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The '''South Carolina House of Representatives''' is the lower house of the [[South Carolina General Assembly]], the upper house being the [[South Carolina Senate]]. It consists of 124 Representatives elected to two year terms at the same time as US Congressional elections. Unlike many legislatures, seating on the floor is not divided by party, but is arranged by county delegation.
==Composition==
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|-valign=bottom
!rowspan=3|Affiliation
!colspan=2|Party
!rowspan=3|Total
!
|-style="height:5px"
|{{American politics/party colors/Republican}}|
|{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|
|style="background: black"|
|-
![[South Carolina Republican Party|Republican]]
![[South Carolina Democratic Party|Democratic]]
!Vacant
|-
!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|Previous Legislature (2009-2011)
|{{party shading/Republican}}| 72
| 51
! 123
|1
|-
|colspan=5|
|-
!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|Begin
|{{party shading/Republican}}| 75
| rowspan=2| 47
! 122
|2
|-
!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|December 14, 2010
| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Republican}}| 76
! 123
|1
|-
!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|April 6, 2011
|rowspan=3|48
!124
|0
|-
!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|May 29, 2011
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 75
!123
|1
|-
!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|September 27, 2011
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 76
!124
|0
|-
!nowrap style="font-size:80%:|Latest voting share
!{{party shading/Republican}}|61.29%
!38.71%
!colspan=2|
|}
===Leadership===
{{Chamber officers box begin
|chamber=[[South Carolina House of Representatives]]
}}
{{Chamber officers box position
|position=Speaker
|name=[[Bobby Harrell|Robert W. "Bobby" Harrell, Jr.]]
|party=Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Chamber officers box position no party link
|position=Majority Leader
|name=Kenneth A. "Kenny" Bingham
|party=Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Chamber officers box position
|position=Minority Leader
|name=[[Harry L. Ott, Jr.]]
|party=Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Chamber officers box end}}
===Current members===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! District
! Representative
! Party
! Residence
|-
| 1
| Bill Whitmire
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Walhalla, South Carolina|Walhalla]]
|-
|2
| Bill Sandifer, III
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Seneca, South Carolina|Seneca]]
|-
|3
| B.R. Skelton
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Six Mile, South Carolina|Six Mile]]
|-
|4
| Davey Hiott
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Pickens, South Carolina|Pickens]]
|-
|5
| Phillip Owens
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Easley, South Carolina|Easley]]
|-
|6
| W. Brian White
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Anderson, South Carolina|Anderson]]
|-
|7
| Michael Gambrell
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Honea Path, South Carolina|Honea Path]]
|-
|8
| [[Don Bowen]]
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Anderson, South Carolina|Anderson]]
|-
|9
| Anne Thayer
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Belton, South Carolina|Belton]]
|-
|10
| Daniel T. Cooper
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Piedmont, South Carolina|Piedmont]]
|-
|11
| Paul L. Agnew
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Abbeville, South Carolina|Abbeville]]
|-
|12
| Julia Parks
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Greenwood, South Carolina|Greenwood]]
|-
|13
| Lewis Pinson
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Greenwood, South Carolina|Greenwood]]
|-
|14
| Michael Pitts
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Laurens, South Carolina|Laurens]]
|-
|15
| David Tribble
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Clinton, South Carolina|Clinton]]
|-
|16
| Mark N. Willis
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Fountain Inn, South Carolina|Fountain Inn]]
|-
|17
| Tom Corbin
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Travelers Rest, South Carolina|Travelers Rest]]
|-
|18
| Tommy Stringer
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Landrum, South Carolina|Landrum]]
|-
|19
| Dwight Loftis
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Greenville, South Carolina|Greenville]]
|-
|20
| Dan Hamilton
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Taylors, South Carolina|Taylors]]
|-
|21
| Phyllis Henderson
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Simpsonville, South Carolina|Simpsonville]]
|-
|22
| Wendy Nanney
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Greenville, South Carolina|Greenville]]
|-
|23
| Chandra Dillard
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Greenville, South Carolina|Greenville]]
|-
|24
| Bruce W. Bannister
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Greenville, South Carolina|Greenville]]
|-
|25
| Karl Allen
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Greenville, South Carolina|Greenville]]
|-
|26
| Eric Bikas
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Easley, South Carolina|Easley]]
|-
|27
| Garry R. Smith
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Simpsonville, South Carolina|Simpsonville]]
|-
|28
| Eric Bedingfield
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Mauldin, South Carolina|Mauldin]]
|-
|29
| Dennis Moss
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Gaffney, South Carolina|Gaffney]]
|-
|30
| [[Steve R. Moss]]
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Blacksburg, South Carolina|Blacksburg]]
|-
|31
| [[Harold Mitchell, Jr.]]
