Greenville County is located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census,the population was 525,534,making it the most populous county in the state. Its county seat is Greenville. The county is also home to the Greenville County School District,the largest school system in South Carolina.
Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Anderson County,South Carolina,United States. The population was 28,106 at the 2020 census,making it the 16th-most populous city in South Carolina. It is one of the principal cities in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer,SC Metropolitan Statistical Area,which had an estimated population of 975,480 in 2023. It is included in the larger Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson,SC Combined Statistical Area,which had an estimated population of 1,590,636 in 2023. It is just off Interstate 85 and is 120 miles (190 km) from Atlanta and 140 miles (230 km) from Charlotte. Anderson is the smallest of the three primary cities that make up the Upstate region,and is nicknamed the "Electric City" and the "Friendliest City in South Carolina".
Greenville is a city in and the county seat of Greenville County,South Carolina,United States. With a population of 70,720 at the 2020 census,it is the sixth-most populous city in the state. The Greenville metropolitan area had 928,195 residents in 2020 and is the second-largest metro area in South Carolina. Greenville is the anchor city of Upstate South Carolina,an economic and cultural region with an estimated population of 1.59 million as of 2023.
Simpsonville is a city in Greenville County,South Carolina,United States. It is part of the Greenville,SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 23,354 at the 2020 census,up from 18,238 in the 2010 census. Simpsonville is part of the "Golden Strip",along with Mauldin and Fountain Inn,an area which is noted for having low unemployment due to a diversity of industries including H.B. Fuller,KEMET,Sealed Air and Milliken. It is the 23rd-most populous city in South Carolina.
Clinton is a city in Laurens County,South Carolina,United States. The population was 8,490 as of the 2010 census. It is part of the Greenville–Mauldin–Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area in upstate South Carolina. Clinton is the home of Presbyterian College.
Sumter is a city in and the county seat of Sumter County,South Carolina,United States. The city makes up the Sumter,SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. Sumter County,along with Clarendon and Lee counties,form the core of Sumter–Lee–Clarendon tri-county area of South Carolina that includes three counties straddling the border of the Sandhills,Pee Dee,and Lowcountry regions. The population was 43,463 at the 2020 census,making it the 9th-most populous city in the state.
Robert Durden Inglis Sr. is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2011. He is a moderate member of the Republican Party. Inglis was unseated in the Republican primary runoff in 2010 by a landslide.
Clement Furman Haynsworth Jr. was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He was also an unsuccessful nominee for the United States Supreme Court in 1969.
Henry Dargan McMaster is an American politician and attorney serving as the 117th governor of South Carolina since 2017. A member of the Republican Party,he was the 50th Attorney General of South Carolina from 2003 to 2011 and the 91st lieutenant governor of South Carolina from 2015 to 2017 under Governor Nikki Haley.
Elizabeth Johnston Patterson was an American politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party,she was a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993.
Terry Edward Haskins was a South Carolina Republican politician who served as the Speaker pro-tempore of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1995 until his death five years later.
Stephen Keith Benjamin is an American politician and businessman currently serving as the director of the White House Office of Public Engagement for the Biden administration,and also as one of the senior advisors to President Biden since April 1,2023. He previously served as the 70th mayor of Columbia,South Carolina,from July 2010 to January 2022. He was the first African American mayor in the city's history. Before serving as mayor,he worked in the Columbia metropolitan area as an attorney and served on various charitable organizations.
William Douglas Workman III was an American businessman and politician who served as the mayor of Greenville,South Carolina from 1983 to 1995. Greenville is the seat of Greenville County,the state's most populous county,at the center of the Upstate South Carolina region.
Harry Butler Luthi Sr. was an American businessman who served as the 32nd mayor of Greenville,South Carolina from November 1982 to June 1983. Before his time as mayor,Luthi was a member of the Greenville City Council for seven years.
Dwight A. Loftis is an American politician and insurance agent from South Carolina. A member of the South Carolina Senate since 2019,he previously represented district 19 in the South Carolina House of Representatives for 23 years from 1996 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican party.
The 2018 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the Governor of South Carolina. Incumbent Republican Governor Henry McMaster,who took office after Nikki Haley resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,ran for election to a full term. The primary was held on June 12,with the Democrats nominating State Representative James E. Smith Jr. McMaster failed to win a majority of the vote,and then defeated John Warren in the Republican runoff on June 26. In the general election,McMaster defeated Smith,winning election to a full term.
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 larger margin than in 2018.
Prior to the civil rights movement in South Carolina,African Americans in the state had very few political rights. South Carolina briefly had a majority-black government during the Reconstruction era after the Civil War,but with the 1876 inauguration of Governor Wade Hampton III,a Democrat who supported the disenfranchisement of blacks,African Americans in South Carolina struggled to exercise their rights. Poll taxes,literacy tests,and intimidation kept African Americans from voting,and it was virtually impossible for someone to challenge the Democratic Party,which ran unopposed in most state elections for decades. By 1940,the voter registration provisions written into the 1895 constitution effectively limited African-American voters to 3,000—only 0.8 percent of those of voting age in the state.
The 2023 United States elections were held,in large part,on Tuesday,November 7,2023. The off-year election included gubernatorial and state legislative elections in a few states,as well as numerous citizen initiatives,mayoral races,and a variety of other local offices on the ballot. At least three special elections to the United States Congress were scheduled as either deaths or vacancies arose. The Democratic Party retained control of the governorship in Kentucky,flipped the Wisconsin Supreme Court and held a seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court,gained six seats in the New Jersey General Assembly,and won back unified control of the Virginia General Assembly,while Republicans also flipped the governorship in Louisiana and narrowly retained Mississippi's governorship. The election cycle also saw Ohio voting to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution and legalize cannabis for recreational use. The results were widely seen as a success for the Democratic Party.
Thomas Bothwell Butler was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 72nd lieutenant governor of South Carolina. He died in office on January 5,1931.
