South Carolina During the Late 1800s - The 49th General Assembly (1870-1872)




South Carolina During the Late 1800s - 1865 to 1900

Members of the 49th General Assembly - 1870 to 1872
This 49th General Assembly convened in two regular sessions: The first session was held from November 22nd to December 22nd in 1870, then from January 5th to March 7th in 1871. The second session was held from November 28th to December 22nd in 1871, then from January 5th to March 12th in 1872.
Election District	Senate	House of Representatives
Abbeville County	Hutson J. Lomax (1) / Jeremiah Hollinshead (2)	Everidge Cain
		Henry H. Ellison
		Mitchell Goggins
		Lawrence Pembroke Guffin
		Thomas N. Talbott
Anderson County	John Wilson	William D. Perry
		Warren D. Wilkes
		John Wilson
Barnwell County	Charles P. Leslie	Benjamin F. Berry
		Edward Ferguson
		Charles D. Hayne
		James N. Hayne
		Benjamin Nerland
		Edward M. Sumter
Beaufort County	Robert Smalls	J.B. Bascomb
		Hastings Gantt
		Samuel Greene
		Charles S. Kuh (3)
		Nathaniel B. Myers
		Emil Nehemias
		William J. Whipper
Charleston County	David Thomas Corbin, William H. Mishaw (4) / Samuel Eden Gaillard (5)	Charles J. Andell
		Benjamin A. Boseman, Jr.
		Richard Bryan
		Thomas A. Davis
		John Benjamin Dennis
		William E. Elliott
		Adam P. Ford
		William C. Glover
		J.J. Hardy (6) / Christopher Columbus Bowen (7)
		P.P. Hedges
		H.H. Hunter
		Timothy Hurley
		William R. Jervey
		Orlando R. Levy
		Joseph W. Lloyd
		Aadon Logan
		Edward Mickey
		Abraham Smith
Chester County	Lucius Wimbush	Barney Humphries
		Sancho Saunders
		B.G. Yocum
Chesterfield County	Gideon Walker Duvall	Minor Jackson Hough (8) / William Littlefield (9)
		B.C. Evans (10) / J.P. Singleton (11)
Clarendon County	Elias Evander Dickson	Syfax Milton
		Jared Warley
Colleton County	George Francis McIntyre	Abraham P. Holmes
		F.J. Maddocks
		Sherman Smalls
		Robert S. Tarlton
		William M. Thomas
Darlington County	Benjamin Franklin Whittemore	Alfred Hart
		Richard H. Humbart
		Samuel J. Keith
		Jordan Lang
Edgefield County	Franz Walburg von Arnim	John A. Barker
		Lawrence Cain
		John A. Green
		David Harris
		William Kennedy
		Samuel J. Lee
		Prince R. Rivers
Fairfield County	George W. Barber	W. J. McDowell
		Alfred Moore
		S.M. Smart
Georgetown County	Joseph Hayne Rainey (12) / John Francis Beckman (13)	James A. Bowley
		William H. Jones, Jr.
		Thomas D. McDowell
Greenville County	James M. Allen	Stephen Stanley Crittenden
		Hewlett Sullivan
		George Washington Taylor
		Leonard Williams
Horry County	James S. Burroughs	James Elkanah Dusenbury
		George Thomas Litchfield
Kershaw County	Henry Cardozo	Frank Adamson
		Reuben D. Gaither
		Stephen Garey
Lancaster County	Frederick Albert Clinton	R.W. Cousart
		Allen Hudson
Laurens County	Young John Pope Owens	Joseph Crews
		Griffin Coleman Johnson
		Harry McDaniel
		Wade Perrin (14)
Lexington County	Elliott Stanmore Jerome Hayes	F.W. Derrick
		Daniel Kinsler (15)
Marion County	Henry E. Hayne	Joel Allen
		Thomas Randolph Bass
		Francis Allen Miles
		J.C. Sellers
Marlboro County	Henry J. Maxwell	Samuel Jackson
		John William Thomas
Newberry County	Charles W. Montgomery**	Joseph D. Boston
		Henry C. Corwin
		John T. Henderson
Oconee County	Diedrich Biemann	Oliver Miller Doyle
		Julius Lewis Shanklin
Orangeburg County	Joseph A. Greene (16) / George W. Sturgeon (17)	Benjamin Byas
		William Dannerley
		James L. Jamison
		William H. Reedish
		J.H. Wallace
Pickens County	William Earle Holcombe	James Earle Hagood
Richland County	William Beverly Nash	James Davis
		Aesop Goodson
		William Simons
		Samuel Benjamin Thompson
Spartanburg County	Joel Foster	David Robinson Duncan
		Joseph Banks Lyle (18)
		Robert Marion Smith
		Joseph Llewellyn Wofford
Sumter County	William E. Johnston	William H. Gardner
		Franklin J. Moses, Jr.*
		W. Warren Ramsay
		Asbury L. Singleton
Union County	Hiram W. Duncan	Simeon Farr
		Junius S. Mobley
		Samuel Nuckles
Williamsburg County	Stephen A. Swails	Florian Henry Frost
		Fortune Giles
		Jeffrey Pendergrass
York County	William Edward Rose	Benjamin Franklin Briggs
		John W. Mead
		Patrick Joseph O'Connell
		John Hannibal White
* Franklin J. Moses, Jr. was elected as Speaker of the House. Albert O. Jones was elected as Clerk.
** Charles W. Montgomery was elected as President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Josephus Woodruff was elected as Clerk.
(1) Died on November 11, 1870 before the general assembly convened.
(2) Elected to replace Hutson J. Lomax, qualified on 2/25/1871.
(3) Died circa September 25, 1871 of chronic dysentery.
(4) Elected on November 10, 1870, despite his death on October 18, 1870. New election called.
(5) Elected to replace William H. Mishaw, qualified on 2/25/1781.
(6) Resigned on November 14, 1871.
(7) Elected to replace J.J. Hardy, qualified on 12/2/1871.
(8) Election protested, and election overturned.
(9) Successfully contested the election of Minor Jackson Hough, qualified on 2/3/1871.
(10) Election protested, and election overturned.
(11) Successfully contested the election of B.C. Evans, qualified on 2/7/1871.
(12) Resigned after being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, effective 11/28/1870.
(13) Elected to replace Joseph Hayne Rainey, qualified on 2/25/1871.
(14) Wade Perrin was murdered on October 20, 1870, before taking his seat in the House. No evidence that anyone was elected to take his place for this general assembly.
(15) Daniel Kinsler died on December 11, 1870. No evidence that anyone was elected to take his place.
(16) Joseph A. Greene died on November 26, 1871.
(17) Elected to replace Joseph A. Greene, but his election was protested by James L. Jamison and this seat remained vacant during this general assembly.
(18) Expelled from the House of Representatives because of his affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). He was allegedly the Chief of the Grand Klan in Spartanburg County and fled South Carolina to avoid arrest by the U.S. Marshals.

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