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The South Carolina State House is the building housing the government of the U.S. state of South Carolina,which includes the South Carolina General Assembly and the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina. Located in the capital city of Columbia near the corner of Gervais and Assembly Streets,the building also housed the Supreme Court until 1971.
The South Carolina Republican Party (SCGOP) is the state affiliate of the national Republican Party in South Carolina. It is one of two major political parties in the state,along with the South Carolina Democratic Party,and is the dominant party. Incumbent governor Henry McMaster,as well as senators Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham,are Republicans. Graham has served since January 3,2003,having been elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2008,2014,and 2020;Tim Scott was appointed in 2013 by then-governor Nikki Haley,who is also a Republican.
The Clariosophic Society,also known as ΜΣΦ,is a literary society founded in 1806 at the University of South Carolina,then known as South Carolina College,as a result of the splitting in two of the Philomathic Society,which had been formed within weeks of the opening of the college in 1805 and included virtually all students. At what was called the Synapian Convention held in February 1806,the members of Philomathic voted to split into two separate societies,one of which became known as Clariosophic,while the other society became known as Euphradian. Two blood brothers picked the members for the new groups in a manner similar to choosing sides for an impromptu baseball game. John Goodwin became the first president of Clariosophic. Other early presidents include Stephen Elliott,Hugh S. Legaré. George McDuffie and Richard I. Manning. The Society was reactivated in 2013.
Daniel Byron Verdin III is a member of the South Carolina Senate,representing District 9. In November 2008,he was chosen as majority whip.
Thomas C. Alexander is an American businessman who is currently serving as the President of the South Carolina Senate. He serves in the senate as a Republican from the 1st District. Alexander served as an honorary chair of the 2023 Inauguration Committee for Governor Henry McMaster.
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.
Gerald Malloy is a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate,representing the 29th District since 2002. He replaced Edward Eli Saleeby after he died. In November 2020,Malloy announced that he would run for Senate Minority Leader. He lost to Brad Hutto.
Nikki G. Setzler is an American politician who is a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate,representing the 26th District since 1976. In November 2020,Setzler announced that he would step down as Minority Leader.
C. Bradley Hutto is an American politician currently serving as a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate,representing the Senate District 40 since 1996. Senate District 40 encompasses all or portions of the counties of Allendale,Bamberg,Barnwell,Colleton,Hampton,and Orangeburg.
Catherine C. Ceips is a former Republican member of the South Carolina Senate,representing the 46th District from the time of a special election in 2007 until the end of the term January 14,2009. Previously she was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2003 through 2006.
John E. Courson is a former American politician. He served as a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate,representing the 20th District from 1985 to 2018. He resigned after pleading guilty to a common law misconduct charge in office.
Harvey Smith Peeler Jr. is an American politician. He is a member of the South Carolina Senate,representing the 14th District from since 1980,initially as a Democrat,and from October 1989,as a Republican. He was the Senate Majority Leader from 2005 to 2016 and president of the senate from 2019 to 2021. In 2021,he became Chair of the Finance Committee after the death of Hugh Leatherman.
John L. Scott Jr. was an American politician who served as a member of the South Carolina Legislature from 1991 until his death. Scott was a small business owner in Columbia,South Carolina.
The 1788–1789 United States Senate elections were the first U.S. Senate elections following the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. They coincided with the election of George Washington as the first president of the United States. As these elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913,senators were chosen by state legislatures.
Thomas C. Davis is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate since January 14,2009. His district includes part of Beaufort County.
Katrina Frye Shealy is an American politician,and a member of the South Carolina State Senate. She is a Republican but was elected as a petition candidate from District 23 in Lexington County. At the time of her election in 2012,she was the only woman in the South Carolina Senate but as of May 2023,she is now one of five women currently serving in the South Carolina State Senate.
Mia S. McLeod is an independent American politician serving as a member of the South Carolina Senate from the 22nd district. She previously served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2011 to 2016. On June 3,2021,McLeod announced her candidacy for the 2022 South Carolina gubernatorial election,becoming the first Black woman to run for Governor of South Carolina,generating national and international headlines.
JA Moore is an American politician. He is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 15th District,serving since 2018. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Deon T. Tedder is an American attorney and politician. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 109th District,serving since 2020,and is a member-elect of the South Carolina Senate representing District 42.
The president of the South Carolina Senate is the presiding officer of the body. The role of the president is to ensure that general order is maintained in the senate by recognizing members to speak,ensuring members are following established rules,and to call for votes. Additionally,the president is second in the line of succession should the governor and lieutenant governor be unable to serve as governor. The current president of the senate is Thomas C. Alexander,a Republican,who has held the position since December 6,2021.
