List of United States senators from South Carolina

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Multiple image South Carolina ratified the United States Constitution on May 23, 1788. Its Senate seats were declared vacant in July 1861 owing to its secession from the Union. They were again filled from July 1868. The state's current U.S. senators are Republicans Lindsey Graham, serving since 2003, and Tim Scott, serving since 2013. Strom Thurmond was the state's longest-serving senator (1954–1956, 1956–2003).

List of senators

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 1 | rowspan=4 align=left |
Pierce Butler | Template:Party shading/Pro-Administration | Pro-Admin. | rowspan=4 nowrap | Mar 4, 1789 –
Oct 25, 1796 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1789. | rowspan=2 | 1 | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 1 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1789.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1789 –
Mar 3, 1795 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Pro-Administration | Pro-Admin. | rowspan=3 align=right |
Ralph Izard ! rowspan=3 | 1

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Anti-Administration | Anti-
Admin. | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1793.Template:PbResigned. | rowspan=6 | 2 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 2 | rowspan=6 | Elected in 1794 or 1795.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1795 –
Mar 3, 1801 | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Federalist | Federalist | rowspan=6 align=right |
Jacob Read ! rowspan=6 | 2

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Oct 25, 1796 –
Dec 8, 1796 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 2 | rowspan=2 align=left | John Hunter | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=2 nowrap | Dec 8, 1796 –
Nov 26, 1798 | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Butler's term.Template:PbResigned.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 3 | rowspan=3 align=left |
Charles Pinckney | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Dec 6, 1798 –
Jun 6, 1801 | Elected to finish Butler's term.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1799.Template:PbResigned to become U.S. Minister to Spain. | rowspan=9 | 3 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=9 | 3 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1800.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1801 –
Oct 26, 1802 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=3 align=right |
John E. Colhoun ! rowspan=3 | 3

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jun 6, 1801 –
Dec 15, 1801 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 4 | rowspan=9 align=left |
Thomas Sumter | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=9 nowrap | Dec 15, 1801 –
Dec 16, 1810 | rowspan=6 | Elected in 1801 to finish Pinckney's term.

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Oct 26, 1802 –
Nov 4, 1802 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Colhoun's term.Template:PbResigned. | rowspan=2 nowrap | Nov 4, 1802 –
Nov 21, 1804 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=2 align=right |
Pierce Butler ! rowspan=2 | 4

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|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Nov 21, 1804 –
Dec 6, 1804 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Colhoun's term. | rowspan=16 nowrap | Dec 6, 1804 –
Feb 26, 1826 | rowspan=15 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=16 align=right |
John Gaillard ! rowspan=16 | 5

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1804.Template:PbResigned. | rowspan=5 | 4 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 4 | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1806.

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Dec 16, 1810 –
Dec 31, 1810 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 5 | rowspan=4 align=left |
John Taylor | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=4 nowrap | Dec 31, 1810 –
Nov 1816 | Elected to finish Sumter's term.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1810.Template:PbResigned. | rowspan=5 | 5 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 5 | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1812.

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Nov 1816 –
Dec 4, 1816 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 6 | rowspan=4 align=left |
William Smith | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=4 nowrap | Dec 4, 1816 –
Mar 3, 1823 | Elected to finish Taylor's term.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1816.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 6 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 6 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1818.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 | 7 | rowspan=8 align=left |
Robert Y. Hayne | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=8 nowrap | Mar 4, 1823 –
Dec 13, 1832 | rowspan=6 | Elected in 1822. | rowspan=6 | 7 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Jacksonian | rowspan=4 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 7 | Re-elected in 1824.Template:PbDied. | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Jacksonian

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Feb 26, 1826 –
Mar 8, 1826 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Gaillard's term. | nowrap | Mar 8, 1826 –
Nov 29, 1826 | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Jacksonian | align=right |
William Harper ! 6

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected to finish Gaillard's term.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Nov 29, 1826 –
Mar 3, 1831 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Jacksonian | rowspan=3 align=right |
William Smith ! rowspan=3 | 7

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1828.Template:PbResigned to become South Carolina Governor. | rowspan=6 | 8 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:Party shading/Nullifier | Nullifier | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 8 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1830.Template:PbResigned due to ill health. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1831 –
Mar 3, 1833 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Nullifier | Nullifier | rowspan=3 align=right |
Stephen Decatur Miller ! rowspan=3 | 8

