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502. South Carolina 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, District 3
503. South Carolina 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4
504. South Carolina 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, District 5
505. South Carolina 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, District 6
506. South Carolina 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, District 7
507. South Carolina 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, District 8
508. South Carolina 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, District 9
509. South Carolina 1819 Clerk of the Court, Sumter District
510. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, All Saints Parish
511. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Charleston City
512. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Chesterfield District
513. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Christ Church Parish
514. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Claremont District
515. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Clarendon District
516. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Edgefield District
517. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Fairfield District
518. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Kershaw District
519. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Lancaster District
520. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Lexington District
521. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Orangeburg District
522. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Pendleton District
523. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Prince George Winyah Parish
524. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint Andrew Parish
525. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint Bartholomew Parish
526. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint Dennis and Saint Thomas Parish
527. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint George Dorchester Parish
528. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint Helena Parish
529. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint James Goosecreek Parish
530. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint James Santee Parish
531. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint John Colleton Parish
532. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint Paul Parish
533. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint Stephen Parish
534. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Spartanburg District
535. South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Williamsburg District
536. South Carolina 1820 Sheriff, Charleston District
537. South Carolina 1820 Sheriff, Sumter District
538. South Carolina 1820 State Senate, Charleston City
539. South Carolina 1820 State Senate, Christ Church Parish
540. South Carolina 1820 State Senate, Fairfield District
541. South Carolina 1820 State Senate, Kershaw District
542. South Carolina 1820 State Senate, Lexington District
543. South Carolina 1820 State Senate, Orangeburg District
544. South Carolina 1820 State Senate, Saint Andrew Parish
545. South Carolina 1820 State Senate, Saint James Goosecreek Parish
546. South Carolina 1820 State Senate, Saint James Santee Parish
547. South Carolina 1820 State Senate, Saint Paul Parish
548. South Carolina 1820 State Senate, Saint Stephen Parish
549. South Carolina 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1
550. South Carolina 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 2
551. South Carolina 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 3
552. South Carolina 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4
553. South Carolina 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 5
554. South Carolina 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 6
555. South Carolina 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 7
556. South Carolina 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 8
557. South Carolina 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 9
558. South Carolina 1821 Sheriff, Kershaw District
559. South Carolina 1821 Sheriff, Marion District
560. South Carolina 1821 Sheriff, Williamsburg District
561. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Abbeville District
562. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Charleston City
563. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Chesterfield District
564. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Christ Church Parish
565. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Claremont District
566. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Fairfield District
567. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Horry District
568. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Kershaw District
569. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Lancaster District
570. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Lexington District
571. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Marion District
572. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Marlborough District
573. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Orange Parish
574. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Pendleton District
575. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Prince George Winyaw (Georgetown) Parish
576. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Prince William Parish
577. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Richland District
578. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Saint Andrew Parish
579. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Saint Bartholomew Parish
580. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Saint George Dorchester Parish
581. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Saint Helena Parish
582. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Saint James Goosecreek Parish
583. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Saint James Santee Parish
584. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Saint John Colleton Parish
585. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Saint Luke Parish
586. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Saint Matthew Parish
587. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Saint Peter Parish
588. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, Williamsburg Parish
589. South Carolina 1822 House of Representatives, York District
590. South Carolina 1822 Intendant, Charleston City
591. South Carolina 1822 Sheriff, Pendleton District
592. South Carolina 1822 State Senate, Charleston City
593. South Carolina 1822 State Senate, Lexington District
594. South Carolina 1822 State Senate, Marlborough District
595. South Carolina 1822 State Senate, Prince George Winyaw Parish
596. South Carolina 1822 State Senate, Prince William Parish
597. South Carolina 1822 State Senate, Saint Bartholomew Parish
598. South Carolina 1822 State Senate, Saint George Dorchester Parish
599. South Carolina 1822 State Senate, Saint Helena Parish
600. South Carolina 1822 State Senate, Saint Matthew 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