South Carolina's 6th congressional district
Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP | South Carolina's 6th congressional district | |
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 South Carolina's 6th congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |
| U.S. Representative | Jim Clyburn (D–Columbia) |
| Population (2000) | 668,670 |
| Median income | 28,967 |
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| Cook PVI | D+19[1] |
The 6th Congressional District of South Carolina is a congressional district in central and eastern South Carolina. It includes all of Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Clarendon, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper and Williamsburg counties and parts of Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Dorchester, Georgetown, Orangeburg, Richland and Sumter counties. The district borders were shifted south in the 2012 redistricting. It lost its share of the North Carolina border, and now takes in part of the area near the South Carolina-Georgia border.
The district was defined in the early 1990s in a deal between state Republicans (mostly white) and Democrats (mostly black) in the South Carolina General Assembly to ensure a majority-black population, known as a majority-minority district. The rural counties of the historical black belt in South Carolina make up much of the district, but it sweeps south to include most of the majority-black precincts in and around Charleston, and sweeps west to include most of the majority-black precincts in and around Columbia. In all of its configurations, its politics have been dominated by black voters in the Columbia and Charleston areas.
Following the Reconstruction era, the white Democratic-dominated legislature passed Jim Crow laws, as well as a new constitution in 1895 that effectively disfranchised blacks, crippling the Republican Party in the state. For most of the next 60 years, South Carolina was essentially a one-party state dominated by the Democrats, and blacks were nearly excluded from the political system.
Demographic and political changes have included the Great Migration (African American) of blacks out of the state during the Jim Crow era in the first half of the 20th century. At the same time, many white Democrats felt chagrin at the national party's greater support of civil rights for blacks from the 1940s onward, and began splitting their tickets in federal elections. After successes of the Civil Rights Movement in gaining passage of federal legislation in the mid-1960s to enforce their constitutional rights and ability to vote, blacks in South Carolina supported national Democratic candidates. This prompted a gradual realignment in political parties in which white conservatives began moving into the Republican Party.
Since the late 20th century, South Carolina politics have been very racially polarized. Republicans in South Carolina have been mostly white, and most African Americans in the state continue to support the Democrats. In the 21st century, the 6th is considered the only "safe" Democratic district in the state.
Before 1993, this district included the northeastern part of the state, from Darlington to Myrtle Beach. It was a classic "Yellow Dog" Democratic district; in this configuration it only elected two Republicans, both for a single term. In 2012, the new 7th congressional district was created; it includes much of the territory that was in the 6th for most of the 20th century.
Jim Clyburn, a Democrat and the current Assistant House Minority Leader, has represented this district since first being elected in 1992.
Contents
1 List of representatives
2 Historical district boundaries
3 See also
4 References
List of representatives
| Name | Years | Party | Electoral history |
|---|---|---|---|
| District created in 1793 | |||
 Andrew Pickens | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | Anti- Administration | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Samuel Earle | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 | Democratic- Republican | [Data unknown/missing.] |
William Smith | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799 | Democratic- Republican | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Abraham Nott | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 | Federalist | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Thomas Moore | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | Democratic- Republican | Redistricted to the 7th district |
Levi Casey | March 4, 1803 – February 3, 1807 | Democratic- Republican | Died |
Joseph Calhoun | June 2, 1807 – March 3, 1811 | Democratic- Republican | [Data unknown/missing.] |
 John C. Calhoun | March 4, 1811 – November 3, 1817 | Democratic- Republican | Resigned after being appointed Secretary of War |
Eldred Simkins | January 24, 1818 – March 3, 1821 | Democratic- Republican | [Data unknown/missing.] |
 George McDuffie | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | Democratic- Republican | Redistricted to the 5th district |
John Wilson | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Jacksonian Democratic-Republican | Redistricted from the 7th district |
| March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | Jacksonian | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Warren R. Davis | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831 | Jacksonian | Died |
| March 4, 1831 – January 29, 1835 | Nullifier | ||
 Waddy Thompson, Jr. | September 10, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | Anti- Jackson | [Data unknown/missing.] |
| March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 | Whig | ||
William Butler | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | Whig | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Isaac E. Holmes | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1851 | Democratic | Redistricted from the 1st district |
 William Aiken, Jr. | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | Democratic | Redistricted to the 2nd district |
 William W. Boyce | March 4, 1853 – December 21, 1860 | Democratic | Retired |
Civil War - Occupation and Reconstruction - Not Allocated | |||
| District eliminated in 1867 | |||
| District re-established 1883 | |||
 George W. Dargan | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1891 | Democratic | [Data unknown/missing.] |
 Eli T. Stackhouse | March 4, 1891 – June 14, 1892 | Democratic | Died |
 John L. McLaurin | December 5, 1892 – May 31, 1897 | Democratic | Resigned after being elected to US Senate |
James Norton | December 6, 1897 – March 3, 1901 | Democratic | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Robert B. Scarborough | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905 | Democratic | [Data unknown/missing.] |
J. Edwin Ellerbe | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1913 | Democratic | [Data unknown/missing.] |
J. Willard Ragsdale | March 4, 1913 – July 23, 1919 | Democratic | Died |
 Philip H. Stoll | October 7, 1919 – March 3, 1923 | Democratic | [Data unknown/missing.] |
 Allard H. Gasque | March 4, 1923 – June 17, 1938 | Democratic | Died |
 Elizabeth H. Gasque | September 13, 1938 – January 3, 1939 | Democratic | [Data unknown/missing.] |
 John L. McMillan | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1973 | Democratic | Lost primary to John Jenrette in 1972 |
 Edward Lunn Young | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | Republican | Beat Jenrette in 1972 only to lose to him two years later. |
 John Jenrette | January 3, 1975 – December 10, 1980 | Democratic | First sought the office in 1972, winning on his second attempt. Defeated for reelection in 1980 and resigned early as a result of the ABSCAM scandal |
 John L. Napier | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | Republican | Defeated for reelection |
 Robin Tallon | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | Democratic | Retired when district was redistricted as a minority-majority district |
 Jim Clyburn | January 3, 1993 – Present | Democratic | First elected in 1992 |
Historical district boundaries
1995 - 2013
See also
- South Carolina's congressional districts
- List of United States congressional districts
References
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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
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