South Carolina's 1st Congressional District - List of Representatives

List of Representatives

Name	Years	Party	Electoral history
William L. Smith	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795	Pro-Administration	Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Portugal
William L. Smith	March 4, 1795 – July 10, 1797	Federalist	Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Portugal
Vacant	July 10, 1797 – November 23, 1797
Thomas Pinckney	November 23, 1797 – March 4, 1801	Federalist	First elected to finish Smith's term
Thomas Lowndes	March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1805	Federalist
Robert Marion	March 4, 1805 – December 4, 1810	Democratic-Republican	Resigned
Vacant	December 4, 1810 – December 31, 1810
Langdon Cheves	December 31, 1810 – March 4, 1815	Democratic-Republican
Henry Middleton	March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1819	Democratic-Republican
Charles Pinckney	March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821	Democratic-Republican
Joel R. Poinsett	March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823	Democratic-Republican	Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Mexico
	March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825	Jacksonian D-R
	March 4, 1825 – March 7, 1825	Jacksonian
Vacant	March 7, 1825 – May 17, 1825
William Drayton	May 17, 1825 – March 4, 1833	Jacksonian
Henry L. Pinckney	March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1837	Nullifier
Hugh S. Legaré	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839	Democratic
Isaac E. Holmes	March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1843	Democratic	Redistricted to the 6th district
James A. Black	March 4, 1843 – April 3, 1848	Democratic	Died
Vacant	April 3, 1848 – June 12, 1848
Daniel Wallace	June 12, 1848 – March 4, 1853	Democratic
John McQueen	March 4, 1853 – December 21, 1860	Democratic	Redistricted from the 4th district Retired
Civil War and Reconstruction	December 21, 1860 – July 18, 1868
Benjamin F. Whittemore	July 18, 1868 – February 24, 1870	Republican	Resigned
Vacant	February 24, 1870 – December 12, 1870
Joseph H. Rainey	December 12, 1870 – March 4, 1879	Republican	Lost election, 1878
John S. Richardson	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1883	Democratic
Samuel Dibble	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1891	Democratic
William H. Brawley	March 4, 1891 – February 12, 1894	Democratic	Resigned to become U.S. District Judge
Vacant	February 12, 1894 – April 12, 1894
James F. Izlar	April 12, 1894 – March 4, 1895	Democratic
William Elliott	March 4, 1895 – June 4, 1896	Democratic	Lost contested election
George W. Murray	June 4, 1896 – March 4, 1897	Republican	Won contested election
William Elliott	March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1903	Democratic
George S. Legaré	March 4, 1903 – January 31, 1913	Democratic	Died
Vacant	January 31, 1913 – April 29, 1913
Richard S. Whaley	April 29, 1913 – March 4, 1921	Democratic
W. Turner Logan	March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1925	Democratic
Thomas S. McMillan	March 4, 1925 – September 29, 1939	Democratic	Died
Vacant	September 29, 1939 – November 7, 1939
Clara Gooding McMillan	November 7, 1939 – January 3, 1941	Democratic	Elected to finish her husband's term
L. Mendel Rivers	January 3, 1941 – December 28, 1970	Democratic	Died
Vacant	December 28, 1970 – April 27, 1971
Mendel Jackson Davis	April 27, 1971 – January 3, 1981	Democratic	Retired for health reasons
Thomas Hartnett	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987	Republican	Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor
Arthur Ravenel, Jr.	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995	Republican	Retired to run for Governor
Mark Sanford	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001	Republican	Retired
Henry Brown	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2011	Republican	Retired
Tim Scott	January 3, 2011 – January 2, 2013	Republican	First elected in 2010 Re-elected in 2012, but resigned when appointed to the United States Senate
Vacant	January 2, 2013 – May 15, 2013
Mark Sanford	May 15, 2013 Present	Republican	Elected to finish Scott's term

Read more about this topic: South Carolina's 1st Congressional District

Famous quotes containing the words list of and/or list:

“Feminism is an entire world view or gestalt, not just a laundry list of women’s issues.”
—Charlotte Bunch (b. 1944)

“All is possible,
Who so list believe;
Trust therefore first, and after preve,
As men wed ladies by license and leave,
All is possible.”
—Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503?–1542)