South Carolina House of Representatives

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The South Carolina State House after the 1998 renovation
Seal of the House of Representatives

The South Carolina House of Representatives ( South Carolina House of Representatives ) is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly , of the Constitution of the US state of South Carolina for the legislation provided and bicameral Parliament . The second chamber is the South Carolina Senate , the House of Lords. The House of Representatives has 124 members who are elected every two years. The elections will take place at the same time as the elections to the United States Congress . In contrast to many other parliaments, MPs do not sit together in parliament according to party affiliation. Instead, the seating arrangement is structured according to the constituencies ( counties ) represented.

The House of Representatives boardroom is shared with the Senate in the South Carolina State House in the capital, Columbia .

Composition after the 2010 election

Political party MPs
Republican Party 76
Democratic Party 48
total 124

Composition of the House of Representatives in the past

year Democratic
Party 		Republican
Party 		Independent Politicians
/ Others 		majority
1865 0 0 124 124
1868 14th 110 0 96
1870 0 100 24 (a) 76
1872 22nd 102 0 80
1874 0 91 33 (b) 58
1876 64 60 0 4th
1878 121 3 0 118
1880 120 4th 0 116
1902-
1962 		124 0 0 124
1964 123 1 0 122
1966 107 17th 0 90
1968 119 5 0 114
1970 115 9 0 109
1972 107 17th 0 90
1974 110 14th 0 96
1976 114 10 0 104
1978 111 13 0 98
1980 110 14th 0 96
1982 108 16 0 92
1984 102 22nd 0 80
1986 98 26th 0 72
1988 94 30th 0 64
1990 89 35 0 54
1992 84 40 0 44
1994 72 52 0 20th
1996 54 70 0 16
1998 58 66 0 12
2000 55 69 0 14th
2002 51 73 0 22nd
2004 50 74 0 24
2006 51 73 0 22nd
2008 52 72 0 20th
2010 48 76 0 28
2012 46 78 0 32
2014 46 78 0 32
2016 44 79 0 35

(a) 21 MPs belonged to the Union Reform Party of South Carolina ; the remaining 3 MPs were non-party politicians from Anderson . Two MPs from the Union Reform Party from Chesterfield were later replaced by Republicans,
(b) All 33 MPs were members of the Conservative Party of South Carolina .

literature

  • Bruce H. Kalk: The origins of the southern strategy: two-party competition in South Carolina, 1950-1972 . Lexington Books, 2001, ISBN 0-7391-0242-7 .
  • John S. Reynolds: Reconstruction in South Carolina . Negro University Press, 1969, ISBN 0-8371-1638-4 .

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