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List of South Carolina state legislatures

The following is a list of legislative terms of the South Carolina General Assembly, the law-making branch of government of the U.S. state of South Carolina. South Carolina became part of the United States on May 23, 1788.

Legislatures

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Number[1][2] Name[1][2] Start date[1][2] End date[1] Last election
South Carolina Constitution of 1778 [nb 1]
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South Carolina Constitution of 1790 [nb 2]
? 1790 1790[5]
9 9th South Carolina General Assembly 1791 1791
10 10th South Carolina General Assembly 1792 1794 1792[5]
11 11th South Carolina General Assembly 1794 1795 1794[5]
12 12th South Carolina General Assembly 1796 1797 1796[5]
13 13th South Carolina General Assembly 1798 1799 October 1798[5]
14 14th South Carolina General Assembly 1800 1800[5]
15 15th South Carolina General Assembly 1802 1804 1802[5]
16 16th South Carolina General Assembly 1804 1805 1804[5]
17 17th South Carolina General Assembly 1806 1808 1806[5]
18 18th South Carolina General Assembly 1808 1809 1808[5]
19 19th South Carolina General Assembly 1810 1812 1810[5]
20 20th South Carolina General Assembly 1812 1813 1812[5]
21 21st South Carolina General Assembly 1814 1815 1814[5]
22 22nd South Carolina General Assembly 1816 1817 1816[5]
23 23rd South Carolina General Assembly 1818 1819 1818[5]
24 24th South Carolina General Assembly 1820 1821 1820[5]
25 25th South Carolina General Assembly 1822 1823 1822[5]
26 26th South Carolina General Assembly 1824 1825 1824[5]
27 27th South Carolina General Assembly 1826 1828
28 28th South Carolina General Assembly 1828 1829
29 29th South Carolina General Assembly 1830 1831
30 30th South Carolina General Assembly 1832 1833
31 31st South Carolina General Assembly 1834 1835
32 32nd South Carolina General Assembly 1836 1837
33 33rd South Carolina General Assembly 1838 1839
34? ca.1841[6]
35 35th South Carolina General Assembly
36 36th South Carolina General Assembly
37 37th South Carolina General Assembly
38 38th South Carolina General Assembly
39 39th South Carolina General Assembly
40 40th South Carolina General Assembly
41? ca.1855[7]
South Carolina Constitution of 1861
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South Carolina Constitution of 1865 [nb 3]
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South Carolina Constitution of 1868 [nb 4]
48? May 1868 [9] April 1868 [9]
49? November 1870 [9] October 1870 [9]
50 50th South Carolina General Assembly
51 51st South Carolina General Assembly
52 52nd South Carolina General Assembly
53 53rd South Carolina General Assembly
54 54th South Carolina General Assembly
55 55th South Carolina General Assembly
56 56th South Carolina General Assembly
57 57th South Carolina General Assembly
58 58th South Carolina General Assembly
59? ca.1890 [10]
South Carolina Constitution of 1895 [nb 5]
63? January 1897 [11] November 1896 [11]
64 64th South Carolina General Assembly
65 65th South Carolina General Assembly
66 66th South Carolina General Assembly
67 67th South Carolina General Assembly
68 68th South Carolina General Assembly
69 69th South Carolina General Assembly
70 70th South Carolina General Assembly
71 [1] 71st South Carolina General Assembly 1916
72 [12] 72nd South Carolina General Assembly 1917 1916
73 [13] 73rd South Carolina General Assembly 1919 1918
74 [14] 74th South Carolina General Assembly 1921 1920
75 75th South Carolina General Assembly 1923 1922
76 76th South Carolina General Assembly 1925 1924
77 77th South Carolina General Assembly 1927 1926
78 78th South Carolina General Assembly 1929 1928
79 79th South Carolina General Assembly 1931 1930
80 80th South Carolina General Assembly 1933 1932
81 81st South Carolina General Assembly 1935 1934
82 82nd South Carolina General Assembly 1937 1936
83 83rd South Carolina General Assembly 1939 1938
84 [2] 84th South Carolina General Assembly 1941 1940
85 85th South Carolina General Assembly 1943 1942
86 86th South Carolina General Assembly 1945 1944
87 87th South Carolina General Assembly 1947 1946
88 88th South Carolina General Assembly 1949 1948
89 89th South Carolina General Assembly 1951 1950
90 90th South Carolina General Assembly 1953 1952
91 91st South Carolina General Assembly 1955 1954
92 92nd South Carolina General Assembly 1957 1956
93 93rd South Carolina General Assembly 1959 1958
94 94th South Carolina General Assembly 1961 1960
95 95th South Carolina General Assembly 1963 1962
96 96th South Carolina General Assembly 1965 1964
97 97th South Carolina General Assembly 1967 1966
98 98th South Carolina General Assembly 1969 1968
99 99th South Carolina General Assembly 1971 1970
100 100th South Carolina General Assembly 1973 1972
101 101st South Carolina General Assembly 1975 1974
102 102nd South Carolina General Assembly 1977 1976
103 103rd South Carolina General Assembly 1979 1978
104 104th South Carolina General Assembly 1981 1980
105 105th South Carolina General Assembly 1983 1982
106 106th South Carolina General Assembly 1985 1984
107 107th South Carolina General Assembly 1987 1986
108 108th South Carolina General Assembly 1989 1988
109 [15] 109th South Carolina General Assembly 1991 1990
110 [15] 110th South Carolina General Assembly 1993 1992
111 [15] 111th South Carolina General Assembly 1995 1994
112 [15] 112th South Carolina General Assembly 1997 1998[16] 1996
113 113th South Carolina General Assembly 1999 1998
114 114th South Carolina General Assembly 2001 2000
115 115th South Carolina General Assembly 2003 2002
116 116th South Carolina General Assembly 2005 2004
117 117th South Carolina General Assembly 2007 2006
118 118th South Carolina General Assembly 2009 November 2008: Senate
119 119th South Carolina General Assembly 2011 2010
120 120th South Carolina General Assembly 2013 November 2012: Senate
121 121st South Carolina General Assembly 2015 2014
122 122nd South Carolina General Assembly 2017 November 2016: House, Senate
123 123rd South Carolina General Assembly 2019 November 2018: House
124 124th South Carolina General Assembly 2021 November 2020: House, Senate
125 [17] 125th South Carolina General Assembly 2023 November 2022: House
126 126th South Carolina General Assembly 2025 November 5, 2024:[18] House, Senate

