United States congressional delegations from South Carolina

These are tables of congressional delegations from South Carolina to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

Since 2023

The current dean of the South Carolina delegation is Representative Jim Clyburn (SC-6), having served in the House since 1993.

U.S. House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives from South Carolina

Current members

The current U.S. House delegation from South Carolina has 7 members, including 6 Republicans and 1 Democrat.

District	Member (Residence)	Party	Incumbent since	CPVI	District map
1st	Nancy Mace (Charleston)	Republican	January 3, 2021	R+7
2nd	Joe Wilson (Springdale)	Republican	December 18, 2001	R+8
3rd	Jeff Duncan (Laurens)	Republican	January 3, 2011	R+21
4th	William Timmons (Greenville)	Republican	January 3, 2019	R+12
5th	Ralph Norman (Rock Hill)	Republican	June 20, 2017	R+12
6th	Jim Clyburn (Columbia)	Democratic	January 3, 1993	D+14
7th	Russell Fry (Murrells Inlet)	Republican	January 3, 2023	R+11

Historic representation

1789–1803

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
1st (1789–1791)	William Loughton Smith (PA)	Aedanus Burke (AA)	Daniel Huger (PA)	Thomas Sumter (AA)	Thomas Tudor Tucker (AA)
2nd (1791–1793)		Robert Barnwell (PA)
3rd (1793–1795)		John Hunter (AA)	Lemuel Benton (AA)	Richard Winn (AA)	Alexander Gillon (AA)	Andrew Pickens (AA)
					Robert Goodloe Harper (PA)
4th (1795–1797)	William Loughton Smith (F)	Wade Hampton I (DR)	Lemuel Benton (DR)	Richard Winn (DR)	Robert Goodloe Harper (F)	Samuel Earle (DR)
5th (1797–1799)		John Rutledge Jr. (F)		Thomas Sumter (DR)		William Smith (DR)
	Thomas Pinckney (F)
6th (1799–1801)			Benjamin Huger (F)			Abraham Nott (F)
7th (1801–1803)	Thomas Lowndes (F)				William Butler (DR)	Thomas Moore (DR)
				Richard Winn (DR)

1803–1813

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
8th (1803–1805)	Thomas Lowndes (F)	William Butler (DR)	Benjamin Huger (F)	Wade Hampton I (DR)	Richard Winn (DR)	Levi Casey (DR)	Thomas Moore (DR)	John B. Earle (DR)
9th (1805–1807)	Robert Marion (DR)		David R. Williams (DR)	O'Brien Smith (DR)				Elias Earle (DR)
10th (1807–1809)				John Taylor (DR)		Joseph Calhoun (DR)		Lemuel J. Alston (DR)
11th (1809–1811)			Robert Witherspoon (DR)
	Langdon Cheves (DR)
12th (1811–1813)			David R. Williams (DR)	William Lowndes (DR)		John C. Calhoun (DR)		Elias Earle (DR)

