Past Make-up of The Senate
| Year | Democratic Party |
Republican Party |
Independent / Other |
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(d) | 0 | 6 |
| 2008 | 19 | 27 | 0 | 8 |
(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, J. Verne Smith of Greer, switched to the Republicans to break the tie.
(d) Republicans gained an additional seat in a 2007 special election. The current party makeup is 27 Republicans and 19 Democrats.
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