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Dec 13, 1832 –
Dec 29, 1832 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 8 | rowspan=9 align=left |
John C. Calhoun | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Nullifier | Nullifier | rowspan=9 nowrap | Dec 29, 1832 –
Mar 3, 1843 | rowspan=3 | Elected to finish Hayne's term.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress |   | nowrap | Mar 3, 1833 –
Nov 26, 1833 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Miller's term. | rowspan=5 nowrap | Nov 26, 1833 –
Nov 29, 1842 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Nullifier | Nullifier | rowspan=5 align=right |
William C. Preston ! rowspan=5 | 9

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1834. | rowspan=3 | 9 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 9 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1837.Template:PbResigned. | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1840.Template:PbResigned. | rowspan=8 | 10 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Nov 29, 1842 –
Dec 23, 1842 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Preston's term. | rowspan=4 nowrap | Dec 23, 1842 –
Aug 17, 1846 | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=4 align=right |
George McDuffie ! rowspan=4 | 10

|- style="height:2em" ! 9 | align=left |
Daniel Elliott Huger | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Mar 4, 1843 –
Mar 3, 1845 | Elected to finish Calhoun's term.Template:PbResigned. | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 10 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1842 or 1843.

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Mar 3, 1845 –
Nov 26, 1845 |   | rowspan=4 Template:List of United States senators Congress

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John C. Calhoun | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=5 nowrap | Nov 26, 1845 –
Mar 31, 1850 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected to finish his own term.

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Aug 17, 1846 –
Dec 4, 1846 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Appointed to continue McDuffie's term.Template:PbElected to finish McDuffie's term. | rowspan=15 nowrap | Dec 4, 1846 –
May 25, 1857 | rowspan=15 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=15 align=right | File:APButler.jpg
Andrew Butler ! rowspan=15 | 11

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1846.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=11 | 11 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=7 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=11 | 11 | rowspan=11 | Re-elected in 1848.

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Mar 31, 1850 –
Apr 11, 1850 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 11 | align=left | File:FHElmore.jpg
Franklin H. Elmore | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Apr 11, 1850 –
May 29, 1850 | Appointed to continue Calhoun's term.Template:PbDied.

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | May 29, 1850 –
Jun 4, 1850 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 12 | align=left | File:RWBarnwell.jpg
Robert W. Barnwell | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Jun 4, 1850 –
Dec 8, 1850 | Appointed to continue Calhoun's term.Template:PbRetired when his successor was elected.

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Dec 8, 1850 –
Dec 18, 1850 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 13 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:Robert Barnwell Rhett.jpg
Robert Rhett | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | Dec 18, 1850 –
May 7, 1852 | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Calhoun's term.Template:PbResigned.

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | May 7, 1852 –
May 10, 1852 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 14 | align=left | File:WilliamDeSaussure.jpg
William F. De Saussure | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | May 10, 1852 –
Mar 3, 1853 | Appointed to continue Calhoun's term.Template:PbElected Nov 29, 1852 to finish Calhoun's term.Template:Sfn

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 15 | rowspan=5 align=left | File:Hon. Josiah J. Evans, S.C - NARA - 528688.jpg
Josiah Evans | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=5 nowrap | Mar 4, 1853 –
May 6, 1858 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1852 or 1853.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=8 | 12 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=10 | 12 | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1854.Template:PbDied.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=6 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | May 25, 1857 –
Dec 7, 1857 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=6 | Elected to finish Butler's term.Template:PbWithdrew. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Dec 7, 1857 –
Nov 11, 1860 | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=6 align=right | File:JHHammond.jpg
James H. Hammond ! rowspan=6 | 12

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | May 6, 1858 –
May 11, 1858 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 16 | align=left | File:Arthur P. Hayne - Brady-Handy.jpg
Arthur P. Hayne | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | May 11, 1858 –
Dec 2, 1858 | Appointed to continue Evans' term.Template:PbRetired when his successor was elected.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 17 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:James Chesnut, Jr.jpg
James Chesnut Jr. | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | Dec 3, 1858 –
Nov 10, 1860 | Elected to finish Evans' term.

|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1858.Template:PbWithdrew and was later expelled for his support of the Confederacy. | rowspan=5 | 13 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=6 colspan=3 | Vacant | rowspan=6 nowrap | Nov 10, 1860 –
Jul 15, 1868 | rowspan=6 | Civil War and Reconstruction.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=6 | Civil War and Reconstruction. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Nov 11, 1860 –
Jul 16, 1868 | rowspan=6 colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 13