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The South Carolina Constitution of 1778, Section XII, specified election of state senators annually in November. Section XIII specified election of state House members in November every two years. Sessions for both houses started in January.[3]
  2. ^ The South Carolina Constitution of 1790, Section I, specified election in October of House members every two years, and Senators every four years. Annual sessions began in November.[4]
  3. ^ The South Carolina Constitution of 1865, Article I, specified election in October of House members every two years, and Senators every four years. Annual sessions began in November.[8]
  4. ^ The South Carolina Constitution of 1868, Article II, specified election in October of House members every two years, and Senators every four years. Annual sessions began in November.[9]
  5. ^ The South Carolina Constitution of 1895, Article III, specifies election in November of House members every two years, and Senators every four years. Annual sessions begin in January.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d N. Louise Bailey (1984), Biographical directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives: Volume IV, 1791-1815, University of South Carolina Press – via Internet Archive
  2. ^ a b c Legislative manual - General Assembly of South Carolina, General Assembly of South Carolina., 1916 – via HathiTrust. 1916–1976
  3. ^ Francis Newton Thorpe, ed. (1909), "Constitution of South Carolina, 1778", The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and other Organic Laws of the States and Territories now or heretofore forming the United States of America, Washington: Government Printing Office – via HathiTrust
  4. ^ Francis Newton Thorpe, ed. (1909), "Constitution of South Carolina, 1790", The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and other Organic Laws of the States and Territories now or heretofore forming the United States of America, Washington: Government Printing Office – via HathiTrust
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "South Carolina", A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society and Tufts Archival Research Center
  6. ^ Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives of the General Assembly of South Carolina...1841, hdl:2027/chi.48435845 – via HathiTrust
  7. ^ South Carolina Legislative Times, 1855, hdl:2027/njp.32101044498499 – via HathiTrust
  8. ^ Francis Newton Thorpe, ed. (1909), "Constitution of South Carolina, 1865", The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and other Organic Laws of the States and Territories now or heretofore forming the United States of America, Washington: Government Printing Office – via HathiTrust
  9. ^ a b c d e Francis Newton Thorpe, ed. (1909), "Constitution of South Carolina, 1868: Article II, Legislative Department", The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and other Organic Laws of the States and Territories now or heretofore forming the United States of America, Washington: Government Printing Office – via HathiTrust
  10. ^ "South Carolina: Legislative Session". Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1890. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1891. p. 777 – via HathiTrust.
  11. ^ a b c Francis Newton Thorpe, ed. (1909), "Constitution of the State of South Carolina, 1895: Article III, Legislative Department", The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and other Organic Laws of the States and Territories now or heretofore forming the United States of America, Washington: Government Printing Office – via HathiTrust
  12. ^ Legislative manual...Seventy-second General Assembly of South Carolina...1917, Columbia, General Assembly of South Carolina, 1916 – via Internet Archive
  13. ^ Journal of the Senate of the State of South Carolina 1919, hdl:2027/nyp.33433010016420 – via HathiTrust
  14. ^ General Assembly, South Carolina (1921), Legislative manual...Seventy-fourth General Assembly of South Carolina...1921
  15. ^ a b c d "South Carolina General Assembly: Things we keep in the Basement", lpitr.state.sc.us, archived from the original on 1998-02-13 – via Wayback Machine
  16. ^ "South Carolina General Assembly: Members of the House of Representatives", lpitr.state.sc.us, archived from the original on 1998-02-13 – via Wayback Machine
  17. ^ "South Carolina Legislature", scstatehouse.gov, South Carolina Legislative Services Agency, retrieved 2024-08-03
  18. ^ "South Carolina State Legislature", ballotpedia.org, retrieved 2024-08-03

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