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South Carolina
Women in Elective Office - Historical Summary

U.S. Congress  
  Elizabeth Patterson (D)
Corinne Boyd Riley (D)
U.S. Rep.
U.S. Rep.
1987-1993
1962-1963
 
     Riley won a special election to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband.
  Willa Lybrand Fulmer (D) U.S. Rep. 1944-1945
     Fulmer won a special election to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband.
  Clara Gooding McMillan (D) U.S. Rep. 1939-1941
     McMillan won a special election to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband.
  Elizabeth H. Gasque (D) U.S. Rep. 1938-1939
      Gasque won a special election to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband.
 
Statewide Elective Executives
  I nez Tenenbaum (D)
Barbara Nielsen (R)
Nancy Stevenson (D)
Superintendent of Education
Superintendent of Education
Lieutenant Governor
1999-2007
1991-1999
1979-1982
 
State Legislature
   
  
  
  
State
  
  
Senate
Total
Wom./
Total
  
  
House
Total
Wom./
Total
Total
Wom./
Total
  
%
Total
Year 
 Rank 
  D  
  R 
  Senate  
   D  
  R  
  House  
  Legis.  
 Wom. 
                          
2008
50 1 1 2/ 46 8 5 13/ 124 15/ 170 8.8
2007
50 1 1 2/ 46 8 5 13/ 124 15/ 170 8.8
2006
50 1 0 1/ 46 7 7 14/ 124 15/ 170 8.8
2005
50 1 0 1/ 46 6 7 13/ 124 14/ 170 8.2
2004
50 2 0 2/ 46 8 6 14/ 124 16/ 170 9.4
2003
50 2 0 2/ 46 7 7 14/ 124 16/ 170 9.4
2002
48 2 0 2/ 46 7 9 16/ 124 18/ 170 10.6
2001
48 2 0 2/ 46 7 9 16/ 124 18/ 170 10.6
2000
48 2 0 2/ 46 7 9 16/ 124 18/ 170 10.6
1999
48 2 1 3/ 46 6 10 16/ 124 19/ 170 11.2
1998
44 2 1 3/ 46 8 11 19/ 124 22/ 170 12.9
1997
44 2 1 3/ 46 8 11 19/ 124 22/ 170 12.9
1996
44 2 1 3/ 46 8 10 18/ 124 21/ 170 12.4
1995
43 2 1 3/ 46 8 10 18/ 124 21/ 170 12.4
1994
40 2 1 3/ 46 10 9 19/ 124 22/ 170 12.9
1993
40 2 1 3/ 46 10 9 19/ 124 22/ 170 12.9
1992
36 1 1 2/ 46 13 7 20/ 124 22/ 170 12.9
1991
42 1 1 2/ 46 12 5 17/ 124 19/ 170 11.2
1990
43 1 1 2/ 46 10 3 13/ 124 15/ 170 8.8
1989
42 1 1 2/ 46 10 4 14/ 124 16/ 170 9.4
1988
44 1 1 2/ 46 9 2 11/ 124 13/ 170 7.6
1987
43 1 1 2/ 46 9 2 11/ 124 13/ 170 7.6
1986
47 2 0 2/ 46 7 1 8/ 124 10/ 170 5.9
1985
47 2 0 2/ 46 7 1 8/ 124 10/ 170 5.9
1984
44 2 1 3/ 46 9 0 9/ 124 12/ 170 7.1
1983
44 2 1 3/ 46 9 0 9/ 124 12/ 170 7.1
1981
42 1 1 2/ 46 8 1 9/ 124 11/ 170 6.5
1979
41 - - 0/ 46 - - 9/ 124 9/ 170 5.3
1977
- - - 0/ NA - - 10/ NA 10/ NA -
1975
- - - 0/ NA - - 7/ NA 7/ NA -
  

  

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