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Political party strength in South Carolina
Politics in the US state of South Carolina From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The following table indicates the parties of elected officials in the U.S. state of South Carolina:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- Treasurer
- Comptroller General
- Superintendent of Education
- Adjutant General (no longer elected after 2014; appointed by governor beginning in 2019)[1]
- Commissioner of Agriculture
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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
Bold indicates present office holders.
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1776–1864
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1865–present
- President under the Articles of Confederation chosen by the General Assembly.
- Imprisoned by British during American Revolution.
- Deposed by the Union Army.
- Appointed by President Andrew Johnson.
- The Department of Agriculture was established in 1879.[3]
- Claimed governorship following 1876 election.
- Charles Boineau was elected in Richmond County in a special election as the first Republican to win election to the House since 1900.[4]
- Appointed on an interim basis by Governor Mark Sanford.
- Elected by state legislature to fill vacancy.
- Resigned January 24, 2017 upon confirmation as United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
- State Senator Clementa C. Pinckney was assassinated in June 2015.
- Appointed by Governor Henry McMaster.
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References
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