South Carolina During the 1900s - The 100th General Assembly (1972-1974)




South Carolina During the 1900s - The General Assembly

Members of the 100th General Assembly - 1972 to 1974
This 100th General Assembly convened in two regular sessions: The first session was held from January 9th to July 6th in 1973. The second session was held from January 8th to August 22nd in 1974. A Special Session was convened from November 28th to November 29th in 1972. Berkeley County, Charleston County, Dorchester County, Lexington County, Pickens County, and Richland County each gained one delegate in the House of Representatives. Chester County, Dillon County, Horry County, Marion County, Orangeburg County, and Union County each lost one delegate in the House of Representatives. During 1972, the SC General Assembly once again reapportioned the Senate, this time into sixteen (16) new districts with forty-six (46) members elected to four-year terms. These reapportionments were the due to the results of the 1970 U.S. Census.
Election District	House of Representatives
Abbeville County	William Franklin Snipes
Aiken County	Charles Marshall Cain
	Cecil Lennis Collins
	Zachariah Glenn Fulmer
	Irene Krugman Rudnick
Allendale County	James Bowen Brandt
Anderson County	William Newton Clinkscales, Jr.
	Patrick Bradley Harris
	Dan Thompson Marrett
	Jesse Morrow Wingo
	Elbridge Juette Wright
Bamberg County	Robert Watson Kemp
Barnwell County	Solomon Blatt*
Beaufort County	William Brantley Harvey, Jr.
Beaufort County	James H. Moss
Berkeley County	Robert Linwood Helmly
	Thomas Aimar Knight
	E. Jarvis Morris
Calhoun County	Alvin Curtis Biggs
Charleston County	James Mathewes Condon
	Clyde Moultrie Dangerfield
	Herbert Ulysses Fielding
	Arnold Samuel Goodstein
	John Lafayette Henson
	Thomas Asbury Hutto
	James Carlisle Joseph, Sr.
	Frederick Julian LeaMond
	Joseph Patrick Riley, Jr.
	Lucius Mendel Rivers, Jr.
	Wheeler Mellette Tillman
	Robert Roosevelt Woods
Cherokee County	Michael Rowland Daniel
Cherokee County	Dolphus Cleve Medley
Chester County	John Porter Gaston
Chesterfield County	George Winfield Gregory, Jr.
Chesterfield County	John Russell McLain
Clarendon County	Charles Nelson Plowden
Colleton County	Peden Brown McLeod
Darlington County	Gary Evans Byrd, Jr.
	Archie Lee Chandler
	Edward Jack Smith
Dillon County	William James McLeod
Dorchester County	Gene W. Dukes
Dorchester County	Amos DeWitt Ewers
Edgefield County	Butler Carson Derrick, Jr.
Fairfield County	Benjamin Franklin Hornsby
Florence County	Ralph King Anderson
	Gordon Badger Baker, Jr.
	David Walker Harwell (1) / David W. Keller, Jr. (5)
	W. Odell Venters
Georgetown County	Thomas Basil Barrineau
Georgetown County	John C. Heinemann
Greenville County	Carroll Ashmore Campbell, Jr.
	Rex Lyle Carter*
	John Kern Earle
	Carolyn Essig Frederick
	John Stobo Garrett, Jr.
	Herbert Curry Granger
	Beattie Eugene Huff
	Thomas Mood Marchant, III
	Charles Victor Pyle, Jr.
	William H. Stroud
	Nick Andrew Theodore
Greenwood County	Marion Pinckney Carnell
Greenwood County	James Edward Moore
Hampton County	Wilson Tison
Horry County	Sidney Thomas Floyd
	Charles Edward Hodges
	James Barr Van Osdell
Jasper County	Albert Lloyd Kleckley
Kershaw County	James Clator Arrants
Kershaw County	William Richard Clyburn
Lancaster County	Caldwell Thomas Hinson
Lancaster County	Tom Gibson Mangum
Laurens County	Joe Sullivan Holland
Laurens County	Eugene Creighton Stoddard
Lee County	William Green DesChamps, Jr.
Lexington County	Jarvis Randolph Klapman
	Lucius Omerle Porth
	Norma Caldwell Russell
	Sherry Lynn Shealy
Marion County	John Henry Waller, Jr.
Marlboro County	John Irby Rogers, III
McCormick County	Julius H. Baggett
Newberry County	Walter Thomas Lake
Oconee County	Harold Bleckley King
Oconee County	Cecil Tant Sandifer
Orangeburg County	Laurie Edward Bennett
	Heyward Newton Dantzler
	Foster Hall Yarborough
Pickens County	Harold Delois Breazeale
	Henry Franklin Floyd
	Bennett Lee Hendricks, Jr.
Richland County	Weston Adams
	Jewel Senn Breland Baskin
	Weems Oliver Baskin, III
	Robert Henry Burnside
	Michael Preston Ebert
	Lewis Roger Kirk, Jr.
	Robert Edward Kneece
	John Hancock LaFitte, Jr.
	Alex Sanders
	W.T. Sanders
	Frank Lever Taylor, Jr.
Saluda County	Rudolph Mitchell (2) / Eugene S. Blease (6)
