Senate seats: Class 2 | Class 3.
U.S. Senators from South Carolina
Member of the United States Senate (Class 2) from South Carolina
Pierce Butler
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1744; d. February 15 1822.
Pro-Administration Party (1789 – 1795); Democratic-Republican Party (1795 – 1796)
1789 – 1796
John Hunter
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1752; d. December 30 1802.
Democratic-Republican Party
1796 – 1798
Charles Pinckney, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1757; d. October 29 1824.
Federalist Party
1798 – 1801
Thomas Sumter
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 14 1734; d. June 1 1832.
Democratic-Republican Party
1801 – 1810
William Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1762; d. June 26 1840.
Democratic-Republican Party
1816 – 1823
Robert Young Hayne
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 10 1791; d. September 24 1839.
Democratic-Republican Party (1823 – 1825); Democratic Party (1825 – 1832)
1823 – 1832
John Caldwell Calhoun
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1782; d. March 31 1850.
Nullifier Party (1832 – 1839); Democratic Party (1839 – 1843)
1832 – 1843
Daniel Elliott Huger
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1779; d. August 21 1854.
Democratic Party
1843 – 1845
John Caldwell Calhoun
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1782; d. March 31 1850.
Democratic Party
1845 – 1850
Franklin Harper Elmore
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 15 1799; d. May 29 1850.
Democratic Party
1850
Benjamin Ryan Tillman
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 11 1847; d. July 3 1918.
Democratic Party
1895 – 1918
James Francis Byrnes
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1882; d. April 9 1972.
Democratic Party
1931 – 1941
James Strom Thurmond, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1902; d. June 26 2003.
Democratic Party
1954 – 1956
James Strom Thurmond, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1902; d. June 26 2003.
Democratic Party (1956 – 1964); Republican Party (1964 – 2003)
1956 – 2003
Lindsey Olin Graham
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1955.
Republican Party
2003 – present
Member of the United States Senate (Class 3) from South Carolina
Ralph Izard
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 23 1741/1742; d. May 30 1804.
Pro-Administration Party
1789 – 1795
Jacob Read
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1752; d. July 17 1816.
Federalist Party
1795 – 1801
John Ewing Calhoun
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1749; d. October 26 1802.
Democratic-Republican Party
1801 – 1802
Pierce Butler
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1744; d. February 15 1822.
Democratic-Republican Party
1802 – 1804
John Gaillard
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 5 1765; d. February 26 1826.
Democratic-Republican Party
1804 – 1826
William Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1762; d. June 26 1840.
Democratic Party
1826 – 1831
Stephen Decatur Miller
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1787; d. March 8 1838.
Nullifier Party
1831 – 1833
William Campbell Preston
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1794; d. May 22 1860.
Nullifier Party (1833 – 1837); Whig Party (1837 – 1842)
1833 – 1842
George McDuffie
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1790; d. March 11 1851.
Democratic Party
1842 – 1846
Andrew Pickens Butler
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 18 1796; d. May 25 1857.
Democratic Party
1846 – 1857
James Henry Hammond
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1807; d. November 13 1864.
Democratic Party
1857 – 1860
Wade Hampton III
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1818; d. April 11 1902.
Democratic Party
1879 – 1891
Timothy Eugene “Tim” Scott
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 19 1965.
Republican Party
2013 – present