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South Carolina's 3rd congressional district

U.S. House district for South Carolina

U.S. House district for South Carolina

FieldValue
stateSouth Carolina
district number3
image name
image captionInteractive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
representativeSheri Biggs
partyRepublican
residenceSalem
population766,747
population year2024
median income$65,919
percent white71.7
percent hispanic5.8
percent black17.0
percent asian1.1
percent more than one race3.8
percent other race0.6
cpviR+21

| percent more than one race = 3.8

South Carolina's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in western South Carolina bordering both Georgia and North Carolina. It includes all of Abbeville, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Oconee, Pickens, and Saluda counties and portions of Greenville and Newberry counties. The district is mostly rural, but much of the economy revolves around the manufacturing centers of Anderson and Greenwood. Clemson University, the state's second largest by enrollment, is also in the district.

With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+21, it is the most Republican district in South Carolina.

History

Historically, the district was a Democratic stronghold, and Democrats continued to hold most local offices well into the 1990s. However, most residents share the socially conservative views of their counterparts in the 4th district and the district has elected Republicans since 1994. Republicans now dominate the district's politics at all levels, usually scoring margins rivaling those in the 4th. Indeed, no Democrat has cleared the 40 percent mark in the district in almost a quarter-century.

South Carolina's senior Senator, Lindsey Graham, held this seat from 1995 to 2003. He was succeeded by J. Gresham Barrett, who gave up the seat in order to run for governor. State Rep. Jeff Duncan won the seat in 2010.

From 2003 to 2013, the district included all of Abbeville, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, Oconee, Pickens and Saluda counties and most of Aiken and Laurens counties.

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:

Abbeville County (9)

: All 9 communities

Anderson County (19)

: All 19 communities

Edgefield County (5)

: All 5 communities

Greenville County (4)

: Fountain Inn (shared with Laurens County), Golden Grove (part; also 4th), Piedmont (shared with Anderson County), Ware Place

Greenwood County (9)

: All 9 communities

Laurens County (11)

: All 11 communities

McCormick County (7)

: All 7 communities

Newberry County (8)

: All 8 communities

Oconee County (13)

: All 13 communities

Pickens County (11)

: All 11 communities

Saluda County (5)

: All 5 communities

Recent election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults
2008PresidentMcCain 63% - 35%
2012PresidentRomney 66% - 34%
2016PresidentTrump 67% - 29%
SenateScott 71% - 27%
2018GovernorMcMaster 66% - 33%
Secretary of StateHammond 69% - 30%
TreasurerLoftis 68% - 29%
Attorney GeneralWilson 68% - 30%
2020PresidentTrump 68% - 31%
SenateGraham 67% - 31%
2022SenateScott 75% - 25%
GovernorMcMaster 71% - 28%
Secretary of StateHammond 75% - 25%
2024PresidentTrump 71% - 28%

