South Carolina's 5th Congressional District

South Carolina's 5th Congressional District elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives. Below is the district's current representative, the members of Congress who held this seat before, and South Carolina's two U.S. Senators.

Current Representative

Ralph Norman (Republican) currently represents South Carolina's 5th Congressional District. See Ralph Norman's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented South Carolina's 5th Congressional District:

• Mick Mulvaney — Republican (until 2017)
• John Spratt — Democrat (until 2011)
• Kenneth Holland — Democrat (until 1983)
• Thomas Gettys — Democrat (until 1975)
• Robert Hemphill — Democrat (until 1965)
• James Richards — Democrat (until 1957)
• William Stevenson — Democrat (until 1933)
• Paul McCorkle — Democrat (until 1917)
• Thomas Strait — Democrat (until 1899)
• John Hemphill — Democrat (until 1893)

South Carolina U.S. Senators

• Tim Scott — Republican Senator
• Lindsey Graham — Republican Senator
• Jim DeMint — Republican Senator
• Ernest Hollings — Democrat Senator
• J. Thurmond — Republican Senator
• Donald Russell — Democrat Senator
• Olin Johnston — Democrat Senator
• Thomas Wofford — Democrat Senator
• Charles Daniel — Democrat Senator
• Burnet Maybank — Democrat Senator
• Wilton Hall — Democrat Senator
• Ellison Smith — Democrat Senator
• James Byrnes — Democrat Senator
• Alva Lumpkin — Democrat Senator
• Roger Peace — Democrat Senator
• Coleman Blease — Democrat Senator
• Nathaniel Dial — Democrat Senator
• Christie Benet — Democrat Senator
• William Pollock — Democrat Senator
• Benjamin Tillman — Democrat Senator
• Frank Gary — Democrat Senator
• Asbury Latimer — Democrat Senator
• John McLaurin — Democrat Senator
• Joseph Earle — Democrat Senator
• John Irby — Democrat Senator
• Matthew Butler — Democrat Senator
• Wade Hampton — Democrat Senator
• John Patterson — Republican Senator
• Thomas Robertson — Republican Senator
• Frederick Sawyer — Republican Senator
• James Hammond — Democrat Senator
• James Chesnut — Democrat Senator
• Josiah Evans — Democrat Senator
• Arthur Hayne — Democrat Senator
• Andrew Butler — Democrat Senator
• William De Saussure — Democrat Senator
• Robert Rhett — Democrat Senator
• Robert Barnwell — Democrat Senator
• John Calhoun — Democrat Senator
• Franklin Elmore — Democrat Senator
• George McDuffie — Democrat Senator
• Daniel Huger — Democrat Senator
• William Preston — Whig Senator
• Stephen Miller — Nullifier Senator
• Robert Hayne — Nullifier Senator
• William Smith — Jackson Senator
• John Gaillard — Jackson Senator
• William Harper — Jackson Senator
• John Taylor — Republican Senator
• Thomas Sumter — Republican Senator
• Pierce Butler — Republican Senator
• John Colhoun — Republican Senator
• Jacob Read — Federalist Senator
• John Hunter — Republican Senator
• Ralph Izard — Pro-Administration Senator

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