South Carolina's 2nd congressional district 2210472 219929693 2008-06-17T14:30:13Z RussBot 279219 Robot: fixing [[WP:DPL|links]] to [[WP:D|disambiguation]] page [[Reconstruction]] {{Infobox U.S. congressional district |state = South Carolina |district number = 2 |image name =United States House of Representatives, South Carolina District 2 map.png |image width = 350 |image caption = |english area = |metric area = |percent urban = |percent rural = |population = 668,668 |population year = 2000 |median income = 42,915 |percent white = 69.5 |percent black = 26.4 |percent asian = 1.2 |percent native american = 0.3 |percent hispanic = 3.3 |percent other race = 0.1 |percent blue collar = |percent white collar = |percent gray collar = |cpvi = R+9 }} The '''2nd Congressional District of South Carolina''' is a congressional district in central and eastern [[South Carolina]]. It includes all of [[Lexington County, South Carolina|Lexington]], [[Beaufort County, South Carolina|Beaufort]], [[Jasper County, South Carolina|Jasper]], [[Hampton County, South Carolina|Hampton]], [[Allendale County, South Carolina|Allendale]] and [[Barnwell County, South Carolina|Barnwell]] counties; almost all of [[Richland County, South Carolina|Richland County]] and parts of [[Aiken County, South Carolina|Aiken]], [[Calhoun County, South Carolina|Calhoun]] and [[Orangeburg County, South Carolina|Orangeburg]] counties. It is based in the state capital, [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]; other major cities in the district are [[Beaufort, South Carolina|Beaufort]] and [[Hilton Head Island, South Carolina|Hilton Head Island]]. The district's current configuration dates from [[1933]], when South Carolina lost a district as a result of the 1930 Census. It has been in Republican hands since [[1965]], when the district's second-term [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] congressman, [[Albert Watson (politician)|Albert Watson]], switched parties. The district's best-known congressman, [[Floyd Spence]], represented the district for over 30 years and was chairman of the [[U.S. House Committee on Armed Services|House Armed Services Committee]] from 1995 to 2001, when he died a few months after being elected to a 16th term. He was succeeded in a special election by one of his former aides, state senator [[Joe Wilson (U.S. politician)|Joe Wilson]], who continues to hold the seat. == Representatives == {| class=wikitable ! Name ! Took Office ! Left Office ! Party ! District Residence |- {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | [[William Butler]] | 1803 | 1813 | [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]] | [[Edgefield County, South Carolina|Mount Willing]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | [[William Lowndes (congressman)|William Lowndes]] | 1813 | 1822<sup>(a)</sup> | [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]] | [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] |- | rowspan=2 | [[James Hamilton, Jr.]] | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 1822<sup>(a)</sup> | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | 1823 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]] | rowspan=2 | [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] |- | {{Party shading/Jacksoninan}} | 1823 | {{Party shading/Jacksoninan}} | 1829 | {{Party shading/Jacksoninan}} | [[Jacksonian democracy|Jacksonian]] |- | rowspan=2 | [[Robert W. Barnwell]] | {{Party shading/Jacksoninan}} | 1829 | {{Party shading/Jacksoninan}} | 1831 | {{Party shading/Jacksoninan}} | [[Jacksonian democracy|Jacksonian]] | rowspan=2 | [[Beaufort, South Carolina|Beaufort]] |- | | 1831 | | 1833 | | [[Nullifier Party|Nullifier]] |- {{Party shading/Pro-Jacksonian}} |- | [[William J. Grayson]] | 1833 | 1837 | [[Nullifier Party|Nullifier]] | [[Beaufort, South Carolina|Beaufort]] |- | [[William K. Clowney]] | 1837 | 1839 | [[Nullifier Party|Nullifier]] | [[Union, South Carolina|Union]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[John Campbell]] | 1839 | 1841 | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | [[Blenheim, South Carolina|Parnassus]] |- {{Party shading/Whig}} | [[William Butler]] | 1841 | 1843 | [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] | [[Edgefield, South Carolina|Edgefield]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Richard F. Simpson]] | 1843 | 1849 | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | [[Pendleton, South Carolina|Pendleton]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[James L. Orr]] | 1849 | 1853 | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | [[Anderson, South Carolina|Anderson]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[William Aiken]] | 1853 | 1857 | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[William P. Miles]] | 1857 | 1860 | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] |- align=center | colspan =5 | ''[[American Civil War|Civil War]] - [[Reconstruction era of the United States|Occupation and Reconstruction]]'' |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Christopher C. Bowen]] | 1868 | 1871 | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] | [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Robert C. De Large]] | 1871 | 1873<sup>(b)</sup> | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] | [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Alonzo J. Ransier]] | 1873 | 1875 | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] | [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Edmund W.M. Mackey]] | 1875 | 1876<sup>(c)</sup> | Independent Republican | [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Charles W. Buttz]] | 1876<sup>(c)</sup> | 1877 | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] | [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Richard H. Cain]] | 1877 | 1879 | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] | [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Michael P. O'Connor]] | 1879 | 1881<sup>(d)</sup> | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Samuel