List of South Carolina state legislatures
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The following is a list of legislative terms of the South Carolina General Assembly, the law-making branch of government of the U.S. state of South Carolina. South Carolina became part of the United States on May 23, 1788.
Legislatures
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Number[1][2] | Name[1][2] | Start date[1][2] | End date[1] | Last election |
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South Carolina Constitution of 1778 [nb 1] | ||||
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South Carolina Constitution of 1790 [nb 2] | ||||
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9 | 9th South Carolina General Assembly | 1791 | 1791 | |
10 | 10th South Carolina General Assembly | 1792 | 1794 | 1792[5] |
11 | 11th South Carolina General Assembly | 1794 | 1795 | 1794[5] |
12 | 12th South Carolina General Assembly | 1796 | 1797 | 1796[5] |
13 | 13th South Carolina General Assembly | 1798 | 1799 | October 1798[5] |
14 | 14th South Carolina General Assembly | 1800 | 1800[5] | |
15 | 15th South Carolina General Assembly | 1802 | 1804 | 1802[5] |
16 | 16th South Carolina General Assembly | 1804 | 1805 | 1804[5] |
17 | 17th South Carolina General Assembly | 1806 | 1808 | 1806[5] |
18 | 18th South Carolina General Assembly | 1808 | 1809 | 1808[5] |
19 | 19th South Carolina General Assembly | 1810 | 1812 | 1810[5] |
20 | 20th South Carolina General Assembly | 1812 | 1813 | 1812[5] |
21 | 21st South Carolina General Assembly | 1814 | 1815 | 1814[5] |
22 | 22nd South Carolina General Assembly | 1816 | 1817 | 1816[5] |
23 | 23rd South Carolina General Assembly | 1818 | 1819 | 1818[5] |
24 | 24th South Carolina General Assembly | 1820 | 1821 | 1820[5] |
25 | 25th South Carolina General Assembly | 1822 | 1823 | 1822[5] |
26 | 26th South Carolina General Assembly | 1824 | 1825 | 1824[5] |
27 | 27th South Carolina General Assembly | 1826 | 1828 | |
28 | 28th South Carolina General Assembly | 1828 | 1829 | |
29 | 29th South Carolina General Assembly | 1830 | 1831 | |
30 | 30th South Carolina General Assembly | 1832 | 1833 | |
31 | 31st South Carolina General Assembly | 1834 | 1835 | |
32 | 32nd South Carolina General Assembly | 1836 | 1837 | |
33 | 33rd South Carolina General Assembly | 1838 | 1839 | |
34? | ca.1841[6] | |||
35 | 35th South Carolina General Assembly | |||
36 | 36th South Carolina General Assembly | |||
37 | 37th South Carolina General Assembly | |||
38 | 38th South Carolina General Assembly | |||
39 | 39th South Carolina General Assembly | |||
40 | 40th South Carolina General Assembly | |||
41? | ca.1855[7] | |||
South Carolina Constitution of 1861 | ||||
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South Carolina Constitution of 1865 [nb 3] | ||||
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South Carolina Constitution of 1868 [nb 4] | ||||
48? | May 1868 [9] | April 1868 [9] | ||
49? | November 1870 [9] | October 1870 [9] | ||
50 | 50th South Carolina General Assembly | |||
51 | 51st South Carolina General Assembly | |||
52 | 52nd South Carolina General Assembly | |||
53 | 53rd South Carolina General Assembly | |||
54 | 54th South Carolina General Assembly | |||
55 | 55th South Carolina General Assembly | |||
56 | 56th South Carolina General Assembly | |||
57 | 57th South Carolina General Assembly | |||
58 | 58th South Carolina General Assembly | |||
59? | ca.1890 [10] | |||
South Carolina Constitution of 1895 [nb 5] | ||||
63? | January 1897 [11] | November 1896 [11] | ||
64 | 64th South Carolina General Assembly | |||
65 | 65th South Carolina General Assembly | |||
66 | 66th South Carolina General Assembly | |||
67 | 67th South Carolina General Assembly | |||
68 | 68th South Carolina General Assembly | |||
69 | 69th South Carolina General Assembly | |||
70 | 70th South Carolina General Assembly | |||
71 [1] | 71st South Carolina General Assembly | 1916 | ||
72 [12] | 72nd South Carolina General Assembly | 1917 | 1916 | |
73 [13] | 73rd South Carolina General Assembly | 1919 | 1918 | |
74 [14] | 74th South Carolina General Assembly | 1921 | 1920 | |
75 | 75th South Carolina General Assembly | 1923 | 1922 | |
