South Carolina House of Representatives
South Carolina House of Representatives | |
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South Carolina General Assembly | |
Type | |
Type | |
Term limits | None |
History | |
New session started | January 13, 2015 |
Leadership | |
Speaker Pro Tempore | |
Majority Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
Structure | |
Seats | 124 |
Political groups |
Governing party Opposition party |
Length of term | 2 years |
Authority | Article III, South Carolina Constitution |
Salary | $10,400/year + per diem |
Elections | |
Last election |
November 6, 2014 (124 seats) |
Next election |
November 8, 2016 (124 seats) |
Redistricting | Legislative Control |
Meeting place | |
House of Representatives Chamber South Carolina State House Columbia, South Carolina | |
Website | |
South Carolina House of Representatives |
The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the upper house being the South Carolina Senate. It consists of 124 Representatives elected to two year terms at the same time as US Congressional elections.
Unlike many legislatures, seating on the floor is not divided by party, but is arranged by county delegation. This is a legacy of the original apportionment of the chamber. Until 1964, each county was a legislative district, with the number of representatives determined by the county's population.
Composition
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Democratic | Vacant | ||
Previous Legislature (2009–2011) | 72 | 51 | 123 | 1 |
Begin[1] | 75 | 47 | 122 | 2 |
December 14, 2010[2] | 76 | 123 | 1 | |
April 6, 2011[3] | 48 | 124 | 0 | |
May 29, 2011[4] | 75 | 123 | 1 | |
September 27, 2011[5] | 76 | 124 | 0 | |
End of Previous Legislature | 124 | 0 | ||
Beginning of 2013–14 Session | 78 | 46 | 124 | 0 |
End of Previous Legislature | 124 | 0 | ||
Beginning of 2015–16 Session | 78 | 46 | 124 | 0 |
May 12, 2015[6] | 77 | 46 | 123 | 1 |
September 15, 2015[7] | 78 | 46 | 124 | 0 |
Latest voting share | 62.9% | 37.1% |
Leadership
South Carolina House of Representatives Officers | ||
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Position | Name | Party |
Speaker | James H. Lucas | Republican |
Majority Leader | Bruce W. Bannister | Republican |
Minority Leader | J. Todd Rutherford | Democratic |
Current members
District | Representative | Party | Residence |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bill Whitmire | Rep | Walhalla |
2 | Bill Sandifer, III | Rep | Seneca |
3 | Gary E. Clary | Rep | Central |
4 | Davey Hiott | Rep | Pickens |
5 | Neal Collins | Rep | Easley |
6 | W. Brian White | Rep | Anderson |
7 | Michael Gambrell | Rep | Honea Path |
8 | Jonathon D. Hill | Rep | Townville |
9 | Anne Thayer | Rep | Belton |
10 | Joshua A. Putnam | Rep | Piedmont |
11 | Craig A. Gagnon | Rep | Abbeville |
12 | J. Anne Parks | Dem | Greenwood |
13 | R. Shannon Riley | Rep | Hodges |
14 | Michael Pitts | Rep | Laurens |
15 | Samuel Rivers, Jr. | Rep | Goose Creek |
16 | Mark N. Willis | Rep | Fountain Inn |
17 | Mike Burns | Rep | Taylors |
18 | Tommy Stringer | Rep | Greer |
19 | Dwight Loftis | Rep | Greenville |
20 | Dan Hamilton | Rep | Greenville |
21 | Phyllis Henderson | Rep | Greer |
22 | Wendy Nanney | Rep | Greenville |
23 | Chandra Dillard | Dem | Greenville |
24 | Bruce W. Bannister | Rep | Greenville |
25 | Leola C. Robinson-Simpson | Dem | Greenville |
26 | Raye Felder | Rep | Fort Mill |
27 | Garry R. Smith | Rep | Simpsonville |