Dibble]] | 1881<sup>(d)</sup> | 1882<sup>(e)</sup> | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Edmund W.M. Mackey]] | 1882<sup>(e)</sup> | 1883 | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] | [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[George D. Tillman]] | 1883 | 1893 | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | [[Edgefield, South Carolina|Edgefield]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[W. Jasper Talbert]] | 1893 | 1903 | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | [[Parksville, South Carolina|Parksville]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[George W. Croft]] | 1903 | 1904<sup>(f)</sup> | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | [[Aiken, South Carolina|Aiken]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Theodore G. Croft]] | 1904<sup>(f)</sup> | 1905 | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | [[Aiken, South Carolina|Aiken]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[James O'H. Patterson]] | 1905 | 1911 | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | [[Barnwell, South Carolina|Barnwell]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[James F. Byrnes]] | 1911 | 1925 | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | [[Aiken, South Carolina|Aiken]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Butler B. Hare]] | 1925 | 1933 | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | [[Saluda, South Carolina|Saluda]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Hampton Fulmer]] | 1933 | 1944<sup>(g)</sup> | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | [[Orangeburg, South Carolina|Orangeburg]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Willa L. Fulmer]] | 1944<sup>(g)</sup> | 1945<sup>(g)</sup> | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | [[Orangeburg, South Carolina|Orangeburg]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[John J. Riley]] | 1945 | 1949 | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | [[Sumter, South Carolina|Sumter]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Hugo Sims, Jr.]] | 1949 | 1951 | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | [[Orangeburg, South Carolina|Orangeburg]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[John J. Riley]] | 1951 | 1962<sup>(h)</sup> | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | [[Sumter, South Carolina|Sumter]] |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Corinne Boyd Riley]] | 1962<sup>(h)</sup> | 1963<sup>(h)</sup> | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] | [[Sumter, South Carolina|Sumter]] |- | rowspan=2 | [[Albert Watson (politician)|Albert Watson]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 1963 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 1965<sup>(i)</sup> | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]<sup>(i)</sup> | rowspan=2 | [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]] |- | {{Party shading/Republican}} | 1965<sup>(i)</sup> | {{Party shading/Republican}} | 1971 | {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]<sup>(i)</sup> |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Floyd Spence]] | 1971 | 2001<sup>(j)</sup> | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] | [[West Columbia, South Carolina|West Columbia]], then [[Lexington, South Carolina|Lexington]] |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Joe Wilson (U.S. politician)|Joe Wilson]] | 2001<sup>(j)</sup> | present | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] | [[Springdale, Lexington County, South Carolina|Springdale]] |} <sup>(a)</sup> William Lowndes resigned in 1822; Hamilton succeeded him in a special election.<br/> <sup>(b)</sup> Christopher C. Bowen successfully contested the election of Robert De Large in 1870 and the seat was declared vacant on January 24, 1873, just a few weeks before being filled by Alonzo J. Ransier for the next term.<br/> <sup>(c)</sup> Charles Buttz successfully contested the election of Edmund Mackey in 1874 and filled the seat on November 7, 1876.<br/> <sup>(d)</sup> Michael O'Connor died in 1881; Dibble succeeded him in a special election.<br/> <sup>(e)</sup> Edmund Mackey successfully contested the election of Michael O'Connor and special election of Samuel Dibble to the Forty-seventh Congress and filled the seat for the remainder of the term.<br/> <sup>(f)</sup> George Croft died in 1904; his son Theodore won a special election and served as caretaker until Patterson took office in 1905.<br/> <sup>(g)</sup> Hampton Fulmer died in 1944; his widow Willa won a special election and served as caretaker until John Riley took office in 1945.<br/> <sup>(h)</sup> John Riley died in 1962; his widow Corinne won a special election and served as caretaker until Watson took office in 1963.<br/> <sup>(i)</sup> Watson served his first term and the first month of his second term as a Democrat, but was stripped of his seniority in 1965 for supporting [[Barry Goldwater]] in the previous year's presidential election. He then resigned and won a special election for his own vacancy as a Republican.<br/> <sup>(j)</sup> Spence died in 2001; Wilson succeeded him in a special election. Source: [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html Political Graveyard database of South Carolina congressmen] {{USCongDistStateSC}} [[Category:Congressional districts of South Carolina|02]] [[Category: Aiken County, South Carolina|Aiken County]] [[Category: Allendale County, South Carolina|Allendale County]] [[Category: Barnwell County, South Carolina|Barnwell County]] [[Category: Beaufort County, South Carolina|Beaufort County]] [[Category: Calhoun County, South Carolina|Calhoun County]] [[Category: Hampton County, South Carolina|Hampton County]] [[Category: Jasper County, South Carolina|Jasper County]] [[Category: Lexington County, South Carolina|Lexington County]] [[Category: Orangeburg County, South Carolina|Orangeburg County]] [[Category: Richland County, South Carolina|Richland County]]