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U.S. Senate seat, South Carolina (class 3)

45 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Tim Scott R.

Holders
45
26 D · 11 R · 3 J · 2 N · 1 PA · 1 F · 1 W
Longest tenure
18 years
Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston
Current
12 years
Tim Scott, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/sc-sen-3Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Ralph Izard · 1789-03-04 – 1795-03-04 · Pro-AdministrationJacob Read · 1795-12-07 – 1801-03-04 · FederalistJohn Ewing Colhoun · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Gaillard · 1804-01-01 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Gaillard · 1807-10-26 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Gaillard · 1813-05-24 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Gaillard · 1819-12-06 – 1825-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Gaillard · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonStephen Decatur Miller · 1831-12-05 – 1834-01-01 · NullifierWilliam Campbell Preston · 1837-09-04 – 1843-03-04 · WhigGeorge McDuffie · 1843-12-04 – 1846-08-18 · DemocratAndrew Pickens Butler · 1849-12-03 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Pickens Butler · 1855-12-03 – 1858-01-01 · DemocratFrederick Adolphus Sawyer · 1868-01-01 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJohn James Patterson · 1873-12-01 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanWade Hampton · 1879-03-18 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratWade Hampton · 1885-12-07 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJohn Laurens Manning Irby · 1891-12-07 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Haynsworth Earle · 1897-03-15 – 1898-01-01 · DemocratAsbury Churchwell Latimer · 1903-11-09 – 1908-02-21 · DemocratFrank Boyd Gary · 1908-03-06 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratEllison DuRant Smith · 1909-03-15 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratEllison DuRant Smith · 1915-12-06 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratEllison DuRant Smith · 1921-04-11 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratEllison DuRant Smith · 1927-12-05 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratEllison DuRant Smith · 1933-03-09 – 1944-11-18 · DemocratWilton Earle Hall · 1944-11-20 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratOlin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston · 1963-01-09 – 1965-04-19 · DemocratDonald Stuart Russell · 1965-04-22 – 1966-11-09 · DemocratErnest F. Hollings · 1966-11-09 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratErnest F. Hollings · 1975-01-14 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratErnest F. Hollings · 1987-01-06 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratErnest F. Hollings · 1999-01-06 – 2005-01-04 · DemocratJim DeMint · 2005-01-04 – 2013-01-02 · RepublicanTim Scott · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanTim Scott · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanPierce Butler · 1802-01-01 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Harper · 1826-01-01 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonWilliam Campbell Preston · 1833-12-02 – 1837-03-04 · NullifierGeorge McDuffie · 1842-12-23 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Pickens Butler · 1846-01-01 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJames Henry Hammond · 1857-12-07 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratJohn Lowndes McLaurin · 1897-06-01 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratOlin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston · 1945-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Smith · 1826-11-29 – 1831-03-04 · Jackson
Tim Scott R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Tim Scott R
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Jim DeMint R
Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 2, 2013 · 8 years
Ernest F. Hollings D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2005 · 6 years
Ernest F. Hollings D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1999 · 12 years
Ernest F. Hollings D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1987 · 12 years
Ernest F. Hollings D
Nov 9, 1966 – Jan 4, 1975 · 8.2 years
Donald Stuart Russell D
Apr 22, 1965 – Nov 9, 1966 · 19 months
Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D
Jan 9, 1963 – Apr 19, 1965 · 2.3 years
Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1963 · 18 years
Wilton Earle Hall D
Nov 20, 1944 – Jan 4, 1945 · 1 months
Ellison DuRant Smith D
Mar 9, 1933 – Nov 18, 1944 · 12 years
Ellison DuRant Smith D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1933 · 5.2 years
Ellison DuRant Smith D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 5, 1927 · 5.9 years
Ellison DuRant Smith D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1921 · 5.2 years
Ellison DuRant Smith D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1915 · 6 years
Frank Boyd Gary D
Mar 6, 1908 – Mar 4, 1909 · 12 months
Asbury Churchwell Latimer D
Nov 9, 1903 – Feb 21, 1908 · 4.3 years
John Lowndes McLaurin D
Jun 1, 1897 – Mar 4, 1903 · 5.8 years
Joseph Haynsworth Earle D
Mar 15, 1897 – Jan 1, 1898 · 10 months
John Laurens Manning Irby D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1897 · 5.2 years
Wade Hampton D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1891 · 5.2 years
Wade Hampton D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1885 · 6 years
John James Patterson R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1879 · 5.3 years
Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R
Jan 1, 1868 – Mar 4, 1873 · 5.2 years
James Henry Hammond D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1861 · 3.2 years
Andrew Pickens Butler D
Dec 3, 1855 – Jan 1, 1858 · 2.1 years
Andrew Pickens Butler D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1855 · 5.2 years
Andrew Pickens Butler D
Jan 1, 1846 – Mar 4, 1849 · 3.2 years
George McDuffie D
Dec 4, 1843 – Aug 18, 1846 · 2.7 years
George McDuffie D
Dec 23, 1842 – Mar 4, 1843 · 2 months
William Campbell Preston W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1843 · 5.5 years
William Campbell Preston N
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1837 · 3.3 years
Stephen Decatur Miller N
Dec 5, 1831 – Jan 1, 1834 · 2.1 years
William Smith J
Nov 29, 1826 – Mar 4, 1831 · 4.3 years
William Harper J
Jan 1, 1826 – Mar 4, 1827 · 14 months
John Gaillard J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
John Gaillard R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1825 · 5.2 years
John Gaillard R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1819 · 5.8 years
John Gaillard R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1813 · 5.4 years
John Gaillard R
Jan 1, 1804 – Mar 4, 1807 · 3.2 years
Pierce Butler R
Jan 1, 1802 – Mar 4, 1805 · 3.2 years
John Ewing Colhoun R
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
Jacob Read F
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1801 · 5.2 years
Ralph Izard PA
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1795 · 6 years

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.