South Carolina

South Carolina is one of the fifty states that makes up the United States of America. It was the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on May 23, 1788. It was also one of the the eleven states that seceded from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America on March 16, 1861, and remained so until the end of the American Civil War in 1865. It was formally readmitted into the United States on June 25, 1868. It is the eleventh smallest state by area and has the twenty-third largest population. 
==State Facts==
Name 	South Carolina
Capital City 	Columbia
Population 	5, 084, 127  (23/50)
Area 	32, 030 square miles  (40/50)
Counties 	46
Largest Cities	Charleston, Columbia, North Charleston, Mount Pleasant, Rock Hill
==Governors==
Number	Name 	Party 	Term 	Spouse
1 	
William Sayle
(1590-1671)	N/A 	1670-71 	N/A
2 	
Joseph West
(1630-91) 	N/A 	1671-72 	N/A
3 	
John Yeamans
(1611-74) 	N/A 	1672-74 	Margaret Yeamans
4 	
Joseph West
(1630-91) 	N/A 	1674-82 	N/A
5 	
Joseph Morton
(1640-1721)	N/A 	1682-84 	Anne Morton
6 	
Richard Kyrle
(1636-84) 	N/A 	1684 	N/A
7 	
Joseph West
(1630-91) 	N/A 	1684-85 	N/A
8 	
Robert Quary
(1644-1712)	N/A 	1685 	N/A
9 	
Joseph Morton
(1640-1721)	N/A 	1685-86 	Anne Morton
10 	
James Colleton
(1637-1706)	N/A 	1686-90 	Anne Colleton
11 	
Seth Sothel
(1638-91) 	N/A 	1690-91 	Anna Sothel
12 	
Philip Ludwell
(1637-1716)	N/A 	1691-93 	Frances Ludwell
13 	
Thomas Smith
(1648-94) 	N/A 	1693-94 	Barbara Smith
14 	
Joseph Blake
(1663-1700)	N/A 	1694-95 	Elizabeth Blake
15 	
John Archdale
(1642-1717)	N/A 	1695-96 	N/A
16 	
Joseph Blake
(1663-1700)	N/A 	1696-1700	Elizabeth Blake
17 	
James Moore
(1650-1706) 	N/A 	1700-03 	Margaret Moore
18 	
Nathaniel Johnson
(1644-1713)	N/A 	1703-09 	Anne Johnson
19 	
Edward Tynte
(1646-1710)	N/A 	1709-10 	N/A
20 	
Robert Gibbes
(1644-1715)	N/A 	1710-12 	Elizabeth Gibbes
21 	
Charles Craven
(1682-1754)	N/A 	1712-16 	Elizabeth Craven
22 	
Robert Daniell
(1646-1718)	N/A 	1716-17 	Martha Daniell
23 	
Robert Johnson
(1682-1735)	N/A 	1717-19 	Margaret Johnson
24 	
James Moore II
(1667-1723)	N/A 	1719-21 	N/A
25 	
Francis Nicholson
(1655-1728)	N/A 	1721-25 	N/A
26 	
Arthur Middleton
(1681-1737)	N/A 	1725-30 	Sarah Middleton
27 	
Robert Johnson
(1682-1735)	N/A 	1730-35 	Margaret Johnson
28 	
Thomas Broughton
(1668-1737)	N/A 	1735-37 	Ann Broughton
29 	
William Bull
(1683-1755)	N/A 	1737-43 	Mary Bull
30 	
James Glen
(1701-77) 	N/A 	1743-56 	N/A
31 	
William Lyttelton
(1724-1808)	N/A 	1756-60 	Martha Lyttelton
32 	
William Bull II
(1710-91)	N/A 	1760-61 	N/A
33 	
Thomas Boone