28 | Eric Bedingfield | Rep | Mauldin |
29 | Dennis Moss | Rep | Gaffney |
30 | Steve R. Moss | Rep | Blacksburg |
31 | Harold Mitchell, Jr. | Dem | Spartanburg |
32 | Derham Cole | Rep | Spartanburg |
33 | Eddie Tallon | Rep | Spartanburg |
34 | Michael Forrester | Rep | Spartanburg |
35 | Bill Chumley | Rep | Woodruff |
36 | Merita Ann Allison | Rep | Lyman |
37 | Donna C. Hicks | Rep | Boiling Springs |
38 | Doug Brannon | Rep | Landrum |
39 | Ralph Shealy Kennedy, Jr. | Rep | Leesville |
40 | Walton McLeod | Dem | Little Mountain |
41 | MaryGail K. Douglas | Dem | Winnsboro |
42 | Michael A. Anthony | Dem | Union |
43 | Greg Delleney | Rep | Chester |
44 | Mandy Powers Norrell | Dem | Lancaster |
45 | Deborah Long | Rep | Indian Land |
46 | Gary Simrill | Rep | Rock Hill |
47 | Tommy Pope | Rep | York |
48 | Ralph Norman | Rep | Rock Hill |
49 | John Richard C. King | Dem | Rock Hill |
50 | Grady Brown | Dem | Bishopville |
51 | J. David Weeks | Dem | Sumter |
52 | Laurie Funderburk | Dem | Camden |
53 | Richie Yow | Rep | Chesterfield |
54 | Pat Henegan | Dem | Bennettsville |
55 | Jackie E. Hayes | Dem | Dillon |
56 | Mike Ryhal | Rep | Myrtle Beach |
57 | J. Wayne George | Dem | Mullins |
58 | Jeffrey E. Johnson | Rep | Conway |
59 | Terry Alexander | Dem | Florence |
60 | Phillip Lowe | Rep | Florence |
61 | Roger K. Kirby | Dem | Lake City |
62 | Robert Q. Williams | Dem | Darlington |
63 | Wallace H. Jordan, Jr. | Rep | Florence |
64 | Robert L. Ridgeway, III | Dem | Manning |
65 | Jay Lucas | Rep | Hartsville |
66 | Gilda Cobb-Hunter | Dem | Orangeburg |
67 | George Smith, Jr. | Rep | Sumter |
68 | Heather Ammons Crawford | Rep | Myrtle Beach |
69 | Rick Quinn | Rep | Lexington |
70 | Joseph Neal | Dem | Hopkins |
71 | Nathan Ballentine | Rep | Chapin |
72 | James E. Smith, Jr. | Dem | Columbia |
73 | Christopher R. Hart | Dem | Columbia |
74 | J. Todd Rutherford | Dem | Columbia |
75 | Kirkman Finlay, III | Rep | Columbia |
76 | Leon Howard | Dem | Columbia |
77 | Joe McEachern | Dem | Columbia |
78 | Beth E. Bernstein | Dem | Columbia |
79 | Mia S. McLeod | Dem | Columbia |
80 | Jimmy Bales | Dem | Eastover |
81 | Don L. Wells | Rep | Aiken |
82 | Bill Clyburn | Dem | Aiken |
83 | Bill Hixon | Rep | North Augusta |
84 | Christopher A. Corley | Rep | Graniteville |
85 | Chip Huggins | Rep | Columbia |
86 | Bill Taylor | Rep | Aiken |
87 | Todd Atwater | Rep | Lexington |
88 | McLain Toole | Rep | West Columbia |
89 | Kenneth Bingham | Rep | Cayce |
90 | Justin Bamberg | Dem | Bamberg |
91 | Lonnie Hosey | Dem | Barnwell |
92 | Joseph Daning | Rep | Goose Creek |
93 | Russell Ott | Dem | St. Matthews |
94 | Jenny Horne | Rep | Summerville |
95 | Jerry Govan, Jr. | Dem | Orangeburg |
96 | Lawrence Spires | Rep | Pelion |
97 | Patsy Knight | Dem | St. George |
98 | Chris Murphy | Rep | North Charleston |
99 | James Merrill | Rep | Charleston |
100 | Edward Southard | Rep | Moncks Corner |
101 | Cezar McKnight | Dem | Kingstree |
102 | Joseph H. Jefferson | Dem | Pineville |
103 | Carl Anderson | Dem | Georgetown |
104 | Gregory D. Duckworth | Rep | North Myrtle Beach |
105 | Kevin Hardee | Rep | Loris |
106 | Russell Fry | Rep | Surfside Beach |
107 | Alan D. Clemmons | Rep | Myrtle Beach |
108 | Stephen Goldfinch, Jr. | Rep | Murrells Inlet |
109 | David Mack | Dem | North Charleston |
110 | Chip Limehouse | Rep | Charleston |
111 | Wendell Gilliard | Dem | Charleston |
112 | Mike Sottile | Rep | Isle of Palms |
113 | Seth Whipper | Dem | North Charleston |
