SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE

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The 'South Carolina Senate' is the upper house of the South Carolina General Assembly. It consists of 46 senators elected from single member districts for four-year terms at the same time as United States Presidential elections.
The South Carolina Constitution of 1895 provided for each county to elect one senator for a four-year term. The election of senators was staggered so that half of the state Senate was elected every two years. After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1964 for the case ''Reynolds v. Sims'', the state Senate was reapportioned in 1966 as a temporary measure into 27 districts with 50 members for two-year terms. In 1967, the state Senate was again reapportioned, this time into 20 districts with 46 members for four-year terms. The number of districts was reduced to 16 in 1972 and in 1984, they were eliminated with the creation of single member districts.

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Make-up of South Carolina Senate

Members of the South Carolina Senate

Past Make-up of the Senate

External links

Make-up of South Carolina Senate

'Affiliation'		'Members'
	Republican Party	26
	Democratic Party	20
'Total'		'46'
'Government Majority'		'6'

Members of the South Carolina Senate

'District'	'Representative'	'Party'	'Residence'	'Term Up'
1	Thomas C. Alexander	Republican
2	Larry A. Martin	Republican
3	Kevin L. Bryant	Republican
4	William H. O'Dell	Republican
5	Lewis R. Vaughn	Republican
6	Michael L. Fair	Republican
7	Ralph Anderson	Democrat
8	David L. Thomas	Republican
9	Daniel B. "Danny" Verdin III	Republican
10	John W. Drummond	Democrat
11	Glenn G. Reese	Democrat
12	John D. Hawkins	Republican
13	James H. "Jim" Ritchie, Jr.	Republican
14	Harvey S. Peeler, Jr.	Republican
15	Robert W. Hayes, Jr.	Republican
16	Chauncey K. Gregory	Republican
17	Linda H. Short	Democrat
18	Ronnie W. Cromer	Republican
19	Kay Patterson	Democrat
20	John E. Courson	Republican
21	Darrell Jackson	Democrat
22	Joel Lourie	Democrat
23	John M. "Jake" Knotts, Jr.	Republican
24	W. Greg Ryberg	Republican
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26	Nikki G. Setzler	Democrat
27	Vincent A. Sheheen	Democrat
28	Dick Elliott	Democrat
29	Gerald Malloy	Democrat
30	Kent M. Williams	Democrat
31	Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr.	Republican
32	J. Yancey McGill	Democrat
33	Luke A. Rankin	Republican
34	Raymond E. Cleary III	Republican
35	Phil P. Leventis	Democrat
36	John C. Land III	Democrat
37	Lawrence K. "Larry" Grooms	Republican
38	Randy Scott	Republican
39	John W. Matthews, Jr.	Democrat
40	C. Bradley Hutto	Democrat
41	Glenn F. McConnell	Republican
42	Robert Ford	Democrat
43	George E. "Chip" Campsen III	Republican
44	Paul G. Campbell, Jr.	Republican
45	Clementa C. Pinckney	Democrat
46	Catherine C. Ceips	Republican

Past Make-up of the Senate

Year	Democratic Party	Republican Party	Independent / Other	Government Majority
1865	0	0	'31'	'31'
1868	6(a)	'25'	0	'19'
1870	5	'26'	1	'22'
1872	5	'28'	0	'23'
1874	0	'26'	7(b)	'19'
1876	15	'18'	0	'3'
1878	'31'	3	0	'28'
1880	'32'	2	0	'30'
1902- 1906	'41'	0	0	'41'
1908	'42'	0	0	'42'
1910	'43'	0	0	'43'
1912- 1914	'44'	0	0	'44'
1916- 1918	'45'	0	0	'45'
1920- 1964	'46'	0	0	'46'
1966	'43'	6	1	'37'
1968	'43'	3	0	'40'
1972	'43'	3	0	'40'
1976	'43'	3	0	'40'
1980	'39'	5	0	'34'
1984	'36'	10	0	'26'
1988	'35'	11	0	'24'
1992	'30'	16	0	'14'
1996	'25'	21	0	'4'
2000	22(c)	'24'(c)	0	'2'
2004	20	'26'	0	'6'

^(a) The election of a Democrat from Abbeville was declared void and the seat remained vacant.

^(b) All 7 were members of the Conservative Party of South Carolina.

^(c) After the 2000 elections, the Senate was evenly split between 23 Democrats and 23 Republicans. A Democrat switched to the Republicans to break the tie.

External links

★ South Carolina State House Online

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★ South Carolina Legislative Information Tracking System allows users to track legislative information via custom reports, tracking lists or subscription services. Services are provided via web search or Palm Pilot.

★ The South Carolina Senate Democratic Caucus

★ The South Carolina Senate Republican Caucus

★ Project Vote Smart - South Carolina Senate