List of members representing the district

Member
(Residence)PartyYearsCong
ressElectoral historyDistrict location
District established March 4, 1789
[[File:Daniel Huger.jpg100px]]
Daniel Huger
(Charleston)Pro-AdministrationnowrapMarch 4, 1789 –
March 3, 1793Elected in 1788.
Re-elected in 1790.
Retired.1789–1793
"Georgetown-Cheraw district"
[File:SCCongDist1788-1792.pngthumbcenter
[Lemuel Benton
(Stoney Hill Farm)Anti-AdministrationnowrapMarch 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795Elected in 1793.
Re-elected in 1794.
Re-elected in 1796.
Lost re-election.1793–1795
"Georgetown-Cheraw district"
Democratic-RepublicanMarch 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1799
1795–1799
"Georgetown district"
[[File:Southcarolina1796.GIFthumbcenter1796 election results by district]]
[[File:Benjamin Huger, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile LCCN2007675938.jpg100px]]
Benjamin Huger
(Georgetown)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1799 –
March 3, 1805Elected in 1798.
Re-elected in 1800.
Re-elected in 1803.
Retired.1799–1833
"Georgetown district"
[[File:David Rogerson Williams (South Carolina Governor).jpg100px]]
David R. Williams
(Society Hill)Democratic-RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1805 –
March 3, 1809Elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Retired.
Robert Witherspoon
(Mayesville)Democratic-RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1811Elected in 1808.
Retired.
[[File:David Rogerson Williams (South Carolina Governor).jpg100px]]
David R. Williams
(Society Hill)Democratic-RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1813Elected in 1810.
Retired.
Theodore Gourdin
(Pineville)Democratic-RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815Elected in 1812.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Benjamin Huger, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile LCCN2007675938.jpg100px]]
Benjamin Huger
(Georgetown)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817Elected in 1814.
Lost re-election.
James Ervin
(Darlington)Democratic-RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1821Elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1818.
Retired.
Thomas R. Mitchell
(Georgetown)Democratic-RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1821 –
March 3, 1823Elected in 1820.
Lost re-election.
Robert B. Campbell
(Brownsville)Democratic-RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825Elected in 1823.
Retired.
Thomas R. Mitchell
(Georgetown)JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829Elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1826.
Lost re-election.
John Campbell
(Brownsville)JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1831Elected in 1828.
Lost re-election.
Thomas R. Mitchell
(Georgetown)JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833Elected in 1830.
Lost re-election.
Thomas Singleton
(Kingstree)NullifiernowrapMarch 4, 1833 –
November 25, 1833Elected in 1833.
Died.1833–1843
VacantnowrapNovember 25, 1833 –
February 27, 1834
Robert B. Campbell
(Brownsville)NullifiernowrapFebruary 27, 1834 –
March 3, 1837Elected to finish Singleton's term.
Re-elected in 1834.
Retired.
John Campbell
(Parnassus)NullifiernowrapMarch 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839Elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
Redistricted to the .
DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1843
Joseph A. Woodward
(Winnsboro)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1853Elected in 1843.
Re-elected in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
Re-elected in 1850.
Retired.1843–1853
[[File:Laurence_M._Keitt_cph.3a02077.jpg100px]]
Laurence M. Keitt
(Orangeburg)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1853 –
July 15, 1856Elected in 1853.
Re-elected in 1854.
Resigned to gain constituents' support following the caning of Charles Sumner.1853–1860
VacantnowrapJuly 15, 1856 –
August 6, 1856
[[File:Laurence_M._Keitt_cph.3a02077.jpg100px]]
Laurence M. Keitt
(Orangeburg)DemocraticnowrapAugust 6, 1856 –
December 1860Re-elected to finish his own term.
Re-elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
Retired early due to Civil War.
District inactivenowrapDecember 1860 –
July 25, 1868Civil War and Reconstruction
Manuel S. Corley
(Lexington)RepublicannowrapJuly 25, 1868 –
March 3, 1869Elected to finish the short term.
Retired.1868–1873
[[File:Solomon_L._Hoge_-_Brady-Handy.jpg100px]]
Solomon L. Hoge
(Columbia)RepublicannowrapApril 8, 1869 –
March 3, 1871Elected in 1868 (Successfully contested election of J.P. Reed).
Retired.
[[File:United States Congressman Robert Brown Elliott of South Carolina in 1872 (cropped).png100px]]
Robert B. Elliott
(Columbia)RepublicanMarch 4, 1871 –
November 1, 1874Elected in 1870.
Re-elected in 1872.
Resigned to become sheriff.
1873–1883
VacantnowrapNovember 1, 1874 –
November 3, 1874
Lewis C. Carpenter
(Columbia)RepublicannowrapNovember 3, 1874 –
March 3, 1875Elected to finish Elliott's term.
Retired.
[[File:Solomon_L._Hoge_-_Brady-Handy.jpg100px]]
Solomon L. Hoge