(1730-1812)	N/A 	1761-64 	N/A
34 	
William Bull II
(1710-91)	N/A 	1764-66 	N/A
35 	
Charles Montagu
(1741-84)	N/A 	1766-68 	N/A
36 	
William Bull II
(1710-91)	N/A 	1768 	N/A
37 	
Charles Montagu
(1741-84)	N/A 	1768-69 	N/A
38 	
William Bull II
(1710-91)	N/A 	1769-71 	N/A
39 	
Charles Montagu
(1741-84)	N/A 	1771-73 	N/A
40 	
William Bull II
(1710-91)	N/A 	1773-75 	N/A
41 	
William Campbell
(1730-78)	N/A 	1775 	Sarah Campbell
42 	
Henry Laurens
(1724-92) 	N/A 	1775-76 	Eleanor Laurens
43 	
John Rutledge
(1739-1800)	Federalist	1776-78 	Elizabeth Rutledge
44 	
Rawlins Lowndes
(1721-1800)	N/A 	1778-79 	Mary Lowndes
45 	
John Rutledge
(1739-1800)	Federalist	1779-82 	Elizabeth Rutledge
46 	
John Mathews
(1744-1802)	N/A 	1782-83 	Mary Mathews
47 	
Benjamin Guerard
(1740-88)	N/A 	1783-85 	N/A
48 	
William Moultrie
(1730-1805)	N/A 	1785-87 	N/A
49 	
Thomas Pinckney
(1750-1828)	Federalist	1787-89 	Elizabeth Pinckney
50 	
Charles Pinckney
(1757-1824)	Federalist	1789-92 	Mary Pinckney
51 	
William Moultrie
(1730-1805)	Federalist	1792-94 	N/A
52 	
Arnoldus Vanderhorst
(1748-1815)	Federalist	1794-96 	N/A
53 	
Charles Pinckney
(1757-1824)	Dem-Rep. 	1796-98 	Mary Pinckney
54 	
Edward Rutledge
(1749-1800)	Federalist	1798-1800	N/A
55 	
John Drayton
(1766-1822)	Dem-Rep. 	1800-02 	N/A
56 	
James Burchill Richardson
(1770-1836)	Dem-Rep. 	1802-04 	N/A
57 	
Paul Hamilton
(1762-1816)	Dem-Rep. 	1804-06 	Mary Hamilton
58 	Charles Pinckney
(1757-1824)	Dem-Rep. 	1806-08 	Mary Pinckney
59 	John Drayton
(1766-1822) 	Dem-Rep. 	1808-10 	N/A
60 	Henry Middleton
(1770-1846)	Dem-Rep. 	1810-12 	Mary Middleton
61 	Joseph Alston
(1779-1816) 	Dem-Rep. 	1812-14 	Theodosia Alston
62 	David Rogerson Williams
(1776-1830)	Dem-Rep. 	1814-16 	N/A
63 	Andrew Pickens
(1779-1838)	Dem-Rep. 	1816-18 	Mary Pickens
64 	John Geddes
(1777-1828) 	Dem-Rep. 	1818-20 	N/A
65 	Thomas Bennett Jr.
(1781-1865)	Dem-Rep. 	1820-22 	Mary Bennett
66 	John Lyde Wilson
(1784-1849)	Dem-Rep. 	1822-24 	Charlotte Wilson
67 	Richard Irvine Manning
(1789-1836)	Dem-Rep. 	1824-26 	Elizabeth Manning
68 	John Taylor
(1770-1832) 	Dem-Rep. 	1826-28 	Sarah Taylor
69 	Stephen Decatur Miller
(1787-1838)	Dem. 	1828-30 	Mary Miller
70 	James Hamilton Jr.
(1786-1857)	Dem. 	1830-32 	Elizabeth Hamilton
71 	Robert Y. Hayne
(1791-1839)	Dem. 	1832-34 	Rebecca Hayne
72 	George McDuffie
(1790-1851)	Dem. 	1834-36 	N/A
73 	Pierce Mason Butler
(1798-1847)	Dem. 	1836-38 	Miranda Butler
74 	Patrick Noble
(1787-1840) 	Dem. 	1838-40 	N/A
75 	Barnabas Kelet Henagan
(1798-1855)	Dem. 	1840 	N/A
76 	John Peter Richardson II
(1801-64)	Dem. 	1840-42 	Juliana Richardson
77 	James Henry Hammond
