List of United States Senators from South Carolina
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South Carolina ratified the Constitution on May 23, 1788. Its Senate seats were declared vacant in July 1861 owing to its secession from the Union. They were again filled from July 1868.
Class 2
Senator | Party | From | To |
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Pierce Butler | Federalist, Democrat | 1789 | 1796 |
John Hunter | Democrat | 1796 | 1798 |
Charles Pinckney | Democrat | 1798 | 1801 |
Thomas Sumter | Democrat | 1801 | 1810 |
John Taylor | Democrat | 1810 | 1816 |
William Smith | Democrat | 1816 | 1823 |
Robert Y. Hayne | Democrat | 1823 | 1832 |
John C. Calhoun | Democrat | 1832 | 1843 |
Daniel E. Huger | Democrat | 1843 | 1845 |
John C. Calhoun | Democrat | 1845 | 1850 |
Franklin H. Elmore | Democrat | 1850 | |
Robert W. Barnwell | Democrat | 1850 | |
Robert B. Rhett | Democrat | 1850 | 1852 |
William F. DeSaussure | Democrat | 1852 | 1853 |
Josiah J. Evans | Democrat | 1853 | 1858 |
Arthur P. Hayne | Democrat | 1858 | |
James Chestnut, Jr. | Democrat | 1858 | 1861 |
Vacant | 1861 | 1868 | |
Thomas J. Robertson | Republican | 1868 | 1877 |
Matthew C. Butler | Democrat | 1877 | 1895 |
Benjamin R. Tillman | Democrat | 1895 | 1918 |
Christie Benet | Democrat | 1918 | |
William P. Pollock | Democrat | 1918 | 1919 |
Nathaniel B. Dial | Democrat | 1919 | 1925 |
Coleman L. Blease | Democrat | 1925 | 1931 |
James F. Byrnes | Democrat | 1931 | 1941 |
Alva M. Lumpkin | Democrat | 1941 | |
Roger C. Peace | Democrat | 1941 | |
Burnet R. Maybank | Democrat | 1941 | 1954 |
Charles E. Daniel | Democrat | 1954 | |
Strom Thurmond | Democrat | 1954 | 1956 |
Thomas A. Wofford | Democrat | 1956 | |
Strom Thurmond | Democrat, Republican | 1956 | 2003 |
Lindsey Graham | Republican | 2003 |
Class 3
Senator | Party | From | To |
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Ralph Izard | Federalist | 1789 | 1795 |
Jacob Read | Federalist | 1795 | 1801 |
John E. Colhoun | Democrat | 1801 | 1802 |
Pierce Butler | Democrat | 1802 | 1804 |
John Gaillard | Democrat | 1804 | 1826 |
William Harper | Democrat | 1826 | |
William Smith | Democrat | 1826 | 1831 |
Stephen D. Miller | Democrat | 1831 | 1833 |
William C. Preston | Democrat, Whig | 1833 | 1842 |
George McDuffie | Democrat | 1842 | 1846 |
Andrew P. Butler | Democrat | 1846 | 1857 |
James H. Hammond | Democrat | 1857 | 1860 |
Vacant | 1860 | 1868 | |
Frederick A. Sawyer | Republican | 1868 | 1873 |
John J. Patterson | Republican | 1873 | 1879 |
Wade Hampton | Democrat | 1879 | 1891 |
John L. M. Irby | Democrat | 1891 | 1897 |
Joseph H. Earle | Democrat | 1897 | |
John L. McLaurin | Democrat | 1897 | 1903 |
Ashbury C. Latimer | Democrat | 1903 | 1908 |
Frank B. Gary | Democrat | 1908 | 1909 |
Ellison D. Smith | Democrat | 1909 | 1944 |
Wilton E. Hall | Democrat | 1944 | 1945 |
Olin D. Johnston | Democrat | 1945 | 1965 |
Donald S. Russell | Democrat | 1965 | 1966 |
Ernest F. Hollings | Democrat | 1966 | 2005 |
Jim DeMint | Republican | 2005 |