114 | Mary Tinkler | Dem | Charleston |
115 | Peter McCoy | Rep | Charleston |
116 | Robert Brown | Dem | Hollywood |
117 | Bill Crosby | Rep | North Charleston |
118 | Bill Herbkersman | Rep | Bluffton |
119 | Leon Stavrinakis | Dem | Charleston |
120 | Weston J. Newton | Rep | Bluffton |
121 | Kenneth Hodges | Dem | Green Pond |
122 | William K. Bowers | Dem | Hampton |
123 | Jeffrey A. Bradley | Rep | Hilton Head Island |
124 | Shannon Erickson | Rep | Beaufort |
Past compositions
Year | Democratic Party |
Republican Party |
Independent / Other |
Majority |
---|---|---|---|---|
1865 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 124 |
1868 | 14 | 110 | 0 | 96 |
1870 | 0 | 100 | 24(a) | 76 |
1872 | 22 | 102 | 0 | 80 |
1874 | 0 | 91 | 33(b) | 58 |
1876 | 64 | 60 | 0 | 4 |
1878 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 118 |
1880 | 120 | 4 | 0 | 116 |
1882 | 118 | 6 | 0 | 112 |
1884 | 119 | 5 | 0 | 114 |
1886 | 120 | 4 | 0 | 116 |
1888 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 118 |
1890 | 115 | 9 | 0 | 106 |
1892 | 120 | 4 | 0 | 116 |
1894 | 104 | 3 | 17(c) | 87 |
1896– 1900 |
123 | 1 | 0 | 122 |
1902– 1960 |
124 | 0 | 0 | 124 |
1961 | 123 | 1[8][9] | 0 | 122 |
1962 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 124 |
1964 | 123 | 1 | 0 | 122 |
1966 | 107 | 17 | 0 | 90 |
1968 | 119 | 5 | 0 | 114 |
1970 | 113 | 11 | 0 | 102 |
1972 | 103 | 21 | 0 | 82 |
1974 | 108 | 16 | 0 | 92 |
1976 | 112 | 12 | 0 | 100 |
1978 | 108 | 16 | 0 | 92 |
1980 | 108 | 16 | 0 | 92 |
1982 | 105 | 19 | 0 | 86 |
1984 | 96 | 28 | 0 | 68 |
1986 | 92 | 32 | 0 | 60 |
1988 | 88 | 36 | 0 | 52 |
1990 | 80 | 44 | 0 | 36 |
1992 | 74 | 50 | 0 | 24 |
1994 | 54 | 70 | 0 | 16 |
1996 | 53 | 71 | 0 | 18 |
1998 | 57 | 67 | 0 | 10 |
2000 | 53 | 71 | 0 | 18 |
2002 | 51 | 73 | 0 | 22 |
2004 | 50 | 74 | 0 | 24 |
2006 | 51 | 73 | 0 | 22 |
2008 | 51 | 73 | 0 | 22 |
2010 | 48 | 76 | 0 | 28 |
2012 | 46 | 78 | 0 | 32 |
2014 | 46 | 78 | 0 | 32 |
(a) 21 were members of the Union Reform Party of South Carolina and the other 3 were Independents from Anderson. Two of the Union Reform members from Chesterfield were later replaced by Republicans from a resolution passed in the House.
(b) All 33 were members of the Conservative Party of South Carolina.
(c) All 17 were Independent Democrats.
References
- Kalk, Bruce H. (2001). The origins of the southern strategy: two-party competition in South Carolina, 1950–1972. Lexington Books. ISBN 0-7391-0242-7.
- Reynolds, John S. (1969). Reconstruction in South Carolina. Negro University Press. ISBN 0-8371-1638-4.
- The Post and Courier
- The State
- ↑ Districts 21 and 64 vacant due to the deaths of Bill Wylie and Cathy Harvin, respectively.
- ↑ http://www.thestate.com/2010/12/14/1605364/voters-pick-sc-house-member.html/ Republican Phyllis Henderson elected to succeed Rep. Bill Wyllie.
- ↑ Democrat Kevin L. Johnson (District 64) elected to succeed Cathy Harvin (D)
- ↑ Republican C. David Umphlett, Jr. (District 100) died.
- ↑ Republican Edward Southard elected to succeed Umphlett.
- ↑ Republican Nelson Hardwick (District 106) resigned.
- ↑ Republican Russell Fry (District 106) elected.
- ↑ Republican Charles Evans Boineau, Jr., who was elected in an August 1961 special election
- ↑ http://library.sc.edu/file/220
External links
- South Carolina House of Representatives
- Project Vote Smart – State House of South Carolina links to each Representative
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