(1807-64)	Dem. 	1842-44 	Catherine Hammond
78 	William Aiken Jr.
(1806-87)	Dem. 	1844-46 	Harriet Aiken
79 	David Johnson
(1782-1855) 	Dem. 	1846-48 	N/A
80 	Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrooke
(1793-1855)	Dem. 	1848-50 	N/A
81 	John Hugh Means
(1812-62) 	Dem. 	1850-52 	Sarah Means
82 	John Lawrence Manning
(1816-89)	Dem. 	1852-54 	Sallie Manning
83 	James Hopkins Adams
(1812-61)	Dem. 	1854-56 	Jane Adams
84 	Robert Francis Withers Allston
(1801-64)	Dem. 	1856-58 	Adeline Allston
85 	William Henry Gist
(1807-74)	Dem. 	1858-60 	Mary Gist
86 	Francis Wilkenson Pickens
(1805-69)	Dem. 	1860-62 	Lucy Pickens
87 	Milledge Luke Bonham
(1813-90)	Dem. 	1862-64 	Anne Bonham
88 	Andrew Gordon Magrath
(1813-93)	Dem. 	1864-65 	N/A
89 	Benjamin Franklin Perry
(1805-86)	Dem. 	1865 	Elizabeth Perry
90 	James Lawrence Orr
(1822-73)	Dem. 	1865-68 	N/A
91 	Robert Kingston Scott
(1826-1900)	Rep. 	1868-72 	Rebecca Scott
92 	Franklin J. Moses Jr.
(1838-1906)	Rep. 	1872-74 	Emma Moses
93 	Daniel Henry Chamberlain
(1835-1907)	Rep. 	1874-76 	Alice Chamberlain
94 	Wade Hampton III
(1818-1902)	Dem. 	1876-79 	N/A
95 	William Dunlap Simpson
(1823-90)	Dem. 	1879-80 	Jane Simpson
96 	Thomas Bothwell Jeter
(1827-83)	Dem. 	1880 	Ann Jeter
97 	Johnson Hagood
(1829-98) 	Dem. 	1880-82 	Eloise Hagood
98 	Hugh Smith Thompson
(1836-1904)	Dem. 	1882-86 	Elizabeth Thompson
99 	John Calhoun Sheppard
(1850-1931)	Dem. 	1886 	Hellen Sheppard
100 	John Peter Richardson III
(1829-99)	Dem. 	1886-90 	Juliana Richardson
101 	Benjamin Tillman
(1847-1918)	Dem. 	1890-94 	Sallie Tillman
102 	John Gary Evans
(1863-1942)	Dem. 	1894-97 	Emily Evans
103 	William Haselden Ellerbe
(1862-99)	Dem. 	1897-99 	Henrietta Ellerbe
104 	Miles Benjamin
McSweeney
(1855-1909)	Dem. 	1899-1903	Martha McSweeney
105 	Duncan Clinch Heyward
(1864-1943)	Dem. 	1903-07 	Mary Heyward
106 	Martin Frederick Ansel
(1850-1945)	Dem. 	1907-11 	Adelaide Ansel
107 	Coleman Livingston Blease
(1868-1942)	Dem. 	1911-15 	Lillie Blease
108 	Charles Aurelius Smith
(1861-1916)	Dem. 	1915 	Fannie Smith
109 	Richard Irvine Manning III
(1859-1931)	Dem. 	1915-19 	Lelia Manning
110 	Robert Archer Cooper
(1874-1953)	Dem. 	1919-22 	Dorcas Cooper
111 	Wilson Godfrey Harvey
(1866-1932)	Dem. 	1922-23 	Margaret Harvey
112 	Thomas Gordon McLeod
(1868-1932)	Dem. 	1923-27 	Elizabeth McLeod
113 	John Gardiner Richards Jr.
(1864-1941)	Dem. 	1927-31 	Bettie Richards
114 	Ibra Charles Blackwood
(1878-1936)	Dem. 	1931-35 	Margaret Blackwood
115 	Olin D. Johnston
(1896-1965)	Dem. 	1935-39 	Gladys Johnston
117 	Burnet R. Maybank