Spartanburg County	Elijah Curran Burnett, III
	Giles Patterson Cleveland
	Thomas Moore Craig, Jr.
	Thomas Walter Edwards, Jr.
	Richard Towill Hines
	George Dean Johnson, Jr.
	Samuel Phillips Manning
	John Cornelius Williams, Jr.
Sumter County	Robert James Aycock
	Ernest Adolphus Finney, Jr.
	Carlyle Whittier Goodman (3) / John E. Miles (4)
	Ramon Schwartz, Jr.
Union County	James Morris Arthur
Williamsburg County	Benjamin J. Gordon, Jr.
Williamsburg County	Frank Hilton McGill
York County	Samuel Bruce Fewell, Jr.
	Robert Lawrence McFadden
	George Beverly Petty, Jr.
	Coleman Groves Poag
* Solomon Blatt was elected as Speaker of the House. He resigned on July 31, 1973. Rex Lyle Carter was then elected as Speaker of the House on June 12, 1973 and sworn in on August 1, 1973. Sylvia W. Orange was elected as Clerk on November 28, 1972, but did not take office until January 9, 1973.
Election District	Senator (County From)
District No. 1 Abbeville County Anderson County Oconee County Pickens County	William Howard Ballenger (Oconee) Thomas Edmund Garrison, Jr. (Anderson) Milford Edgar McDonald (Anderson) Harris Page Smith (Pickens)
District No. 2 Greenville County Laurens County	Harry Aubrey Chapman, Jr. (Greenville) Charles Gideon Garrett (Greenville) Richard Wilson Riley (Greenville) Jefferson Verne Smith (Greenville) David Surratt Taylor (Laurens)
District No. 3 Greenwood County McCormick County	John Willie Drummond (Greenwood)
District No. 4 Spartanburg County	Paul Miller Moore (Spartanburg) Horace Carroll Smith (Spartanburg) James Barnett Stephen (Spartanburg)
District No. 5 Cherokee County Newberry County Saluda County Union County	John D. Long, III (Union) Robert Campbell Lake, Jr. (Newberry)
District No. 6 Kershaw County Lancaster County York County	Donald Harry Holland (Kershaw) Samuel Brooks Mendenhall (York) Frank Laney Roddey (Lancaster)
District No. 7 Chester County Fairfield County Richland County	Walter James Bristow, Jr. (Richland) Isadore Edward Lourie (Richland) John Afred Martin (Fairfield) Thomas Travis Medlock (Richland) Hyman Rubin (Richland)
District No. 8 Aiken County Bamberg County Barnwell County Edgefield County Lexington County	Albert John Dooley (Lexington) Michael Lukens Laughlin (Aiken) Jimmy Leawood Martin (Lexington) Gilbert Edward McMillan (Aiken)
District No. 9 Chesterfield County Dillon County Lee County Marlboro County	Charles Anthony Harris (Chesterfield) John Charles Lindsay (Marlboro)
District No. 10 Darlington County	Edward Eli Saleeby (Darlington)
District No. 11 Florence County Horry County Marion County Williamsburg County	LaNue Floyd (Williamsburg) John Ralph Gasque (Marion) Thomas Earl Smith, Jr. (Florence) James Price Stevens (Horry)
District No. 12 Clarendon County Sumter County	Thomas Otis Bowen (Sumter) James McCullum Morris (Clarendon)
District No. 13 Calhoun County Dorchester County Orangeburg County	Lawrence Marion Gressette (Calhoun) Marshall Burns Williams (Orangeburg)
District No. 14 Berkeley County	Rembert Coney Dennis (Berkley)
District No. 15 Allendale County Beaufort County Colleton County Hampton County Jasper County	James Pershing Harrelson (Colleton) James Madison Waddell, Jr. (Beaufort)
District No. 16 Charleston County Georgetown County	Allen Ruffin Carter (Charleston) William Walter Doar, Jr. (Georgetown) James Burrows Edwards (7) (Charleston) Thomas Forbes Hartnett (Charleston) Thomas Dewey Wise (Charleston)
** Lawrence Marion Grissette was elected President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Lovick Oliphant Thomas was elected as Clerk.
(1) Elected as a Judge of the 12th Judical Circuit of SC on May 2, 1973 and resigned from the House on May 21, 1973.
(2) Elected as Public Service Commission for the 2nd Congressional District of SC on February 13, 1973, and resigned from the House on June 30, 1973.
(3) Carlyle Whittier Goodman died on February 25, 1973.
(4) Elected to replace Carlyle Whittier Goodman, qualified on 5/29/1973.
(5) Elected to replace David Walker Harwell on August 21, 1973.
(6) Elected to replace Rudolph Mitchell on September 11, 1973.
(7) Elected as Governor of South Carolina on November 5, 1974 and resigned from the Senate on December 6, 1974.

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