76 | 76th South Carolina General Assembly | 1925 | 1924 | |
77 | 77th South Carolina General Assembly | 1927 | 1926 | |
78 | 78th South Carolina General Assembly | 1929 | 1928 | |
79 | 79th South Carolina General Assembly | 1931 | 1930 | |
80 | 80th South Carolina General Assembly | 1933 | 1932 | |
81 | 81st South Carolina General Assembly | 1935 | 1934 | |
82 | 82nd South Carolina General Assembly | 1937 | 1936 | |
83 | 83rd South Carolina General Assembly | 1939 | 1938 | |
84 [2] | 84th South Carolina General Assembly | 1941 | 1940 | |
85 | 85th South Carolina General Assembly | 1943 | 1942 | |
86 | 86th South Carolina General Assembly | 1945 | 1944 | |
87 | 87th South Carolina General Assembly | 1947 | 1946 | |
88 | 88th South Carolina General Assembly | 1949 | 1948 | |
89 | 89th South Carolina General Assembly | 1951 | 1950 | |
90 | 90th South Carolina General Assembly | 1953 | 1952 | |
91 | 91st South Carolina General Assembly | 1955 | 1954 | |
92 | 92nd South Carolina General Assembly | 1957 | 1956 | |
93 | 93rd South Carolina General Assembly | 1959 | 1958 | |
94 | 94th South Carolina General Assembly | 1961 | 1960 | |
95 | 95th South Carolina General Assembly | 1963 | 1962 | |
96 | 96th South Carolina General Assembly | 1965 | 1964 | |
97 | 97th South Carolina General Assembly | 1967 | 1966 | |
98 | 98th South Carolina General Assembly | 1969 | 1968 | |
99 | 99th South Carolina General Assembly | 1971 | 1970 | |
100 | 100th South Carolina General Assembly | 1973 | 1972 | |
101 | 101st South Carolina General Assembly | 1975 | 1974 | |
102 | 102nd South Carolina General Assembly | 1977 | 1976 | |
103 | 103rd South Carolina General Assembly | 1979 | 1978 | |
104 | 104th South Carolina General Assembly | 1981 | 1980 | |
105 | 105th South Carolina General Assembly | 1983 | 1982 | |
106 | 106th South Carolina General Assembly | 1985 | 1984 | |
107 | 107th South Carolina General Assembly | 1987 | 1986 | |
108 | 108th South Carolina General Assembly | 1989 | 1988 | |
109 [15] | 109th South Carolina General Assembly | 1991 | 1990 | |
110 [15] | 110th South Carolina General Assembly | 1993 | 1992 | |
111 [15] | 111th South Carolina General Assembly | 1995 | 1994 | |
112 [15] | 112th South Carolina General Assembly | 1997 | 1998[16] | 1996 |
113 | 113th South Carolina General Assembly | 1999 | 1998 | |
114 | 114th South Carolina General Assembly | 2001 | 2000 | |
115 | 115th South Carolina General Assembly | 2003 | 2002 | |
116 | 116th South Carolina General Assembly | 2005 | 2004 | |
117 | 117th South Carolina General Assembly | 2007 | 2006 | |
118 | 118th South Carolina General Assembly | 2009 | November 2008: Senate | |
119 | 119th South Carolina General Assembly | 2011 | 2010 | |
120 | 120th South Carolina General Assembly | 2013 | November 2012: Senate | |
121 | 121st South Carolina General Assembly | 2015 | 2014 | |
122 | 122nd South Carolina General Assembly | 2017 | November 2016: House, Senate | |
123 | 123rd South Carolina General Assembly | 2019 | November 2018: House | |
124 | 124th South Carolina General Assembly | 2021 | November 2020: House, Senate | |
125 [17] | 125th South Carolina General Assembly | 2023 | November 2022: House | |
126 | 126th South Carolina General Assembly | 2025 | November 5, 2024:[18] House, Senate |
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See also
[edit]- List of speakers of the South Carolina House of Representatives
- List of presidents of the South Carolina Senate
- List of governors of South Carolina
- Politics of South Carolina
- Elections in South Carolina
- South Carolina State Capitol
- Historical outline of South Carolina
- Lists of United States state legislative sessions
Notes
[edit]- ^ The South Carolina Constitution of 1778, Section XII, specified election of state senators annually in November. Section XIII specified election of state House members in November every two years. Sessions for both houses started in January.[3]
- ^ The South Carolina Constitution of 1790, Section I, specified election in October of House members every two years, and Senators every four years. Annual sessions began in November.[4]
- ^ The South Carolina Constitution of 1865, Article I, specified election in October of House members every two years, and Senators every four years. Annual sessions began in November.[8]