(1899-1954)	Dem. 	1939-41 	Elizabeth Maybank
118 	Joseph Emile Harley
(1880-1942)	Dem. 	1941-42 	Agnes Harley
119 	Richard Manning Jeffries
(1889-1964)	Dem. 	1942-43 	Annie Jeffries
120 	Olin D. Johnston
(1896-1965)	Dem. 	1943-45 	Gladys Johnston
121 	Ransome Judson Williams
(1892-1970)	Dem. 	1945-47 	Virginia Williams
122 	Strom Thurmond (1902-2003)	Dem. 	1947-51 	Jean Thurmond
123 	James F. Byrnes
(1882-1972)	Dem. 	1951-55 	Maude Byrnes
124 	George Bell Timmerman Jr.
(1912-94)	Dem. 	1955-59 	Helen Timmerman
125 	Fritz Hollings
(1922-2019)	Dem. 	1959-63 	Martha Hollings
126 	Donald S. Russell
(1906-98)	Dem. 	1963-65 	Virginia Russell
127 	Robert Evander McNair
(1923-2007)	Dem. 	1965-71 	Josephine McNair
128 	John C. West
(1922-2004) 	Dem. 	1971-75 	Lois West
129 	James B. Edwards
(1927-2014)	Rep. 	1975-79 	Ann Edwards
130 	Richard Riley
(1933-) 	Dem. 	1979-87 	Ann Riley
131 	Carroll A. Campbell Jr.
(1940-2005)	Rep. 	1987-95 	Iris Campbell
132 	David Beasley
(1957-) 	Rep. 	1995-99 	Mary Beasley
133 	Jim Hodges
(1956-) 	Dem. 	1999-2003	Rachel Hodges
134 	Mark Sanford
(1960-) 	Rep. 	2003-11 	Jenny Sanford
135 	Nikki Haley
(1972-) 	Rep. 	2011-17 	Michael Haley
136 	Henry McMaster
(1947-) 	Rep. 	2017-Pr. 	Peggy McMaster
==United States Senators (Class 2 and Class 3)==
Class 2: 1789-1860 (Next Election in 2026)
Number	Name	Political Party 	Term
1. 	Pierce Butler
(1744-1822)	Democratic-Republican	1789-96
(7 years)
2. 	John Hunter
(1750-1802)	Democratic-Republican	1796-98
(2 years)
3. 	Charles Pinckney
(1757-1824)	Democratic-Republican	1798-1801
(3 years)
4. 	Thomas Sumter
(1734-1832)	Democratic-Republican	1801-10
(9 years)
5. 	John Taylor
(1770-1832)	Democratic-Republican	1810-16
(6 years)
6. 	William Smith
(1762-1840)	Democratic-Republican	1816-23
(7 years)
7. 	Robert Y. Hayne
(1791-1839)	Nullifier 	1823-32
(9 years)
8. 	John C. Calhoun
(1782-1850)	Democratic 	1832-43
(11 years)
9. 	Daniel Elliott Huger
(1779-1854)	Democratic 	1843-45
(2 years)
10. 	John C. Calhoun
(1782-1850)	Democratic 	1845-50
(5 years)
11. 	Franklin H. Elmore
(1799-1850)	Democratic 	1850
(1 month)
12. 	Robert Woodward Barnwell
(1801-82)	Democratic 	1850
(6 months)
13. 	Robert Rhett
(1800-76)	Democratic 	1850-52
(2 years)
14. 	William F. De Saussure
(1792-1870)	Democratic 	1852-53
(1 year)
15. 	Josiah J. Evans
(1786-1858)	Democratic 	1853-58
(5 years)
16. 	Arthur P. Hayne
(1788-1867)	Democratic 	1858
(6 months)
17. 	James Chesnut Jr,
(1815-85)	Democratic 	1858-60
(2 years)
There were no U.S. Senators from South Carolina from November 11, 1860 until July 15, 1868, due to South Carolina's secession from the United States.