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | 14 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 14

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 18 | rowspan=6 align=left | File:Thomas J. Robertson - Brady-Handy.jpg
Thomas J. Robertson | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 nowrap | Jul 15, 1868 –
Mar 3, 1877 | rowspan=3 | Elected to finish the vacant term.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected to finish the vacant term. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jul 16, 1868 –
Mar 3, 1873 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | File:FASawyer.jpg
Frederick A. Sawyer ! rowspan=3 | 13

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1870.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 15 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 15 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1872 or 1873. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1873 –
Mar 3, 1879 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | File:John J. Patterson - Brady-Handy.jpg
John J. Patterson ! rowspan=3 | 14

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 19 | rowspan=9 align=left | File:MatthewButler.jpg
Matthew Butler | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=9 nowrap | Mar 4, 1877 –
Mar 3, 1895 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1876. | rowspan=3 | 16 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 16 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1878. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1879 –
Mar 3, 1891 | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=6 align=right | File:Wade Hampton III - Brady-Handy.jpg
Wade Hampton III ! rowspan=6 | 15

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1882. | rowspan=3 | 17 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 17 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1884.Template:PbLost re-election.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1888.Template:PbLost renomination. | rowspan=3 | 18 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 18 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1890.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1891 –
Mar 3, 1897 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 align=right | File:JohnIrby.jpg
John L. M. Irby ! rowspan=3 | 16

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=16 | 20 | rowspan=16 align=left | File:Benjamintillman.jpg
Benjamin Tillman | rowspan=16 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=16 nowrap | Mar 4, 1895 –
Jul 3, 1918 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1894. | rowspan=5 | 19 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 19 | Elected in 1897.Template:PbDied. | nowrap | Mar 4, 1897 –
May 20, 1897 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | align=right | File:Joseph Earle.jpg
Joseph Earle ! 17

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | May 20, 1897 –
May 27, 1897 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Appointed to continue Earle's term.Template:PbElected in 1898 to finish Earle's term.Template:SfnTemplate:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | May 27, 1897 –
Mar 3, 1903 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 align=right | File:John Lowndes McLaurin.jpg
John McLaurin ! rowspan=3 | 18

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1901. | rowspan=3 | 20 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 20 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1903.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:PbDied. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1903 –
Feb 20, 1908 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Asbury Latimer.jpg
Asbury Latimer ! rowspan=3 | 19

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1907.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | rowspan=5 | 21 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Feb 20, 1908 –
Mar 6, 1908 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Elected in 1908 to finish Latimer's term.Template:PbRetired. | nowrap | Mar 6, 1908 –
Mar 3, 1909 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | align=right | File:FrankGary.jpg
Frank B. Gary ! 20

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 21 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1909. | rowspan=25 nowrap | Mar 4, 1909 –
Nov 17, 1944 | rowspan=25 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=25 align=right | File:Senator Ellison DuRant Smith.jpg
Ellison D. Smith ! rowspan=25 | 21

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1913.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=6 | 22 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 22 | rowspan=6 | Re-elected in 1914.

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jul 3, 1918 –
Jul 6, 1918 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 21 | align=left | File:ChristieBenet.jpg
Christie Benet | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Jul 6, 1918 –
Nov 5, 1918 | Appointed to continue Tillman's term.Template:PbLost election to finish Tillman's term.

|- style="height:2em" ! 22 | align=left | File:William P. Pollock.jpg
William P. Pollock | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Nov 6, 1918 –
Mar 3, 1919 | Elected to finish Tillman's term.
Retired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 23 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Nathaniel B. Dial.jpg
Nathaniel Dial | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1919 –
Mar 3, 1925 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1918.Template:PbLost renomination. | rowspan=3 | 23 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 23 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1920.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 24 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Coleman L Blease (cropped).jpg
Cole L. Blease | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1925 –
Mar 3, 1931 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1924.Template:PbLost renomination. | rowspan=3 | 24 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 24 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1926.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 25 | rowspan=6 align=left | File:James F. Byrnes cph.3c32232.jpg
James F. Byrnes | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1931 –
Jul 8, 1941 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1930. | rowspan=3 | 25 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 25 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1932.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1936.Template:PbResigned to become a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

| rowspan=7 | 26 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=9 | 26 | rowspan=7 | Re-elected in 1938.Template:PbLost renomination before dying.

