South Carolina is a state in the coastal Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered to the north by North Carolina,to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean,and to the southwest by Georgia across the Savannah River. South Carolina is the 40th most extensive and 23rd most populous U.S. state with a recorded population of 5,124,712 according to the 2020 census. In 2019,its GDP was $213.45 billion. South Carolina is composed of 46 counties. The capital is Columbia with a population of 137,300 in 2020;while its largest city is Charleston with a 2020 population of 150,277. The Greenville–Spartanburg-Anderson metropolitan area is the most populous in the state,with a 2020 population estimate of 1,455,892.
Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina,the county seat of Charleston County,and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor,an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley,Cooper,and Wando rivers. Charleston had a population of 150,277 as of the 2020 U.S. Census. The 2020 population of the Charleston metropolitan area,comprising Berkeley,Charleston,and Dorchester counties,was 799,636 residents,the third-largest in the state and the 74th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States.
Charleston County is located in the U.S. state of South Carolina along the Atlantic coast. As of the 2020 census,its population was 408,235,making it the third most populous county in South Carolina. Its county seat is Charleston. The county was created in 1800 by an act of the South Carolina State Legislature.
Sullivan's Island is a town and island in Charleston County,South Carolina,United States,at the entrance to Charleston Harbor,with a population of 1,791 at the 2010 census. The town is part of the Charleston metropolitan area,and is considered a very affluent suburb of Charleston.
William Johnson Jr. was an American attorney,state legislator,and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1804 until his death in 1834. When he was 32 years old,Johnson was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Thomas Jefferson. He was the first Jeffersonian Republican member of the Court as well as the second Justice from the state of South Carolina. During his tenure,Johnson restored the act of delivering seriatim opinions. He wrote about half of the dissents during the Marshall Court,leading historians to nickname him the "first dissenter".
The Charleston Battery are an American professional soccer club based in Charleston,South Carolina,and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 1993,the Battery are one of the oldest continuously operating professional soccer clubs in the United States,tied with the Richmond Kickers.
The College of Charleston is a public liberal arts college in Charleston,South Carolina. Founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785,it is the oldest college in South Carolina,the 13th oldest institution of higher learning in the United States,and the oldest municipal college in the country. The founders of the college include three future signers of the Declaration of Independence,and three future signers of the United States Constitution.
Legge is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The Charleston School of Law (CSOL) is a private for-profit law school in Charleston,South Carolina. It was established in 2003 and accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) in August 2011. The school was founded upon a principle of promoting public service by its students and graduates;each student must perform at least 50 hours of public service before graduation. According to the school's 2021 ABA-required disclosures,85% of the Class of 2017 obtained full-time,long-term,JD-required employment nine months after graduation.
Rainbow Row is the name for a series of thirteen colorful historic houses in Charleston,South Carolina. The houses are located north of Tradd St. and south of Elliott St. on East Bay Street,that is,79 to 107 East Bay Street. The name Rainbow Row was coined after the pastel colors they were painted as they were restored in the 1930s and 1940s. It is a popular tourist attraction and is one of the most photographed parts of Charleston.
Same-sex marriage in South Carolina has been legal since a federal court order took effect on November 20,2014. Another court ruling on November 18 had ordered the state to recognize same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions. Following the 2014 ruling of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Bostic v. Schaefer,which found Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional and set precedent on every state in the circuit,one judge accepted marriage license applications from same-sex couples until the South Carolina Supreme Court,in response to a request by the Attorney General,ordered him to stop. A federal district court ruled South Carolina's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional on November 12,with implementation of that decision stayed until noon on November 20. The first same-sex wedding ceremony was held on November 19.
Charleston Southern Buccaneers are the athletic teams that represent Charleston Southern University. They participate in Division I of the NCAA as a member of the Big South Conference. Charleston Southern (CSU) fields varsity teams in 16 sports,7 for men and 9 for women. The football team competes in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS),formerly I-AA.
Timothy Eugene Scott is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from South Carolina since 2013. A member of the Republican Party,Scott was appointed to the U.S. Senate by Governor Nikki Haley in 2013. He retained his seat after winning a special election in 2014,and was elected to a full term in 2016. He is seeking a second full term in the 2022 election.
The following is a timeline of the history of Charleston,South Carolina,USA.
Kaye Gorenflo Hearn is a justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. She has been on the court since 2010.
Peter Charles Gaillard was the thirty-eighth mayor of Charleston,South Carolina,serving in 1865-1868. He was the last mayor elected before the Civil War.
Elihu Hall Bay was an associate justice of the precursor to the South Carolina Supreme Court. He was elected as an associate justice of the Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas on February 17,1791. Bay began the tradition of recording court decisions in South Carolina in 1809.
John Hardin Marion was an associate justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. His predecessor,Justice Gage's,term was to expire on August 1,1922,and the Statehouse held an election soon after Marion had been elected to fill the remaining term of his predecessor;the length of the term was beyond what would have permitted the governor to simply appoint a successor. The Statehouse was unable to choose a successor for the new term to start in August 1921 despite thirty-nine ballots over several weeks;on March 4,1921,the General Assembly agreed to delay the selection of a new justice until the 1922 term,leaving the position unfilled for several months. When the legislature reconvened in January 1922,Marion was finally elected on the forty-seventh ballot. The drawn-out balloting was merely to fill the unexpired term of Justice Gage;the Statehouse then,on January 18,1922,quickly elected Marion to not just finish the unexpired term but to fill a complete term thereafter. he left the court to take a position in Charlotte,North Carolina working for Duke Power. He was sworn in on January 19,1922. He is buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in Chester,South Carolina.
Thomas Patrick Bussey (1905-1981) was an associate justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court.
The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church,often referred to as Mother Emanuel,is a church in Charleston,South Carolina. Founded in 1817,Emanuel AME is the oldest African Methodist Episcopal church in the Southern United States. This,the first independent black denomination in the United States,was founded in 1816 in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.