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Spartanburg, South Carolina|Spartanburg]]
|-
|32
| Derham Cole
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Spartanburg, South Carolina|Spartanburg]]
|-
|33
| Eddie Tallon
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Pacolet, South Carolina|Pacolet]]
|-
|34
| Michael Forrester
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Spartanburg, South Carolina|Spartanburg]]
|-
|35
| Bill Chumley
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Woodruff, South Carolina|Woodruff]]
|-
|36
| Merita Ann Allison
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Lyman, South Carolina|Lyman]]
|-
|37
| Steve A. Parker
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Boiling Springs, South Carolina|Boiling Springs]]
|-
|38
| Doug Brannon
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Landrum, South Carolina|Landrum]]
|-
|39
| Marion Frye
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Leesville, South Carolina|Leesville]]
|-
|40
| Walton McLeod
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Little Mountain, South Carolina|Little Mountain]]
|-
|41
| [[Boyd Brown]]
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Winnsboro, South Carolina|Winnsboro]]
|-
|42
| Michael A. Anthony
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Union, South Carolina|Union]]
|-
|43
| Greg Delleney
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Chester, South Carolina|Chester]]
|-
|44
| Jimmy Neal
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Kershaw, South Carolina|Kershaw]]
|-
|45
| Deborah Long
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Indian Land, South Carolina|Indian Land]]
|-
|46
| Gary Simrill
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Rock Hill, South Carolina|Rock Hill]]
|-
|47
| Tommy Pope
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Clover, South Carolina|Clover]]
|-
|48
| [[Ralph Norman]]
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Rock Hill, South Carolina|Rock Hill]]
|-
|49
| John Richard C. King
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Rock Hill, South Carolina|Rock Hill]]
|-
|50
| Grady Brown
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Bishopville, South Carolina|Bishopville]]
|-
|51
| [[J. David Weeks]]
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Sumter, South Carolina|Sumter]]
|-
|52
| Laurie Funderburk
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Camden, South Carolina|Camden]]
|-
|53
| Ted Vick
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Chesterfield, South Carolina|Chesterfield]]
|-
|54
| Elizabeth Munnerlyn
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Bennettsville, South Carolina|Bennettsville]]
|-
|55
| Jackie E. Hayes
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Dillon, South Carolina|Dillon]]
|-
|56
| Denny Neilson
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Darlington, South Carolina|Darlington]]
|-
|57
| James Battle, Jr.
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Nichols, South Carolina|Nichols]]
|-
|58
| Liston Barfield
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Conway, South Carolina|Conway]]
|-
|59
| Terry Alexander
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Florence, South Carolina|Florence]]
|-
|60
| Phillip Lowe
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Florence, South Carolina|Florence]]
|-
|61
| Lester Branham, Jr.
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Lake City, South Carolina|Lake City]]
|-
|62
| Robert Q. Williams
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Darlington, South Carolina|Darlington]]
|-
|63
| Kristopher Crawford
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Florence, South Carolina|Florence]]
|-
|64
| Kevin L. Johnson
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Manning, South Carolina|Manning]]
|-
|65
| Jay Lucas
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Hartsville, South Carolina|Hartsville]]
|-
|66
| Gilda Cobb-Hunter
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Orangeburg, South Carolina|Orangeburg]]
|-
|67
| George Smith, Jr.
