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 Congress | ||||||||||
91st Congress | 31 | Re-elected in 1968. | ||||||||||
92nd Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1972. | 32 | 93rd Congress | ||||||||||
94th Congress | 32 | Re-elected in 1974. | ||||||||||
95th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1978. | 33 | 96th Congress | ||||||||||
97th Congress | 33 | Re-elected in 1980. | ||||||||||
98th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1984. | 34 | 99th Congress | ||||||||||
100th Congress | 34 | Re-elected in 1986. | ||||||||||
101st Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1990. | 35 | 102nd Congress | ||||||||||
103rd Congress | 35 | Re-elected in 1992. | ||||||||||
104th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1996. Retired. |
36 | 105th Congress | ||||||||||
106th Congress | 36 | Re-elected in 1998. Retired. | ||||||||||
107th Congress | ||||||||||||
33 | ![]() Lindsey Graham |
Republican | January 3, 2003 – Present |
Elected in 2002. | 37 | 108th Congress | ||||||
109th Congress | 37 | Elected in 2004. | January 3, 2005 – January 1, 2013 |
Republican | ![]() Jim DeMint |
26 | ||||||
110th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2008. | 38 | 111th Congress | ||||||||||
112th Congress | 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 Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2014. | 39 | 114th Congress | ||||||||||
115th Congress | 39 | Re-elected in 2016. | ||||||||||
116th Congress | ||||||||||||
To be determined in the 2020 election. | 40 | 117th Congress | ||||||||||
118th Congress | 40 | To be determined in the 2022 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 2 | Class 3 |
List of living former U.S. Senators
As of October 2016, there are two former Senators who are living, both from Class 3. The most recent senator to die was Strom Thurmond of Class 2 (1954-1956, 1956-2003) on June 26, 2003. The most recent Class 3 senator to die was Donald S. Russell (1965-1966) on February 22, 1998.
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
Notes
References
- Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy, ed. "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992". United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.