South Carolina's 3rd congressional district

South Carolina's 3rd congressional district
South Carolina's 3rd congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Jeff Duncan R–Laurens
Population (2019)	706,961
Median household income	$50,815[1]
Ethnicity	76.9% White 20.6% Black 1.9% Hispanic 0.6% Asian 0.2% Native American 0.0% other
Cook PVI	R+19[2]

The 3rd congressional district of South Carolina is a congressional district in western South Carolina bordering both Georgia and North Carolina. It includes all of Abbeville, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Oconee, Pickens and Saluda counties and portions of Greenville and Newberry counties. The district is mostly rural, but much of the economy revolves around the manufacturing centers of Anderson and Greenwood.

History

Historically, the district was a Democratic stronghold, and Democrats continued to hold most local offices well into the 1990s. However, most residents share the socially conservative views of their counterparts in the 4th district and the district has elected Republicans since 1994. Republicans now dominate the district's politics at all levels, usually scoring margins rivaling those in the 4th. Indeed, no Democrat has cleared the 40 percent mark in the district in almost a quarter-century.

South Carolina's senior Senator, Lindsey Graham, held this seat from 1995 to 2003. He was succeeded by J. Gresham Barrett, who gave up the seat in order to run for governor.^[3] State Rep. Jeff Duncan won the seat in 2010.

From 2003 to 2013, the district included all of Abbeville, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, Oconee, Pickens and Saluda counties and most of Aiken and Laurens counties.

Election results from presidential races

List of members representing the district

Name	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
Daniel Huger	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	1st 2nd	Elected in 1788. Re-elected in 1790.	1789–1793 "Georgetown-Cheraw district" 1st district: Charleston 2nd district: Beaufort-Orangeburg 3rd district: Georgetown-Cheraw 4th district: Camden 5th district: Ninety-Six
Lemuel Benton	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd 4th 5th	Elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Lost re-election.	1793–1795 "Georgetown-Cheraw district" (Map unknown)
	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799
					1795–1799 "Georgetown district" 1796 election results by district
Benjamin Huger	Federalist	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1805	6th 7th 8th	Elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Re-elected in 1803. Retired.	1799–1833 "Georgetown district" (Map unknown)
David R. Williams	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809	9th 10th	Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Retired.
Robert Witherspoon	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	11th	Elected in 1808. Retired.
David R. Williams	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	12th	Elected in 1810.
Theodore Gourdin	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th	Elected in 1812. Lost re-election.
Benjamin Huger	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	14th	Elected in 1814. Lost re-election.
James Ervin	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	15th 16th	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Retired.
Thomas R. Mitchell	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1820. Lost re-election.
Robert B. Campbell	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elected in 1823. Retired.
Thomas R. Mitchell	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	19th 20th	Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Lost re-election.
John Campbell	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	Elected in 1828.
Thomas R. Mitchell	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd
Thomas Singleton	Nullifier	March 4, 1833 – November 25, 1833	23rd	Died.	1833–1843
Vacant		November 25, 1833 – February 27, 1834
Robert B. Campbell	Nullifier	February 27, 1834 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th
John Campbell	Nullifier	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th 26th 27th	Redistricted to the 4th district.
	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843
Joseph A. Woodward	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1853	28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd		1843–1853
Laurence M. Keitt	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – July 15, 1856	33rd 34th	Resigned.	1853–1860
Vacant		July 15, 1856 – August 6, 1856	34th
Laurence M. Keitt	Democratic	August 6, 1856 – December ???, 1860	34th 35th 36th	Re-elected to finish his term.
Inactive		December ???, 1860 – July 25, 1868	36th 37th 38th 39th 40th	Civil War and Reconstruction
Manuel S. Corley	Republican	July 25, 1868 – March 3, 1869	40th		1868–1873
Solomon L. Hoge	Republican	April 8, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	Successfully contested election of J.P. Reed
Robert B. Elliott	Republican	March 4, 1871 – November 1, 1874	42nd 43rd	Resigned.
					1873–1883
Vacant		November 1, 1874 – November 3, 1874	43rd
Lewis C. Carpenter	Republican	November 3, 1874 – March 3, 1875		Retired.
Solomon L. Hoge	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Retired.
D. Wyatt Aiken	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1887	45th 46th 47th 48th 49th	Retired.
					1883–1893
James S. Cothran	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Retired.
George Johnstone	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Lost renomination.
Asbury C. Latimer	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th	Retired.	1893–1903
Wyatt Aiken	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1917	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th	Lost renomination.	1903–1913
					1913–1933 Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood, Newberry, Oconee, and Pickens Counties.[4]
Frederick H. Dominick	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1933	65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Lost renomination.
John C. Taylor	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th	Lost renomination.	1933–1943
Butler B. Hare	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1947	76th 77th 78th 79th	Retired.
1943–1953
	W.J. Bryan Dorn	Democratic	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	Retired to run for U.S. senator.
	James Butler Hare	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	81st	Lost renomination.
	W.J. Bryan Dorn	Democratic	January 3, 1951 – December 31, 1974	82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	Retired to run for Governor of South Carolina and resigned.
1953–1963
1963–1973
1973–1983
	Vacant		December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975	93rd
	Butler Derrick	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1995	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	Retired.
1983–1993
1993–2003
	Lindsey Graham	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003	104th 105th 106th 107th	Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Gresham Barrett	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011	108th 109th 110th 111th	Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Retired.	2003–2013 All of Abbeville, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, Oconee, Pickens and Saluda counties and most of Aiken and Laurens counties.
Jeff Duncan	Republican	January 3, 2011 – present	112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.
					2013–present

Recent election results

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

See also

• South Carolina's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present