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Members of the US House of Representatives from South Carolina

Current congressional districts: 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th.

Obsolete congressional districts: 8th | 9th.


1st Congressional District of South Carolina

Member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District
Thomas Pinckney

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1750; d. November 2 1828.

Federalist Party

1797 – 1801

Langdon Cheves

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1776; d. June 26 1857.

Democratic-Republican Party

1810 – 1815

Charles Pinckney, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1757; d. October 29 1824.

Democratic-Republican Party

1819 – 1821

Joel Roberts Poinsett

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1779; d. December 12 1851.

Democratic-Republican Party

1821 – 1825

Henry Laurens Pinckney

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1794; d. February 3 1863.

Nullifier Party

1833 – 1837

Hugh Swinton Legaré

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1797; d. June 20 1843.

Democratic Party

1837 – 1839

Isaac Edward Holmes

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 6 1796; d. February 24 1867.

Democratic Party

1839 – 1843

Lucius Mendel Rivers

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1905; d. December 28 1970.

Democratic Party

1941 – 1970

Marshall Clement “Mark” Sanford, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1960.

Republican Party

1995 – 2001

Timothy Eugene “Tim” Scott

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 19 1965.

Republican Party

2011 – 2013

Marshall Clement “Mark” Sanford, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1960.

Republican Party

2013 – 2019


2nd Congressional District of South Carolina

Member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District
Robert Gibbes Barnwell

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1761; d. October 24 1814.

Pro-Administration Party

1791 – 1793

John Hunter

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1752; d. December 30 1802.

Anti-Administration Party

1793 – 1795

William Jones Lowndes

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1782; d. October 27 1822.

Democratic-Republican Party

1813 – 1822

James Lawrence Orr

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1822; d. May 5 1873.

Democratic Party

1849 – 1853

James Francis Byrnes

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1882; d. April 9 1972.

Democratic Party

1911 – 1925

Hampton Pitts Fulmer

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1875; d. October 19 1944.

Democratic Party

1933 – 1944

Floyd Davidson Spence

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1928; d. August 16 2001.

Republican Party

1971 – 2001


3rd Congressional District of South Carolina

Member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District
Robert Brown Elliott

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 11 1842; d. August 9 1884.

Republican Party

1871 – 1874

David Wyatt Aiken

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1828; d. April 6 1887.

Democratic Party

1877 – 1887

Lindsey Olin Graham

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1955.

Republican Party

1995 – 2003


4th Congressional District of South Carolina

Member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina’s 4th Congressional District
Thomas Sumter

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 14 1734; d. June 1 1832.

Anti-Administration Party

1789 – 1793

Thomas Sumter

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 14 1734; d. June 1 1832.

Democratic-Republican Party

1797 – 1801

William Jones Lowndes

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1782; d. October 27 1822.

Democratic-Republican Party

1811 – 1813

James Henry Hammond

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1807; d. November 13 1864.

Nullifier Party

1835 – 1836

Franklin Harper Elmore

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 15 1799; d. May 29 1850.

Nullifier Party

1836 – 1839

Preston Smith Brooks

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 5 1819; d. January 27 1857.

Democratic Party

1853 – 1857

Milledge Luke Bonham

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1813; d. August 27 1890.

Democratic Party

1857 – 1860

Harold Watson “Trey” Gowdy III

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 22 1964.

Republican Party

2011 – 2019

William Richardson Timmons IV

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 30 1984.

Republican Party

2019 – present


5th Congressional District of South Carolina

Member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina’s 5th Congressional District
George McDuffie

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1790; d. March 11 1851.

Democratic-Republican Party (1823 – 1825); Democratic Party (1825 – 1834)

1823 – 1834

Francis Wilkinson Pickens

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1805/1807; d. January 25 1869.

Democratic Party

1834 – 1843

James Lawrence Orr

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1822; d. May 5 1873.

Democratic Party

1853 – 1859

James Prioleau “Dick” Richards

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 31 1894; d. February 21 1979.

Democratic Party

1933 – 1957

John McKee Spratt, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1942; d. December 14 2024.

Democratic Party

1983 – 2011

Ralph Warren Norman, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1953.

Republican Party

2017 – present


6th Congressional District of South Carolina

Member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina’s 6th Congressional District
Joseph Calhoun

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 22 1750; d. April 14 1817.

Democratic-Republican Party

1807 – 1811

John Caldwell Calhoun

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1782; d. March 31 1850.

Democratic-Republican Party

1811 – 1817

Eldred Simkins

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 30 1779; d. November 17 1831.

Democratic-Republican Party

1818 – 1821

George McDuffie

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1790; d. March 11 1851.

Democratic-Republican Party

1821 – 1823

Warren Ransom Davis

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1793; d. January 29 1835.

Democratic Party (1827 – 1831); Nullifier Party (1831 – 1835)

1827 – 1835

Isaac Edward Holmes

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 6 1796; d. February 24 1867.

Democratic Party

1843 – 1851

James Enos “Jim” Clyburn

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1940.

Democratic Party

1993 – present


7th Congressional District of South Carolina

Member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina’s 7th Congressional District
Asbury Francis “Frank” Lever

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1875; d. April 28 1940.

Democratic Party

1901 – 1919

Hampton Pitts Fulmer

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1875; d. October 19 1944.

Democratic Party

1921 – 1933

Russell William Fry

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 31 1985.

Republican Party

2023 – present


8th Congressional District of South Carolina

Member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina’s 8th Congressional District
Thomas De Lage Sumter

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1809; d. July 2 1874.

Democratic Party

1839 – 1843


9th Congressional District of South Carolina

Member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina’s 9th Congressional District
Stephen Decatur Miller

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1787; d. March 8 1838.

Democratic-Republican Party

1817 – 1819