- ^ The South Carolina Constitution of 1868, Article II, specified election in October of House members every two years, and Senators every four years. Annual sessions began in November.[9]
- ^ The South Carolina Constitution of 1895, Article III, specifies election in November of House members every two years, and Senators every four years. Annual sessions begin in January.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d N. Louise Bailey (1984), Biographical directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives: Volume IV, 1791-1815, University of South Carolina Press – via Internet Archive
- ^ a b c Legislative manual - General Assembly of South Carolina, General Assembly of South Carolina., 1916 – via HathiTrust. 1916–1976
- ^ Francis Newton Thorpe, ed. (1909), "Constitution of South Carolina, 1778", The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and other Organic Laws of the States and Territories now or heretofore forming the United States of America, Washington: Government Printing Office – via HathiTrust
- ^ Francis Newton Thorpe, ed. (1909), "Constitution of South Carolina, 1790", The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and other Organic Laws of the States and Territories now or heretofore forming the United States of America, Washington: Government Printing Office – via HathiTrust
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "South Carolina", A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society and Tufts Archival Research Center
- ^ Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives of the General Assembly of South Carolina...1841, hdl:2027/chi.48435845 – via HathiTrust
- ^ South Carolina Legislative Times, 1855, hdl:2027/njp.32101044498499 – via HathiTrust
- ^ Francis Newton Thorpe, ed. (1909), "Constitution of South Carolina, 1865", The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and other Organic Laws of the States and Territories now or heretofore forming the United States of America, Washington: Government Printing Office – via HathiTrust
- ^ a b c d e Francis Newton Thorpe, ed. (1909), "Constitution of South Carolina, 1868: Article II, Legislative Department", The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and other Organic Laws of the States and Territories now or heretofore forming the United States of America, Washington: Government Printing Office – via HathiTrust
- ^ "South Carolina: Legislative Session". Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1890. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1891. p. 777 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ a b c Francis Newton Thorpe, ed. (1909), "Constitution of the State of South Carolina, 1895: Article III, Legislative Department", The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and other Organic Laws of the States and Territories now or heretofore forming the United States of America, Washington: Government Printing Office – via HathiTrust
- ^ Legislative manual...Seventy-second General Assembly of South Carolina...1917, Columbia, General Assembly of South Carolina, 1916 – via Internet Archive
- ^ Journal of the Senate of the State of South Carolina 1919, hdl:2027/nyp.33433010016420 – via HathiTrust
- ^ General Assembly, South Carolina (1921), Legislative manual...Seventy-fourth General Assembly of South Carolina...1921
- ^ a b c d "South Carolina General Assembly: Things we keep in the Basement", lpitr.state.sc.us, archived from the original on 1998-02-13 – via Wayback Machine
- ^ "South Carolina General Assembly: Members of the House of Representatives", lpitr.state.sc.us, archived from the original on 1998-02-13 – via Wayback Machine
- ^ "South Carolina Legislature", scstatehouse.gov, South Carolina Legislative Services Agency, retrieved 2024-08-03
- ^ "South Carolina State Legislature", ballotpedia.org, retrieved 2024-08-03
Further reading
[edit]- "Records of bills, acts and length of session from 1941 through 1975", Legislative manual - General Assembly of South Carolina 1976 – via HathiTrust
- "General Assembly", South Carolina Encyclopedia, University of South Carolina
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