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Sumter, South Carolina|Sumter]]
|-
|68
| [[Thad Viers]]
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina|Myrtle Beach]]
|-
|69
| Rick Quinn
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Lexington, South Carolina|Lexington]]
|-
|70
| Joseph Neal
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Hopkins, South Carolina|Hopkins]]
|-
|71
| [[Nathan Ballentine]]
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Irmo, South Carolina|Irmo]]
|-
|72
| [[James E. Smith, Jr.]]
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]
|-
|73
| Christopher R. Hart
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]
|-
|74
| [[J. Todd Rutherford]]
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]
|-
|75
| James H. Harrison
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]
|-
|76
| Leon Howard
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]
|-
|77
| Joe McEachern
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]
|-
|78
| Joan B. Brady
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]
|-
|79
| Mia Butler Garrick
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]
|-
|80
| Jimmy Bales
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Eastover, South Carolina|Eastover]]
|-
|81
| Thomas R. Young
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Aiken, South Carolina|Aiken]]
|-
|82
| Bill Clyburn
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Aiken, South Carolina|Aiken]]
|-
|83
| Bill Hixon
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[North Augusta, South Carolina|North Augusta]]
|-
|84
| [[J. Roland Smith]]
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Warrenville, South Carolina|Warrenville]]
|-
|85
| [[Chip Huggins]]
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]
|-
|86
| Bill Taylor
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Aiken, South Carolina|Aiken]]
|-
|87
| Todd Atwater
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Lexington, South Carolina|Lexington]]
|-
|88
| McLain Toole
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[West Columbia, South Carolina|West Columbia]]
|-
|89
| Kenneth Bingham
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Cayce, South Carolina|Cayce]]
|-
|90
| [[Bakari Sellers]]
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Denmark, South Carolina|Denmark]]
|-
|91
| Lonnie Hosey
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Barnwell, South Carolina|Barnwell]]
|-
|92
| Joseph Daning
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Goose Creek, South Carolina|Goose Creek]]
|-
|93
| [[Harry L. Ott, Jr.]]
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[St. Matthews, South Carolina|St. Matthews]]
|-
|94
| Jenny Horne
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Summerville, South Carolina|Summerville]]
|-
|95
| Jerry Govan, Jr.
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Orangeburg, South Carolina|Orangeburg]]
|-
|96
| Lawrence Spires
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Pelion, South Carolina|Pelion]]
|-
|97
| Patsy Knight
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[St. George, South Carolina|St. George]]
|-
|98
| Chris Murphy
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Summerville, South Carolina|Summerville]]
|-
|99
| James Merrill
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]]
|-
|100
| Edward Southard
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
|
|-
|101
| Ronnie Sabb
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Greeleyville, South Carolina|Greeleyville]]
|-
|102
| Joseph H. Jefferson
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Pineville, South Carolina|Pineville]]
|-
|103
| Carl Anderson
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Georgetown, South Carolina|Georgetown]]
|-
|104
| Tracy Edge
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina|North Myrtle Beach]]
|-
|105
| George Hearn
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Conway, South Carolina|Conway]]
|-
|106
| Nelson Hardwick
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Surfside Beach, South Carolina|Surfside Beach]]
|-
|107
| [[Alan D. Clemmons]]
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina|Myrtle Beach]]
|-
|108
| Kevin Ryan
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Pawleys Island, South Carolina|Pawleys Island]]
|-
|109
| David Mack
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[North Charleston, South Carolina|North Charleston]]
|-
|110
| Chip Limehouse
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]]
|-
|111
| Wendell Gilliard
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]]
|-
|112
| Mike Sottile
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Isle of Palms, South Carolina|Isle of Palms]]
|-
|113
| Seth Whipper
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[North Charleston, South Carolina|North Charleston]]
|-
|114
| [[Bobby Harrell]]
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]]
|-
|115
| Peter McCoy
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]]
|-
|116
| Robert Brown
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Hollywood, South Carolina|Hollywood]]
|-
|117
| Bill Crosby
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[North Charleston, South Carolina|North Charleston]]
|-
|118
| Bill Herbkersman
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Bluffton, South Carolina|Bluffton]]
