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The governor of South Carolina is the head of government of South Carolina. The governor is the ex officio commander-in-chief of the National Guard when not called into federal service. The governor's responsibilities include making yearly "State of the State" addresses to the South Carolina General Assembly,submitting an executive budget,and ensuring that state laws are enforced.
The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly. It consists of 124 representatives elected to two-year terms at the same time as U.S. congressional elections.
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.
The South Carolina Senate is the upper house of the South Carolina General Assembly,the lower house being the South Carolina House of Representatives. It consists of 46 senators elected from single member districts for four-year terms at the same time as United States presidential elections.
Floyd Davidson Spence was an American attorney and a politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. Elected for three terms to the South Carolina House of Representatives from Lexington County as a Democrat,in 1962 Spence announced his decision to switch to the Republican Party,as he was unhappy with shifts in the national party.
The 1918 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 5,1918,to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Robert Archer Cooper emerged from the crowded Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the one-party state's general election to become the 93rd governor of South Carolina.
Edward Lunn Young was a Republican U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
The 1966 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 8,1966 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina simultaneously with the special election to fill out the remainder of Olin D. Johnston's term. Incumbent Senator Strom Thurmond,who had switched parties from Democratic to Republican in 1964,easily defeated state senator Bradley Morrah in the general election.
The 1956 South Carolina United States Senate special election was held on November 6,1956 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina simultaneously with the regular Senate election. The election resulted from the resignation of Senator Strom Thurmond on April 4,1956,who was keeping a campaign pledge he had made in the 1954 election. Thurmond was unopposed in his bid to complete the remaining four years of the term.
The 1956 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 6,1956 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina simultaneously with the special Senate election. Incumbent Democratic Senator Olin D. Johnston handily defeated Republican mayor of Clemson Leon P. Crawford.
The 1968 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 5,1968,to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Incumbent Democratic Senator Fritz Hollings easily defeated Republican state senator Marshall Parker in a rematch of the election two years earlier to win his second,,term.
The 1914 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 3,1914 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. It was the first election in South Carolina in which the voters were able to choose the candidate in the general election. Incumbent Democratic Senator Ellison D. Smith won the Democratic primary and defeated nominal opposition in the general election to win another six-year term.
Beaufort Taylor Watts was an American diplomat and politician from South Carolina. He served as the Secretary of the U.S. Legation to Colombia from 1824–26,United States Ambassador to Colombia from 1826–27,and Secretary of Legation to Russia from 1828–29. He then served as secretary to the Governor of South Carolina from 1834 to 1861. He also served as a representative in the South Carolina General Assembly.
John Hancock LaFitte Jr. was an American politician in the state of South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party from 1972 to 1975,representing Richland County,South Carolina. He was a general contractor and builder.
Lucius Mendel Rivers Jr. is an American attorney and former politician in the state of South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party from 1972 to 1974,representing Charleston County,South Carolina. The son of longtime South Carolina Congressman L. Mendel Rivers,born while his father was serving in Washington,D.C.;he is now a lawyer in Charleston. He attended Georgetown University.
Council Julian Dunbar Jr. was an American politician in the state of South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party from 1971 to 1972,representing Allendale County,South Carolina. He was an insurance agent.
Julian Sidi Limehouse III was an American politician in the state of South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1967 to 1968 and 1971 to 1972,representing Charleston County,South Carolina. He was arrested for trafficking marijuana from South America. He now works as a produce broker at a wholesale vegetable market,and as a farmer at Rosebank Farms Johns Island,South Carolina. In 1972,he ran for Congress against Mendel Davis in South Carolina's 1st congressional district.
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- ↑ Assembly, South Carolina General (November 3, 1972). "Legislative Manual - General Assembly of South Carolina". General Assembly of South Carolina. – via Google Books.
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