South Carolina Delegates to the 17th U.S. Congress (1821-1823)




South Carolina Delegates to the U.S. Congress

17th U.S. Congress (1821-1823)
The 17th U.S. Congress met in two sessions: 1) December 3, 1821 to May 8, 1822; and 2) December 2, 1822 to March 3, 1823.

U.S. Senators from South Carolina
Name	SC District From	Comments
John Gaillard	Charleston	Elected President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate on December 3, 1821.
William Smith	York	-

U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina
Name	U.S. House District	SC District From	Comments
James Blair / John Carter	9th	Lancaster / Kershaw	James Blair resigned on May 8, 1822. John Carter was elected to replace him and he took his seat on December 11, 1822.
Joseph Gist	8th	Union	-
William Lowndes / James Hamilton, Jr.	2nd	Colleton / Charleston	William Lowndes resigned in May of 1822 and soon thereafter died on October 27, 1822. James Hamilton, Jr. was elected to replace him and he took his seat on December 13, 1822.
George McDuffie	6th	Edgefield	Later Governor of South Carolina and a U.S. Senator.
Thomas Rothmaler Mitchell	3rd	Georgetown	-
James Overstreet / Andrew Robison Govan	4th	Barnwell / Orangeburg	James Overstreet died while in office on May 24, 1822. Andrew Robison Govan was elected to replace him and he took his seat on December 4, 1822.
Joel Roberts Poinsett	1st	Charleston	Later Minister to Mexico and Secretary of War.
Starling Tucker	5th	Laurens	-
John Wilson, Jr.	7th	Pendleton	From what is now Anderson County.