1813–1843

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
13th (1813–1815)	Langdon Cheves (DR)	William Lowndes (DR)	Theodore Gourdin (DR)	John J. Chappell (DR)	David R. Evans (DR)	John C. Calhoun (DR)	Elias Earle (DR)	Samuel Farrow (DR)	John Kershaw (DR)
14th (1815–1817)	Henry Middleton (DR)		Benjamin Huger (F)		William Woodward (DR)		John Taylor (DR)	Thomas Moore (DR)	William Mayrant (DR)
									Stephen Decatur Miller (DR)
15th (1817–1819)			James Ervin (DR)	Joseph Bellinger (DR)	Starling Tucker (DR)		Elias Earle (DR)	Wilson Nesbitt (DR)
						Eldred Simkins (DR)
16th (1819–1821)	Charles Pinckney (DR)			James Overstreet (DR)				John McCreary (DR)	Joseph Brevard (DR)
17th (1821–1823)	Joel Roberts Poinsett (DR)^[a]		Thomas R. Mitchell (DR)			George McDuffie (DR)	John Wilson (DR)	Joseph Gist (DR)	James Blair (DR)
		James Hamilton Jr. (DR)^[a]		Andrew R. Govan (DR)^[a]					John Carter (DR)
18th (1823–1825)			Robert B. Campbell (DR)^[a]		George McDuffie (DR)^[a]	John Wilson (DR)^[a]	Joseph Gist (DR)^[a]	John Carter (DR)^[a]	Starling Tucker (DR)^[a]
19th (1825–1827)	William Drayton (J)	James Hamilton Jr. (J)	Thomas R. Mitchell (J)	Andrew R. Govan (J)	George McDuffie (J)	John Wilson (J)	Joseph Gist (J)	John Carter (J)	Starling Tucker (J)
20th (1827–1829)				William D. Martin (J)		Warren R. Davis (J)	William T. Nuckolls (J)
21st (1829–1831)		Robert Woodeard Barnwell (J)	John Campbell (J)					James Blair (J)
22nd (1831–1833)		Robert Woodward Barnwell (N)	Thomas R. Mitchell (J)	John Myers Felder (J)		Warren R. Davis (N)			John K. Griffin (N)
23rd (1833–1835)	Henry L. Pinckney (N)	William J. Grayson (N)	Thomas D. Singleton (N)	John Myers Felder (N)			William K. Clowney (N)
			Robert B. Campbell (N)		Francis Wilkinson Pickens (N)			Richard Irving Manning I (J)
24th (1835–1837)				James H. Hammond (N)		Waddy Thompson Jr. (NR)	James Rogers (J)
				Franklin H. Elmore (SR/D)				John Peter Richardson II (J)
25th (1837–1839)	Hugh S. Legaré (D)	Robert Barnwell Rhett (D)	John Campbell (N)			Waddy Thompson Jr. (W)	William K. Clowney (N)	John Peter Richardson II (D)
26th (1839–1841)	Isaac E. Holmes (D)		John Campbell (D)	Sampson H. Butler (D)	Francis Wilkinson Pickens (D)		James Rogers (D)	Thomas De Lage Sumter (D)	John K. Griffin (D)
27th (1841–1843)						William Butler (W)			Patrick C. Caldwell (D)
				Samuel W. Trotti (D)

1843–1853

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
28th (1843–1845)	James A. Black (D)	Richard F. Simpson (D)	Joseph A. Woodward (D)	John Campbell (D)	Armistead Burt (D)	Isaac E. Holmes (D)	Robert Barnwell Rhett (D)
29th (1845–1847)				Alexander D. Sims (D)
30th (1847–1849)
	Daniel Wallace (D)			John McQueen (D)
31st (1849–1851)		James Lawrence Orr (D)					William F. Colcock (D)
32nd (1851–1853)						William Aiken (D)

1853–1863

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
33rd (1853–1855)	John McQueen (D)	William Aiken (D)	Laurence M. Keitt (D)	Preston Brooks (D)	James Lawrence Orr (D)	William Waters Boyce (D)
34th (1855–1857)
35th (1857–1859)		William Porcher Miles (D)		Milledge Luke Bonham (D)
36th (1859–1861)					John D. Ashmore (D)
	American Civil War
37th (1861–1863)

1863–1883

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	At-large
38–39th (1863–1867)	American Civil War
40th (1867–1869)
	B. F. Whittemore (R)	Christopher C. Bowen (R)	Manuel S. Corley (R)	James H. Goss (R)
41st (1869–1871)			Solomon L. Hoge (R)	Alexander S. Wallace (R)
	Joseph Rainey (R)
42nd (1871–1873)		Robert C. De Large (R)	Robert B. Elliott (R)
43rd (1873–1875)		Alonzo J. Ransier (R)			Richard H. Cain (R)
			Lewis C. Carpenter (R)
44th (1875–1877)		Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR)	Solomon L. Hoge (R)		5th
					Robert Smalls (R)
		Charles W. Buttz (R)
45th (1877–1879)		Richard H. Cain (R)	D. Wyatt Aiken (D)	John H. Evins (D)
46th (1879–1881)	John S. Richardson (D)	Michael P. O'Connor (D)			George D. Tillman (D)
47th (1881–1883)		Samuel Dibble (D)
		Edmund W. M. Mackey (R)			Robert Smalls (R)