(Columbia)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877Elected in 1874.
Retired.
[[File:D._Wyatt_Aiken_-_Brady-Handy.jpg100px]]
D. Wyatt Aiken
(Cokesbury)DemocraticMarch 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1887Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Retired.
1883–1893
James S. Cothran
(Abbeville)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1891Elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Retired.
George Johnstone
(Newberry)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893Elected in 1890.
Lost renomination.
[[File:Asbury_Latimer.jpg100px]]
Asbury C. Latimer
(Belton)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1903Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Retired.1893–1903
Wyatt Aiken
(Abbeville)DemocraticMarch 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1917Elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Lost renomination.1903–1913
1913–1933
Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood, Newberry, Oconee, and Pickens counties.
[[File:Fred_H._Dominick.jpg100px]]
Frederick H. Dominick
(Newberry)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1917 –
March 3, 1933Elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Lost renomination.
John C. Taylor
(Anderson)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1939Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Lost renomination.1933–1943
[[File:Butler_B._Hare_-_LOC.jpg100px]]
Butler B. Hare
(Saluda)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1947Elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Retired.
1943–1953
[[File:W. J. Bryan Dorn.jpg100px]]
W.J. Bryan Dorn
(Greenwood)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949Elected in 1946.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
James Butler Hare
(Saluda)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1951Elected in 1948.
Lost renomination.
[[File:W. J. Bryan Dorn.jpg100px]]
W.J. Bryan Dorn
(Greenwood)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1951 –
December 31, 1974Elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Retired to run for governor and resigned following defeat.
1953–1963
1963–1973
1973–1983
VacantnowrapDecember 31, 1974 –
January 3, 1975
[[File:Congressman Butler Derrick.jpg100px]]
Butler Derrick
(Edgefield)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1995Elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Retired.
1983–1993
1993–2003
[[File:Lindsey Graham official photo.jpg100px]]
Lindsey Graham
(Seneca)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1995 –
January 3, 2003Elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
[[File:J. Gresham Barrett, official photo portrait, color.jpg100px]]
Gresham Barrett
(Westminster)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2011Elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Retired to run for governor.2003–2013
[[File:United States House of Representatives, South Carolina District 3 map.png300px]]
All of Abbeville, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, Oconee, Pickens and Saluda counties and most of Aiken and Laurens counties.
[[File:Jeff Duncan, Official Portrait, 112th Congress.jpg100px]]
Jeff Duncan
(Laurens)RepublicanJanuary 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2025Elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Retired.
2013–2023
[[File:South Carolina US Congressional District 3 (since 2013).tif300px]]
2023–2033
[[File:South Carolina's 3rd congressional district (since 2023).svg300px]]
[[File:Rep. Sheri Biggs official photo, 119th Congress (3x4 full crop).jpg100px]]
Sheri Biggs
(Salem)RepublicanJanuary 3, 2025 –
presentElected in 2024.

Past election results

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

2022

2024

References

References

  1. "My Congressional District". U.S. Census Bureau Center for New Media and Promotion (CNMP).
  2. (April 3, 2025). "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)".
  3. (September 27, 2017). "Gresh". greshambarrett.com.
  4. [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST45/CD118_SC01.pdf https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST45/CD118_SC03.pdf]
  5. "Dra 2020".
  6. (1887). "South Carolina.". Official Congressional Directory.
  7. "Election Statistics - US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". Karen Haas, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  8. (November 4, 2014). "South Carolina Election Commission Official Results". West Virginia Secretary of State.
  9. "2016 Statewide General Election official results". South Carolina State Election Commission.
  10. Johnson, Cheryl L.. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". [[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  11. (November 10, 2020). "2020 Statewide General Election Night Reporting - Results". South Carolina Election Commission.
  12. (November 11, 2022). "2022 Statewide General Election".
  13. (November 11, 2024). "2024 Statewide General Election".
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