|-
|119
| Leon Stavrinakis
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]]
|-
|120
| William Bowers
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Hampton, South Carolina|Hampton]]
|-
|121
| Kenneth Hodges
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Green Pond, South Carolina|Green Pond]]
|-
|122
| Curtis Brantley
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem
| [[Ridgeland, South Carolina|Ridgeland]]
|-
|123
| Andy Patrick
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Hilton Head Island, South Carolina|Hilton Head Island]]
|-
|124
| Shannon Erickson
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep
| [[Beaufort, South Carolina|Beaufort]]
|}
===Past Compositions===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! align=center valign=bottom | Year
! align=center | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic
Party]]
! align=center | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican
Party]]
! align=center | [[Independent (politics)|Independent]]
/ Other
! align=center | Majority
|- align=center
| 1865
| 0
| 0
| '''124'''
| '''124'''
|- align=center
| 1868
| 14
| '''110'''
| 0
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''96'''
|- align=center
| 1870
| 0
| '''100'''
| 24(a)
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''76'''
|- align=center
| 1872
| 22
| '''102'''
| 0
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''80'''
|- align=center
| 1874
| 0
| '''91'''
| 33(b)
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''58'''
|- align=center
| 1876
| '''64'''
| 60
| 0
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''4'''
|- align=center
| 1878
| '''121'''
| 3
| 0
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''118'''
|- align=center
| 1880
| '''120'''
| 4
| 0
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''116'''
|- align=center
| 1902-
1962
| '''124'''
| 0
| 0
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''124'''
|- align=center
| 1964
| '''123'''
| 1
| 0
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''122'''
|- align=center
| 1966
| '''107'''
| 17
| 0
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''90'''
|- align=center
| 1968
| '''119'''
| 5
| 0
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''114'''
|- align=center
| 1970
| '''115'''
| 9
| 0
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''109'''
|- align=center
| 1972
| '''107'''
| 17
| 0
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''90'''
|- align=center
| 1974
| '''110'''
| 14
| 0
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''96'''
|- align=center
| 1976
| '''114'''
| 10
| 0
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''104'''
|- align=center
| 1978
| '''111'''
| 13
| 0
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''98'''
|- align=center
| 1980
| '''110'''
| 14
| 0
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''96'''
|- align=center
| 1982
| '''108'''
| 16
| 0
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''92'''
|- align=center
| 1984
| '''102'''
| 22
| 0
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''80'''
|- align=center
| 1986
| '''98'''
| 26
| 0
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''72'''
|- align=center
| 1988
| '''94'''
| 30
| 0
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64'''
|- align=center
| 1990
| '''89'''
| 35
| 0
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''54'''
|- align=center
| 1992
| '''84'''
| 40
| 0
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''44'''
|- align=center
| 1994
| '''72'''
| 52
| 0
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''20'''
|- align=center
| 1996
| 54
| '''70'''
| 0
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''16'''
|- align=center
| 1998
| 58
| '''66'''
| 0
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''12'''
|- align=center
| 2000
| 55
| '''69'''
| 0
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''14'''
|- align=center
| 2002
| 51
| '''73'''
| 0
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''22'''
|- align=center
| 2004
| 50
| '''74'''
| 0
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''24'''
|- align=center
| 2006
| 51
| '''73'''
| 0
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''22'''
|- align=center
| 2008
| 52
| '''72'''
| 0
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''20'''
|- align=center
| 2010
| 47
| '''76'''
| 0
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''29'''
|- align=center
| 2011
| 48
| '''76'''
| 0
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''28'''
|}
(a) 21 were members of the [[Union Reform Party of South Carolina]] and the other 3 were Independents from [[Anderson County, South Carolina|Anderson]]. Two of the Union Reform members from [[Chesterfield County, South Carolina|Chesterfield]] were later replaced by Republicans from a resolution passed in the House.
(b) All 33 were members of the [[Conservative Party of South Carolina]].
==External links==
*[http://www.scstatehouse.net/html-pages/house2.html South Carolina House of Representatives]
**[http://www.scstatehouse.net/man07/27_HseDiagram.pdf 2007 seating chart]
*[http://www.vote-smart.org/official_state_legislator.php?type=office&state_id=SC&criteria=lower Project Vote Smart - State House of South Carolina] links to each Representative
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