1883–1933

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
48th (1883–1885)	Samuel Dibble (D)	George D. Tillman (D)	D. Wyatt Aiken (D)	John H. Evins (D)	John J. Hemphill (D)	George W. Dargan (D)	E. W. M. Mackey (R)
				John Bratton (D)			Robert Smalls (R)
49th (1885–1887)				William H. Perry (D)
50th (1887–1889)			James S. Cothran (D)				William Elliott (D)
51st (1889–1891)							Thomas E. Miller (R)
52nd (1891–1893)	William H. Brawley (D)		George Johnstone (D)	George W. Shell (D)		Eli T. Stackhouse (D)	William Elliott (D)
53rd (1893–1895)		W. Jasper Talbert (D)	Asbury Latimer (D)		Thomas J. Strait (D)	John L. McLaurin (D)	George W. Murray (R)
	James F. Izlar (D)
54th (1895–1897)	William Elliott (D)			Stanyarne Wilson (D)			J. William Stokes (D)
	George W. Murray (R)
55th (1897–1899)	William Elliott (D)					James Norton (D)
56th (1899–1901)					David E. Finley (D)
57th (1901–1903)				Joseph T. Johnson (D)		Robert B. Scarborough (D)	Asbury Francis Lever (D)
58th (1903–1905)	George Swinton Legaré (D)	George W. Croft (D)	Wyatt Aiken (D)
		Theodore G. Croft (D)
59th (1905–1907)		James O. Patterson (D)				J. Edwin Ellerbe (D)
60th (1907–1909)
61st (1909–1911)
62nd (1911–1913)		James F. Byrnes (D)
63rd (1913–1915)	Richard S. Whaley (D)					J. Willard Ragsdale (D)
64th (1915–1917)				Samuel J. Nicholls (D)	Paul G. McCorkle (D)
65th (1917–1919)			Frederick H. Dominick (D)		William Francis Stevenson (D)
66th (1919–1921)						Philip H. Stoll (D)	Edward C. Mann (D)
67th (1921–1923)	W. Turner Logan (D)			John J. McSwain (D)			Hampton P. Fulmer (D)
68th (1923–1925)						Allard H. Gasque (D)
69th (1925–1927)	Thomas S. McMillan (D)	Butler B. Hare (D)
70th (1927–1929)
71st (1929–1931)
72nd (1931–1933)

