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202. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Kershaw District
203. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Lancaster District
204. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Laurens District
205. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Lexington District
206. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Marion District
207. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Marlborough District
208. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Prince George Winyah Parish
209. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Prince William Parish
210. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Saint Andrew Parish
211. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Saint Bartholomew Parish
212. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Saint Dennis and Saint Thomas Parish
213. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Saint George Dorchester Parish
214. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Saint James Santee Parish
215. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Saint John Berkeley Parish
216. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Saint John Colleton Parish
217. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Saint Luke Parish
218. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Saint Paul Parish
219. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Saint Stephen Parish
220. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Spartanburg District
221. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Union District
222. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Williamsburgh District
223. South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, York District
224. South Carolina 1816 House of Representatives, All Saints Parish
225. South Carolina 1816 House of Representatives, Barnwell District
226. South Carolina 1816 House of Representatives, Charleston City
227. South Carolina 1816 House of Representatives, Christ Church Parish
228. South Carolina 1816 House of Representatives, Clarendon District
229. South Carolina 1816 House of Representatives, Edgefield District
230. South Carolina 1816 House of Representatives, Horry District
231. South Carolina 1816 House of Representatives, Kershaw District
232. South Carolina 1816 House of Representatives, Lancaster District
233. South Carolina 1816 House of Representatives, Marion District
234. South Carolina 1816 House of Representatives, Marlborough District
235. South Carolina 1816 House of Representatives, Prince George Winyah Parish
236. South Carolina 1816 House of Representatives, Prince William Parish
237. South Carolina 1816 House of Representatives, Richland District
238. South Carolina 1816 House of Representatives, Saint Bartholomew Parish
239. South Carolina 1816 House of Representatives, Saint Helena Parish
240. South Carolina 1816 House of Representatives, Saint James Santee Parish
241. South Carolina 1816 House of Representatives, Saint Luke Parish
242. South Carolina 1816 House of Representatives, Saint Paul Parish
243. South Carolina 1816 House of Representatives, Spartanburg District
244. South Carolina 1818 House of Representatives, All Saints Parish
245. South Carolina 1818 House of Representatives, Charleston City
246. South Carolina 1818 House of Representatives, Christ Church Parish
247. South Carolina 1818 House of Representatives, Horry District
248. South Carolina 1818 House of Representatives, Kershaw District
249. South Carolina 1818 House of Representatives, Marlborough District
250. South Carolina 1818 House of Representatives, Prince William Parish
251. South Carolina 1818 House of Representatives, Richland District
252. South Carolina 1818 House of Representatives, Saint Andrew Parish
253. South Carolina 1818 House of Representatives, Saint Bartholomew Parish
254. South Carolina 1818 House of Representatives, Saint Dennis and Saint Thomas Parishes
255. South Carolina 1818 House of Representatives, Saint James Santee Parish
256. South Carolina 1818 House of Representatives, Saint Luke Parish
257. South Carolina 1818 House of Representatives, Saint Peter Parish
258. South Carolina 1818 House of Representatives, Sumter District
259. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, All Saints Parish
260. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Charleston City
261. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Chesterfield District
262. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Christ Church Parish
263. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Claremont District
264. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Clarendon District
265. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Edgefield District
266. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Fairfield District
267. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Kershaw District
268. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Lancaster District
269. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Lexington District
270. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Orangeburg District
271. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Pendleton District
272. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Prince George Winyah Parish
273. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint Andrew Parish
274. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint Bartholomew Parish
275. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint Dennis and Saint Thomas Parish
276. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint George Dorchester Parish
277. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint Helena Parish
278. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint James Goosecreek Parish
279. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint James Santee Parish
280. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint John Colleton Parish
281. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint Paul Parish
282. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint Stephen Parish
283. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Spartanburg District
284. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Williamsburg District
285. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Abbeville District
286. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Charleston City
287. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Chesterfield District
288. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Christ Church Parish
289. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Claremont District
290. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Fairfield District
291. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Horry District
292. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Kershaw District
293. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Lancaster District
294. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Lexington District
295. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Marion District
296. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Marlborough District
297. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Orange Parish
298. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Pendleton District
299. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Prince George Winyaw (Georgetown) Parish
300. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Prince William Parish
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On May 23, 1788, South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the Federal Constitution. Although there was considerable opposition from the backcountry region, representatives from the capital, Charleston, and the surrounding lowcountry regions prevailed. This division in state politics would continue until a series of compromises were completed in 1808 balancing the representation of the two regions.
A new state constitution was adopted by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1790. This document preserved the weak executive structure that dated back to before the American Revolution. For example, the governor did not possess veto power after 1790. The governor and lieutenant governor were each elected to a two-year term and were then required to not hold the office for four years before being eligible for election again. The General Assembly was comprised of two branches, the House of Representatives and the Senate. Both bodies were elected by popular vote. Members of the House of Representatives served two-year terms. There were a total of 124 members whose districts were determined by a combination of population and the amount of taxes generated. It was through electoral innovations like this that the lowcountry region maintained its political dominance even though it possessed a minority of the state’s white population. Senators were elected to four year terms.
The most significant political issue in the state during this period was balancing the interests of the lowcountry and the backcountry. Under the Constitution of 1790, the state capital was moved from Charleston, on the coast, to Columbia in the interior. Eventually, the lowcountry representatives agreed to other Constitutional amendments which increased the number of electoral districts in the backcountry region and led to a greater balance of political power.
The Federalist Party dominated South Carolina in the 1790s as it could count a number of prominent lowcountry planters among their ranks. Many South Carolinians played important roles for the Federalist Party at the national level. The Jeffersonian-Republicans, however, were rising in prominence, especially as Charles Pinckney and Pierce Butler, both of whom signed the Constitution for South Carolina, joined the rival party. Although the Federalists dominated the state until 1800, by 1804 there were no Federalists in power. South Carolina would remain a one-party state until the start of the Civil War.
The Constitution of 1790 eliminated the religious qualification for voting and holding political office in South Carolina. All free, white men who were 21 years of age, had lived in the state for two years, was a resident of the district in which he was voting, owned fifty acres of land or a town lot and paid taxes were eligible to vote. In 1810 an amendment to the state constitution eliminated the property qualification for voting, extending suffrage to all white men who had lived in the state for six months. Thus, South Carolina was among the very first states to allow universal white male suffrage.
Bibliography
- James Banner
“The Problem of South Carolina” in Stanley Elkins and Eric McKittrick,The Hofstadter Aegis: A Memorial. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974) 60-93. - Walter Edgar,
South Carolina: A History (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1998) - Lacy K. Ford,
The Origins of Southern Radicalism: The South Carolina Upcountry, 1800-1860 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991) - Rachel Klein,
Unification of a Slave State: The Rise of the Planter Class in the South Carolina Backcountry, 1760-1808 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1990). - George C. Rogers,
Evolution of a Federalist: William Loughton Smith of Charleston , (Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1962). - C. Blease Graham, South Carolina’s Constitutions
- South Carolina Information Highway – Governors
House of Representatives
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