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jul 8, 1941 –
Jul 22, 1941 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 26 | align=left | File:AlvaLumpkin.jpg
Alva Lumpkin | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Jul 22, 1941 –
Aug 1, 1941 | Appointed to continue Byrnes's term.Template:PbDied.

|- style="height:2em" ! 27 | align=left | File:Roger Craft Peace.jpg
Roger Peace | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Aug 5, 1941 –
Nov 4, 1941 | Appointed to continue Byrnes's term.Template:PbRetired when successor elected.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 28 | rowspan=9 align=left | File:Burnet R. Maybank.jpg
Burnet R. Maybank | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=9 nowrap | Nov 5, 1941 –
Sep 1, 1954 | Elected to finish Byrnes's term.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1942. | rowspan=5 | 27 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Nov 17, 1944 –
Nov 20, 1944 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish Smith's term.Template:PbRetired when successor was elected to the next full term. | nowrap | Nov 20, 1944 –
Jan 3, 1945 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | align=right | File:WiltonHall.jpg
Wilton E. Hall ! 22

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 27 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1944. | rowspan=17 nowrap | Jan 3, 1945 –
Apr 18, 1965 | rowspan=17 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=17 align=right | File:Olin D. Johnston, seated portrait.jpg
Olin D. Johnston ! rowspan=17 | 23

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1948.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=6 | 28 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=8 | 28 | rowspan=8 | Re-elected in 1950.

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Sep 1, 1954 –
Sep 6, 1954 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 29 | align=left | File:CharlesEzra2.jpg
Charles E. Daniel | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Sep 6, 1954 –
Dec 23, 1954 | Appointed to finish Maybank's term.Template:PbResigned early to give successor preferential seniority.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 30 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:Strom Thurmond 1948.jpg
Strom Thurmond | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | Dec 24, 1954 –
Apr 4, 1956 | Appointed to finish Maybank's term, having been elected to the next term.

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Thomas A. Wofford | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Apr 5, 1956 –
Nov 6, 1956 | Appointed to continue Thurmond's term.Template:PbRetired.

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Strom Thurmond | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=28 nowrap | Nov 7, 1956 –
Jan 3, 2003 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1956 to finish his own term.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=7 | Re-elected in 1960.Template:PbChanged party on Sep 16, 1964. | rowspan=7 | 30 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=7 | 30 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1962.Template:PbDied.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=23 Template:Party shading/Republican Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican

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|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Apr 18, 1965 –
Apr 22, 1965 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Johnston's term.Template:PbLost nomination to finish Johnston's term. | nowrap | Apr 22, 1965 –
Nov 8, 1966 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | align=right | File:DonaldRussell.jpg
Donald S. Russell ! 24

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Johnston's term. | rowspan=20 nowrap | Nov 9, 1966 –
Jan 3, 2005 | rowspan=20 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=20 align=right | File:FritzHollings.jpg
Fritz Hollings ! rowspan=20 | 25

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1966. | rowspan=3 | 31 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3| 31 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1968.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1972. | rowspan=3 | 32 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 32 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1974.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1978. | rowspan=3 | 33 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 33 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1980.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1984. | rowspan=3 | 34 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 34 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1986.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1990. | rowspan=3 | 35 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 35 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1992.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1996.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 36 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 36 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1998.Template:PbRetired.

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Lindsey Graham | rowspan=13 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=13 nowrap | Jan 3, 2003 –
present | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2002. | rowspan=3 | 37 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 37 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2004. | rowspan=4 nowrap | Jan 3, 2005 –
Jan 2, 2013 | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=4 align=right | File:Jim DeMint.jpg
Jim DeMint ! rowspan=4 | 26

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 38 | Re-elected in 2010.Template:PbResigned.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Appointed to continue DeMint's term.Template:PbElected in 2014 to finish DeMint's term. | rowspan=9 nowrap | Jan 2, 2013 –
present | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=9 align=right | File:Tim Scott official portrait.jpg
Tim Scott ! rowspan=9 | 27

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2014. | rowspan=3 | 39 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 39 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2016.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3|Re-elected in 2020. | rowspan=3 |40 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3|40 | rowspan=3| Re-elected in 2022. Template:Pb Retiring at the end of the term.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2026 election. | rowspan=2 |41 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | 41 | colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2028 election.

See also

• List of United States representatives from South Carolina
• United States congressional delegations from South Carolina
• Elections in South Carolina

References

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