South Carolina is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast,the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast,and Georgia to the southwest and south across the Savannah River. Along with North Carolina,it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast. South Carolina is the 40th-largest and 24 most populous U.S. state with a recorded population of 5,118,425 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 136,632 in 2020;while its most populous city is Charleston with a 2020 population of 150,227. The Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson,SC Combined Statistical Area is the most populous combined metropolitan area in the state,with an estimated 2023 population of 1,590,636.
Wofford College is a private residential liberal arts college in Spartanburg,South Carolina,United States. Founded in 1854,it is one of the few four-year institutions in the southeastern United States founded before the American Civil War that still operates on its original campus. The 175-acre (71 ha) campus is a national arboretum.
The 2006 South Carolina State Elections took place on November 7,2006,and included the gubernatorial election. All nine popularly elected constitutional officers were up for reelection,and all races except the Attorney General's were contested. The entire South Carolina House of Representatives,one state senator and six state circuit solicitors were also up for election. Several constitutional amendments were also on the ballot.
Samuel Dibble was a lawyer,educator and Confederate Civil War veteran who served several terms as U.S. Representative from South Carolina during the 1880s.
The 1994 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 8,1994,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 August 9 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on August 23. All four incumbents who ran were re-elected and the Republicans won both of the open seats in the 1st congressional district and the 3rd congressional district. The composition of the state delegation after the elections was four Republicans and two Democrats.
The 2008 South Carolina Senate election were held on Tuesday,November 4,2008. The primary elections were held on June 10 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 24. The current composition of the state delegation is 27 Republicans and 19 Democrats. Senators are elected for four-year terms,all in the same year.
Elections were held in South Carolina on Tuesday,November 2,2010. Primary elections were held on June 8,2010,and a run-off election for certain contests was held on June 22,2010.
Edward Culliatt Jones was an American architect from Charleston,South Carolina. A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places,and two are further designated as U.S. National Historic Landmarks. His works include the following:
A general election was held in the U.S. state of South Carolina on November 4,2014. All of South Carolina's executive officers were up for election as well as both United States Senate seats,and all of South Carolina's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives.
Cameron Bruce Littlejohn was a chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. He served as an associate justice on the same court from 1967 to 1984.
The 1976 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 2,1976. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. South Carolina voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president. Despite fluctuating polls,Carter would carry South Carolina by a margin of 13.04 points over Ford.
Joseph Kendrick Cunningham is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district from 2019 to 2021. The district includes much of South Carolina's share of the Atlantic Coast,from Charleston to Hilton Head Island.
Con Chellis is an American insurance agent and politician. In 2018,he was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives,where he served one term.
Richard A. Eckstrom is an American politician from the state of South Carolina. A Republican,he served as the comptroller general of South Carolina from 2003 until his resignation in 2023. From 1995 to 1999,he served one term as the South Carolina Treasurer. When elected as Comptroller General,he was the first Republican to serve in the post since 1876.
James Albert Lander was an American politician. He sat on the South Carolina Senate between 1993 and 1999,then became Comptroller General of South Carolina until 2003.
William Scott Cogswell Jr. is an American politician and businessman who is mayor of the city of Charleston. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 110th District from 2016 to 2022. Cogswell was elected mayor in 2023 after defeating incumbent John Tecklenburg and is the first Republican mayor of Charleston since 1877.
Michael William Fanning is an American politician. He is a member of the South Carolina Senate from the 17th District,serving since 2016. He is a member of the Democratic party.
The 2022 South Carolina House of Representatives election took place on November 8,2022,as part of the biennial United States elections. South Carolina voters elected state representatives in all 124 of the state's house districts. Republicans flipped eight seats held by Democrats,while Democrats flipped one seat held by a Republican;with their majority expanded by a net gain of seven seats,Republicans achieved a supermajority in the chamber.
