South Carolina's 2nd congressional district
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{{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]
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[[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]]