Class 2: 1868-Present (Next Election in 2026)
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
18. 	Thomas J. Robertson
(1823-97)	Republican 	1868-77
(9 years)
19. 	Matthew Butler
(1836-1909)	Democratic 	1877-95
(18 years)
20. 	Benjamin Tillman
(1847-1918)	Democratic 	1895-1918
(23 years)
21. 	Christie Benet
(1879-1951)	Democratic 	1918
(3 months)
22. 	William P. Pollock
(1870-1922)	Democratic 	1918-19
(1 year)
23. 	Nathaniel B. Dial
(1862-1940)	Democratic 	1919-25
(6 years)
24. 	Coleman Livingston Blease
(1868-1942)	Democratic 	1925-31
(6 years)
25. 	James F. Byrnes
(1882-1972)	Democratic 	1931-41
(10 years)
26. 	Alva M. Lumpkin
(1886-1941)	Democratic 	1941
(10 days)
27. 	Roger C. Peace
(1899-1968)	Democratic 	1941
(2 months)
28. 	Burnet R. Maybank
(1899-1954)	Democratic 	1941-54
(13 years)
29. 	Charles E. Daniel
(1895-1964)	Democratic 	1954
(3 months)
30. 	Strom Thurmond
(1902-2003)	Democratic 	1954-56
(2 years)
31. 	Thomas A. Wofford
(1908-78)	Democratic 	1956
(7 months)
32. 	Strom Thurmond
(1902-2003)	Republican 	1956-2003
(47 years)
33. 	Lindsey Graham
(1955-)	Republican 	2003-Present
(18 years)
Class 3: 1789-1860 (Next Election in 2022)
Number	Name	Political Party 	Term
1. 	Ralph Izard
(1741-1804)	Pro-Administration 	1789-95
(7 years)
2. 	Jacob Read
(1752-1816)	Federalist 	1795-1801
(6 years)
3. 	John E. Colhoun
(1749-1802)	Democratic-Republican	1801-02
(1 year)
4. 	Pierce Butler
(1744-1822)	Democratic-Republican	1802-04
(2 years)
5. 	John Gaillard
(1765-1826)	Democratic 	1804-26
(22 years)
6. 	William Harper
(1790-1847)	Democratic 	1826
(8 months)
7. 	William Smith
(1762-1840)	Democratic 	1826-31
(5 years)
8. 	Stephen Decatur Miller
(1787-1838)	Nullifier 	1831-33
(2 years)
9. 	William C. Preston
(1794-1860)	Whig 	1833-42
(9 years)
10. 	George McDuffie
(1790-1851)	Democratic 	1842-46
(4 years)
11. 	Andrew Butler
(1796-1857)	Democratic 	1846-57
(11 years)
12. 	James Henry Hammond
(1807-64)	Democratic 	1857-60
(3 years)
Class 3: 1868-Present (Next Election in 2022)
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
13. 	Frederick A. Sawyer
(1822-91)	Republican 	1868-73
(5 years)
14. 	John J. Patterson
(1830-1912)	Republican 	1873-79
(6 years)
15. 	Wade Hampton III
(1818-1902)	Democratic 	1879-91
(12 years)
16. 	John L.M. Irby
(1854-1900)	Democratic 	1891-97
(6 years)
17. 	Joseph H. Earle
(1847-97)	Democratic 	1897
(2 months)
18. 	John L. McLaurin
(1860-1934)	Democratic 	1897-1903
(6 years)
19. 	Asbury Latimer
(1851-1908)	Democratic 	1903-08
(5 years)
20. 	Frank B. Gary
(1860-1922)	Democratic 	1908-09
(1 year)
21. 	Ellison D. Smith
(1864-1944)	Democratic 	1909-44
(35 years)
22. 	Wilton E. Hall
(1901-80)	Democratic 	1944-45
(1 year)
23. 	Olin D. Johnston
(1896-1965)	Democratic 	1945-65
(20 years)
24. 	Donald S. Russell
(1906-98)	Democratic 	1965-66
(1 year)
25. 	Fritz Hollings
(1922-2019)	Democratic 	1966-2005
(39 years)
26. 	Jim DeMint
(1951-)	Republican 	2005-13
(8 years)
27. 	Tim Scott
(1965-)	Republican 	2013-Present
(8 years)