South Carolina's 5th congressional district

The 5th Congressional District of South Carolina is a congressional district in northern South Carolina bordering North Carolina. From 2003 to 2013 it included all of Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Marlboro, Newberry and York counties and parts of Florence, Lee and Sumter counties. Outside the rapidly growing city of Rock Hill, the district is mostly rural and agricultural. The district borders were contracted from some of the easternmost counties in the 2012 redistricting.

The district's character is very similar to other mostly rural districts in the South. Democrats still hold most offices outside Republican-dominated York County. However, few of the area's Democrats can be described as liberal by national standards; most are fairly conservative on social issues, but less so on economics. The largest blocs of Republican voters are in the fast-growing suburbs of Charlotte, North Carolina and Cherokee County, which shares the Republican tilt of most of the rest of the Upstate.

In November 2010, the Republican Mick Mulvaney defeated longtime Congressman John Spratt and became the first Republican since Robert Smalls and the end of Reconstruction to represent the district.

List of representatives

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	District Residence	Notes
Thomas Tudor Tucker	March 4, 1789	March 4, 1793	Anti-Administration
Alexander Gillon	March 4, 1793	October 6, 1794	Anti-Administration		Died
Robert Goodloe Harper	February 9, 1795	March 3, 1795	Pro-Administration
	March 4, 1795	March 4, 1801	Federalist
William Butler	March 4, 1801	March 3, 1803	Democratic-Republican	Mount Willing	redistricted to the 2nd district
Richard Winn	March 4, 1803	March 3, 1813	Democratic-Republican	Winnsboro	redistricted from the 4th district
David R. Evans	March 4, 1813	March 3, 1815	Democratic-Republican	Winnsboro
William Woodward	March 4, 1815	March 3, 1817	Democratic-Republican	unknown
Starling Tucker	March 4, 1817	March 3, 1823	Democratic-Republican	Mountain Shoals	redistricted to the 9th district
George McDuffie	March 4, 1823	March 3, 1825	Jacksonian D-R	Charleston
	March 4, 1825	March 3, 1831	Jacksonian
	March 4, 1831	1834	Nullifier
Francis W. Pickens	December 8, 1834	March 3, 1839	Nullifier	Edgefield
	March 4, 1839	March 4, 1843	Democratic
Armistead Burt	March 4, 1843	March 3, 1853	Democratic	Abbeville
James L. Orr	March 4, 1853	March 3, 1859	Democratic	Anderson
John D. Ashmore	March 4, 1859	December 21, 1860	Democratic	Greenville	Resigned
District eliminated in 1867 - Civil War - Occupation and Reconstruction
District re-established 1875
Robert Smalls	March 4, 1875	March 3, 1879	Republican	Beaufort
George D. Tillman	March 4, 1879	July 19, 1882	Democratic	Edgefield	Lost contested election
Robert Smalls	July 19, 1882	March 3, 1883	Republican	Beaufort	Won contested election
John J. Hemphill	March 4, 1883	March 3, 1893	Democratic	Chester
Thomas J. Strait	March 4, 1893	March 3, 1899	Democratic	Lancaster
David E. Finley	March 4, 1899	January 26, 1917	Democratic	York	Died
Paul G. McCorkle	February 21, 1917	March 3, 1917	Democratic	York
William F. Stevenson	March 4, 1917	March 3, 1933	Democratic	Cheraw
James P. Richards	March 4, 1933	January 3, 1957	Democratic	Lancaster
Robert W. Hemphill	January 3, 1957	May 1, 1964	Democratic	Chester	Resigned after being appointed as judge to United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Thomas S. Gettys	November 3, 1964	December 31, 1974	Democratic	Rock Hill
Kenneth L. Holland	January 3, 1975	January 3, 1983	Democratic	Gaffney
John M. Spratt, Jr.	January 3, 1983	January 3, 2011	Democratic	York	Defeated for re-election
Mick Mulvaney	January 3, 2011	Present	Republican	Lancaster

Historical district boundaries

1995 - 2013

In popular culture

• In House of Cards, protagonist Frank Underwood represents the district in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat.

See also

• South Carolina's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Coordinates: 34°29′N 80°58′W / 34.49°N 80.97°W / 34.49; -80.97