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| U.S. Senators from South Carolina: |
| Name |
Dates of Service |
| Class 2 |
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Pierce Butler (PRO-ADMIN,ANTI-ADMIN)
John Hunter (R)
Charles Pinckney (R)
Thomas Sumter (R)
John Taylor (R)
William Smith (R)
Robert Young Hayne (JR,J,N)
John C. Calhoun (N,D)
Daniel Elliott Huger (D)
John C. Calhoun (D)
Franklin H. Elmore (D)
Robert W. Barnwell (D)
R. Barnwell Rhett (D)
William F. De Saussure (D)
Josiah J. Evans (D)
Arthur P. Hayne (D)
James Chesnut, Jr. (D)
Thomas J. Robertson (R)
Matthew C. Butler (D)
Benjamin R. Tillman (D)
Christie Benet (D)
William P. Pollock(D)
Nathaniel B. Dial (D)
Coleman L. Blease (D)
James F. Byrnes (D)
Alva M. Lumpkin (D)
Roger C. Peace (D)
Burnet R. Maybank (D)
Charles E. Daniel (D)
J.Strom Thurmond (D)
Thomas A. Wofford (D)
J. Strom Thurmond (D,R)
Lindsey Graham (R)
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1789-1796
1796-1798
1798-1801
1801-1810
1810-1816
1816-1823
1823-1832
1832-1843
1843-1845
1845-1850
1850-1850
1850-1850
1850-1852
1852-1853
1853-1858
1858-1858
1858-1860
1868-1877
1877-1895
1895-1918
1918-1918
1918-1919
1919-1925
1925-1931
1931-1941
1941-1941
1941-1941
1941-1954
1954-1954
1954-1956
1956-1956
1956-2003
2003--
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| Name |
Dates of Service |
| Class 3 |
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Ralph Izard (PRO-ADMIN)
Jacob Read (F)
John Ewing Colhoun (R)
Pierce Butler (R)
John Gaillard (R,CRR,J)
William Harper (J)
William Smith (R)
Stephen D. Miller (N)
William C. Preston (N,W)
George McDuffie (D)
Andrew P. Butler (D)
James H. Hammond (D)
Frederick A. Sawyer (R)
John J. Patterson (R)
Wade Hampton (D)
John L. M. Irby (D)
Joseph H. Earle (D)
John L. McLaurin (D)
Asbury C. Latimer (D)
Frank B. Gary (D)
Ellison D. Smith (D)
Wilton E. Hall (D)
Olin D. T. Johnston (D)
Donald S. Russell (D)
Ernest F. Hollings (D)
James DeMint (R)
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1789-1795
1795-1801
1801-1802
1802-1804
1804-1826
1826-1826
1826-1831
1831-1833
1833-1842
1842-1846
1846-1857
1857-1860
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1873-1879
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1897-1903
1903-1908
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1909-1944
1944-1945
1945-1965
1965-1966
1966-2005
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| Senate Service |
Longest Service (24 years or more):
Strom Thurmond
Ellison D. Smith
Ernest F. Hollings
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South Carolina Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions |
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Senate President (U.S. Vice President): John C. Calhoun
President Pro Tempore: Ralph Izard, Jacob Read, John Gaillard, Strom Thurmond
Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947:
- Armed Services: Strom Thurmond
- Banking and Currency: Burnet R. Maybank
- Budget: Ernest F. Hollings
- Commerce, Science and Transportation: Ernest F. Hollings
- Judiciary: Strom Thurmond
- Post Office and Civil Service: Olin D. Johnston
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South Carolina Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection |
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Statuary: John Caldwell Calhoun by Frederic W. Ruckstull located in the East Front Lobby; Wade Hampton by Frederic W. Ruckstull, located in the House connecting corridor, second floor.
Busts:
- Vice Presidents Collection: John C. Calhoun by Theodore A. Mills (Senate Chamber gallery).
- Chief Justices Collection: John Rutledge by Alexander Galt, located in the Old Supreme Court Chamber.
Paintings: Fort Sumter, South Carolina, one painting before the war and two paintings after bombardment, by Seth Eastman. All three paintings are located in the Center section, first floor, west corridor.
Portraits: Two portraits of John C. Calhoun, by Arthur Conrad in the Senate Reception Room (one of five outstanding senators memorialized), and by Henry F. Darby in the Senate wing, second floor, main corridor
Speaker of the House Collection: Langdon Cheeves, by Hal Morrison, James L. Orr by Esther Edmonds, both in the House wing, Speaker's Lobby, second floor.
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