1933–present

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
73rd (1933–1935)	Thomas S. McMillan (D)	Hampton P. Fulmer (D)	John C. Taylor (D)	John J. McSwain (D)	James P. Richards (D)	Allard H. Gasque (D)
74th (1935–1937)
				Gabriel H. Mahon (D)
75th (1937–1939)
						E. H. Gasque (D)
76th (1939–1941)			Butler B. Hare (D)	Joseph R. Bryson (D)		John L. McMillan (D)
77th (1941–1943)	L. Mendel Rivers (D)
78th (1943–1945)
		Willa L. Fulmer (D)
79th (1945–1947)		John J. Riley (D)
80th (1947–1949)			W. J. Bryan Dorn (D)
81st (1949–1951)		Hugo S. Sims Jr. (D)	James B. Hare (D)
82nd (1951–1953)		John J. Riley (D)	W. J. Bryan Dorn (D)
83rd (1953–1955)
84th (1955–1957)				Robert T. Ashmore (D)
85th (1957–1959)					Robert W. Hemphill (D)
86th (1959–1961)
87th (1961–1963)
		Corinne B. Riley (D)
88th (1963–1965)		Albert Watson (D)
89th (1965–1967)		Albert Watson (R)			Thomas S. Gettys (D)
90th (1967–1969)
91st (1969–1971)				James Mann (D)
92nd (1971–1973)	Mendel Jackson Davis (D)	Floyd Spence (R)
93rd (1973–1975)						Ed Young (R)
94th (1975–1977)			Butler Derrick (D)		Kenneth Lamar Holland (D)	John Jenrette (D)
95th (1977–1979)
96th (1979–1981)				Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (R)
97th (1981–1983)	Thomas F. Hartnett (R)					John L. Napier (R)
98th (1983–1985)					John Spratt (D)	Robin Tallon (D)
99th (1985–1987)
100th (1987–1989)	Arthur Ravenel Jr. (R)			Liz J. Patterson (D)
101st (1989–1991)
102nd (1991–1993)
103rd (1993–1995)				Bob Inglis (R)		Jim Clyburn (D)
104th (1995–1997)	Mark Sanford (R)		Lindsey Graham (R)
105th (1997–1999)
106th (1999–2001)				Jim DeMint (R)
107th (2001–2003)	Henry Brown (R)
		Joe Wilson (R)
108th (2003–2005)			Gresham Barrett (R)
109th (2005–2007)				Bob Inglis (R)
110th (2007–2009)
111th (2009–2011)
112th (2011–2013)	Tim Scott (R)		Jeff Duncan (R)	Trey Gowdy (R)	Mick Mulvaney (R)
113th (2013–2015)	Mark Sanford (R)						Tom Rice (R)
114th (2015–2017)
115th (2017–2019)
					Ralph Norman (R)
116th (2019–2021)	Joe Cunningham (D)			William Timmons (R)
117th (2021-2023)	Nancy Mace (R)
118th (2023-2025)							Russell Fry (R)
Congress	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
	District

United States Senate

Main article: List of United States senators from South Carolina

Current U.S. senators from South Carolina
South Carolina CPVI (2022):^[1] R+8	Class II senator	Class III senator
	Lindsey Graham (Senior senator)	Tim Scott (Junior senator)
Party	Republican	Republican
Incumbent since	January 3, 2003	January 2, 2013

