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Richland County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census,its population was 416,147,making it the second-most populous county in South Carolina,behind only Greenville County. The county seat and largest community is Columbia,the state capital. The county was established on March 12,1785. Richland County is part of the Columbia,SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2020,the center of population of South Carolina was located in Richland County,in the city of Columbia. The county is also the location of the geographic center of South Carolina,southeast of Columbia.
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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.
Modjeska Monteith Simkins was an important leader of African-American public health reform,social reform and the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina.
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Kay Patterson is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate,representing the 19th District from 1985 to his retirement in 2008. He was previously a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1975 through 1985.
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Seth Rose is an American lawyer and politician. Prior to his legal and political career,Rose was a First Team All-America singles tennis player for the University of South Carolina. In his college career Rose twice defeated the number one ranked NCAA singles player in the nation and advanced to the Round of 16 in the 2003 Div. I NCAA Men's Singles Championships held in Athens,Georgia. He was inducted into the Gamecock Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014. In 2024,he served as the President of the University of South Carolina Lettermen's Association. A former Richland County Councilman (2011-2018),he is currently a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 72nd District,serving since 2018. He is a member of the Democratic party. Rose is a former Richland County prosecutor and the principal attorney at Seth Rose,Attorney at Law.
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Leon Lott is the commander of the South Carolina State Guard and the sheriff of Richland County,South Carolina. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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- ↑ "Leon Howard". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Richland County Legislative Delegation meeting agenda, May 6, 2021" (PDF). Richland County South Carolina. May 6, 2021. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
- ↑ House Standing Committees". South Carolina Legislature. December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
