Benjamin Ryan Tillman was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894,and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death in 1918. A white supremacist who opposed civil rights for black Americans,Tillman led a paramilitary group of Red Shirts during South Carolina's violent 1876 election. On the floor of the U.S. Senate,he defended lynching,and frequently ridiculed black Americans in his speeches,boasting of having helped kill them during that campaign.
The Labor Party is an American social democratic political party advocating workers' interests and active in the state of South Carolina.
Marshall Clement "Mark" Sanford Jr. is an American politician and author who served as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district from 1995 to 2001 and again from 2013 to 2019,and also as the 115th governor of South Carolina from 2003 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.
James Thomas Broyhill was an American businessman and politician who served as a Republican U.S. Representative and Senator from the state of North Carolina. He represented much of the Foothills region of the state in the House from 1963 to 1986,and served in the United States Senate for four months in 1986.
The South Carolina General Assembly,also called the South Carolina Legislature,is the state legislature of the U.S. state of South Carolina. The legislature is bicameral and consists of the lower South Carolina House of Representatives and the upper South Carolina Senate. All together,the General Assembly consists of 170 members. The legislature convenes at the State House in Columbia.
Reverend Gary Davis,also Blind Gary Davis,was a blues and gospel singer who was also proficient on the banjo,guitar and harmonica. Born in Laurens,South Carolina and blind since infancy,Davis first performed professionally in the Piedmont blues scene of Durham,North Carolina in the 1930s,then converted to Christianity and became a minister. After moving to New York in the 1940s,Davis experienced a career rebirth as part of the American folk music revival that peaked during the 1960s. Davis' most notable recordings include "Samson and Delilah" and "Death Don't Have No Mercy".
Frank Boyd Gary was a United States senator from South Carolina. Born in Cokesbury,South Carolina,he attended the Cokesbury Conference School and Union College. He studied law,was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Abbeville,South Carolina in 1881. From 1890 to 1900 he was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives,serving as speaker from 1895 to 1900. He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1895 and was a member of the State house of representatives in 1906.
Daniel Terry Blue Jr. is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the North Carolina Senate,representing the state's 14th Senate district,and is the Senate minority leader.
The 1876 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 7,1876 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. The election campaign was a referendum on the Radical Republican-led state government and their Reconstruction policies. Opponents disputed the challenger Wade Hampton III's victory,gained by a margin of little more than 1100 votes statewide. But he took office in April 1877,after President Hayes withdrew federal troops as a result of a national Democratic compromise,and the incumbent Daniel Henry Chamberlain left the state.
Martin Witherspoon Gary was an attorney,soldier,and politician from South Carolina. He attained the rank of brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He played a major leadership role in the 1876 Democratic political campaign to elect Wade Hampton III as governor,planning a detailed campaign to disrupt the Republican Party and black voters by violence and intimidation.
John Gary Evans was the 85th governor of South Carolina from 1894 to 1897.
John Calhoun Sheppard was the 82nd governor of South Carolina from July 10,1886,to November 30,1886.
The 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 7,2006 to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections for the Democrats and the Republicans were held on June 13 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 27. All six incumbents were re-elected and the composition of the state delegation remained four Republicans and two Democrats.
The 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 2,2004 to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections for the Democrats and the Republicans were held on June 8. All five incumbents who ran were re-elected and the open seat in the 4th congressional district was retained by the Republicans. The composition of the state delegation remained four Republicans and two Democrats.
From January 24 to June 6,2000,voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 2000 United States presidential election. Texas Governor George W. Bush was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2000 Republican National Convention held from July 31 to August 3,2000,in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.
The 1909 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on January 26,1909. Its outcome was determined by a Democratic Party primary election held on August 25 and September 8,1908. Interim Senator Frank B. Gary,who had been elected to complete the unfinished term of the late Senator Asbury Latimer,did not run for re-election. Democrat Ellison D. Smith won the Democratic primary and was elected by the General Assembly for a six-year term.
On January 6,2015,the first day of the 114th United States Congress and two months after the 2014 U.S. House elections,the incoming House members held an election for its speaker. This was 123rd speaker election since the office was created in 1789. The incumbent,John Boehner,received 216 votes,a majority of the votes cast and was re-elected to office,despite a coordinated effort by Freedom Caucus Republicans to oust him.
A special election was held on June 20,2017,to determine the member of the United States House of Representatives for South Carolina's 5th congressional district. Representative Mick Mulvaney was nominated by President Donald Trump as director of the Office of Management and Budget and confirmed by the United States Senate on February 16,2017,necessitating his resignation from the House of Representatives.
The 2022 South Carolina gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of South Carolina. Incumbent Republican Governor Henry McMaster ran for re-election for a second full term in office and secured the Republican nomination in the June 14 primary. Joe Cunningham,former United States Representative from South Carolina's 1st congressional district,was the Democratic nominee. McMaster won the general election with 58% of the vote —a substantially larger majority than in 2018.
The 2022 South Carolina House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. South Carolina voters elected state representatives in all 123 of the state house's districts. Republicans flipped eight seats held by Democrats for a total of 88 seats,creating a Republican supermajority.