Class II senator		Congress	Class III senators
Pierce Butler (PA)		1st (1789–1791)		Ralph Izard (PA)
Pierce Butler (AA)		2nd (1791–1793)
		3rd (1793–1795)
Pierce Butler (DR)		4th (1795–1797)		Jacob Read (F)
John Hunter (DR)
		5th (1797–1799)
Charles Pinckney (DR)
		6th (1799–1801)
		7th (1801–1803)		John E. Colhoun (DR)
Thomas Sumter (DR)				Pierce Butler (DR)
		8th (1803–1805)
				John Gaillard (DR)
		9th (1805–1807)
		10th (1807–1809)
		11th (1809–1811)
John Taylor (DR)
		12th (1811–1813)
		13th (1813–1815)
		14th (1815–1817)
William Smith (DR)
		15th (1817–1819)
		16th (1819–1821)
		17th (1821–1823)
Robert Y. Hayne (DR)		18th (1823–1825)
Robert Y. Hayne (J)		19th (1825–1827)		John Gaillard (J)
				William Harper (J)
				William Smith (J)
		20th (1827–1829)
		21st (1829–1831)
Robert Y. Hayne (N)		22nd (1831–1833)		Stephen Decatur Miller (N)
John C. Calhoun (N)
		23rd (1833–1835)		William C. Preston (N)
		24th (1835–1837)
John C. Calhoun (D)		25th (1837–1839)		William C. Preston (W)
		26th (1839–1841)
		27th (1841–1843)
				George McDuffie (D)
Daniel Elliott Huger (D)		28th (1843–1845)
John C. Calhoun (D)		29th (1845–1847)
				Andrew Butler (D)
		30th (1847–1849)
		31st (1849–1851)
Franklin H. Elmore (D)
Robert Woodward Barnwell (D)
Robert Barnwell Rhett (D)
		32nd (1851–1853)
William F. De Saussure (D)
Josiah J. Evans (D)		33rd (1853–1855)
		34th (1855–1857)
		35th (1857–1859)
Arthur P. Hayne (D)
James Chesnut Jr. (D)				James H. Hammond (D)
		36th (1859–1861)
vacant				vacant
		37th (1861–1863)
		38th (1863–1865)
		39th (1865–1867)
		40th (1867–1869)
Thomas J. Robertson (R)				Frederick A. Sawyer (R)
		41st (1869–1871)
		42nd (1871–1873)
		43rd (1873–1875)		John J. Patterson (R)
		44th (1875–1877)
Matthew Butler (D)		45th (1877–1879)
		46th (1879–1881)		Wade Hampton III (D)
		47th (1881–1883)
		48th (1883–1885)
		49th (1885–1887)
		50th (1887–1889)
		51st (1889–1891)
		52nd (1891–1893)		John L. M. Irby (D)
		53rd (1893–1895)
Benjamin Tillman (D)		54th (1895–1897)
		55th (1897–1899)		Joseph H. Earle (D)
				John L. McLaurin (D)
		56th (1899–1901)
		57th (1901–1903)
		58th (1903–1905)		Asbury Latimer (D)
		59th (1905–1907)
		60th (1907–1909)
				Frank B. Gary (D)
		61st (1909–1911)		Ellison D. Smith (D)
		62nd (1911–1913)
		63rd (1913–1915)
		64th (1915–1917)
		65th (1917–1919)
Christie Benet (D)
William P. Pollock (D)
Nathaniel B. Dial (D)		66th (1919–1921)
		67th (1921–1923)
		68th (1923–1925)
Cole L. Blease (D)		69th (1925–1927)
		70th (1927–1929)
		71st (1929–1931)
James F. Byrnes (D)		72nd (1931–1933)
		73rd (1933–1935)
		74th (1935–1937)
		75th (1937–1939)
		76th (1939–1941)
		77th (1941–1943)
Alva M. Lumpkin (D)
Roger C. Peace (D)
Burnet R. Maybank (D)
		78th (1943–1945)
				Wilton E. Hall (D)
		79th (1945–1947)		Olin D. Johnston (D)
		80th (1947–1949)
		81st (1949–1951)
		82nd (1951–1953)
		83rd (1953–1955)
Charles E. Daniel (D)
Strom Thurmond (D)
		84th (1955–1957)
Thomas A. Wofford (D)
Strom Thurmond (D)
		85th (1957–1959)
		86th (1959–1961)
		87th (1961–1963)
		88th (1963–1965)
Strom Thurmond (R)
		89th (1965–1967)
				Donald S. Russell (D)
				Fritz Hollings (D)
		90th (1967–1969)
		91st (1969–1971)
		92nd (1971–1973)
		93rd (1973–1975)
		94th (1975–1977)
		95th (1977–1979)
		96th (1979–1981)
		97th (1981–1983)
		98th (1983–1985)
		99th (1985–1987)
		100th (1987–1989)
		101st (1989–1991)
		102nd (1991–1993)
		103rd (1993–1995)
		104th (1995–1997)
		105th (1997–1999)
		106th (1999–2001)
		107th (2001–2003)
Lindsey Graham (R)		108th (2003–2005)
		109th (2005–2007)		Jim DeMint (R)
		110th (2007–2009)
		111th (2009–2011)
		112th (2011–2013)
				Tim Scott (R)
		113th (2013–2015)
		114th (2015–2017)
		115th (2017–2019)
		116th (2019–2021)
		117th (2021–2023)
		118th (2023–2025)

Key

Anti-Administration (AA)

Democratic (D)

Democratic-Republican (DR)

Dixiecrat (Dix), States' Rights (SR)

Federalist (F) Pro-Administration (PA)

Independent Republican (IR)

Jacksonian (J)

National Republican (NR)

Nullifier (N)

Republican (R)

Whig (W)

See also

•  United States portal
•  South Carolina portal
•  Politics portal

• South Carolina's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts
• Political party strength in South Carolina

Notes

1. Supported the Jackson faction in the 1824 United States presidential election

References

1. "2022 Cook PVI: State Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-07.