South Carolina During the Late 1800s - The 55th General Assembly (1882-1883)




South Carolina During the Late 1800s - 1865 to 1900

Members of the 55th General Assembly - 1882 to 1883
This 55th General Assembly convened in two regular sessions: The first session was held from November 28th to December 23rd in 1882. The second session was held from November 27th to December 24th in 1883. The general assembly created Berkeley County in 1882 and its citizens voted in their delegates to the Senate and the House of Representatives. The number of delegates for Charleston County was reduced as a result.
Election District	Senate	House of Representatives
Abbeville County	John Chappell Maxwell	Patrick Henry Bradley
		Franklin Fincher Gray
		Jesse S. McGee
		William Henry Parker
		William Patton Wideman
Aiken County	Daniel Sullivan Henderson	John Murphy Bell
		George William Croft
		Thomas Jones Davies
		F.P. Woodward
Anderson County	John Brown Moore	Reuben P. Clinkscales
		Edwards Bobo Murray
		H.G. Scudday
		Henry R. Vandiver
Barnwell County	Gerard Bull Lartigue	George Duncan Bellinger (1) / George Washington Morrall (2)
		Henry J. Kearse
		Michael Francis Molony
		W.W. Smith
		Gilbert William Martin Williams
Beaufort County	Hamilton Robinson	Hastings Gantt
		L.S. Mills
		Joseph Robinson
Berkeley County	Robert Simmons	William Wesley Beckett
		William G. Pinckney
		Cain Ravenel
		Andrew Singleton
		James Singleton
Charleston County	George Lamb Buist, Augustine Thomas Smythe	William Hiram Brawley
		J. Francis Britton
		A.H. DuPre
		John Frederick Ficken
		John Gonzalez
		Charles Inglesby
		Michael Francis Kennedy
		Edward McCrady, Jr.
		Charles A. McHugh
		George Maxwell Mears
		James Simons, Jr.*
		Charles Henry Simonton
Chester County	Giles Jared Patterson	James F. Barber
		William Stuart Mills
		R.T. Mockbee
Chesterfield County	David Townley Redfearn	William Walter Spencer
		F.M. Welsh
Clarendon County	Henry Laurens Benbow	B. Reese Gibson
		William Theodore Lesesne
Colleton County	Madison Peyton Howell	Caesar P. Chisolm
		John Richard Perry Fox
		Thomas Oliver McAlhany
		Hansford Duncan Padgett
		Jennings W. Perry
Darlington County	William Caleb Coker	William Alexander Brunson
		Henry James Lee
		H.L. Morris
		Evander Roderick McIver
Edgefield County	James Callison	Calvin W. Kinard
		William Jasper Talbert
		Washington Hodges Timmerman
		G.W. Turner
		Clinton Ward
Fairfield County	Henry Augustus Gaillard	Alexander Scott Douglas
		George Hunter McMaster
		Robert Young Hayne Meekin
Georgetown County	Bruce H. Williams	Walter Hazard
		William James Moultrie
Greenville County	William Hayne Perry	Martin Frederick Ansel
		James J. Mackey
		William Lawrence Mauldin
		William Alexander McKelvy
Hampton County	James Washington Moore	Charles Jones Colcock Hutson
		John Timothy Morrison
		Henry Martin Ulmer
Horry County	Thomas Wilson Beaty	Pinckney Austin Parker
		Jeremiah Smith
Kershaw County	William Zachariah Leitner	Neal A. Bethune
		Elias Miller Boykin
		L.L. Clyburn
Lancaster County	Thomas Franklin Clyburn	Robert Erasmus Allison
		L.J. Perry
Laurens County	John Williams Ferguson	Thomas Bissell Crews
		John Calhoun Davis
		W.A. Shands
Lexington County	Gerhard Muller	William Theodore Brooker
		Edward Kinsler
Marion County	William Wallace Harllee**	Benjamin Franklin Davis
		W.J. Montgomery
		James Furman Pierce
		J.W. Smith
Marlboro County	Charles Spencer McCall	James Knox Livingston
		John B. McLaurin
Newberry County	Thomas Chapman Brown	William D. Hardy
		George Johnstone
		Jefferson Allen Sligh
Oconee County	Julius Lewis Shanklin	Robert Elijah Mason
		W.J. Stribling
Orangeburg County	James Ferdinand Izlar	Benjamin Glenn Frederick
		R.V. Sannerly
		Ira T. Shoemaker
		Jacob Washington Summers
		R.B. Tarrant
Pickens County	William Thomas Field	W.R. Berry
		Julius Elkanah Boggs
Richland County	William Wallace	John Cheves Haskell
		Samuel Gustavus Henry
		C.O. Marshall
		Richard Singleton
		Thomas Taylor
Spartanburg County	Thomas John Moore	Edwin Henry Bobo
		J.A. Corry
		Hugh Legare Farley
		John Belton O'Neall Landrum
Sumter County	Joseph Haynsworth Earle	Daniel Ezra Keels
		Richard Dozier Lee
		Francis James Mayes
		Henry Edwin Lawrence Peebles
Union County	William Munro	Charles C. Culp
		Isaac Going McKissick
		John Russell Minter
Williamsburg County	Stephen Decatur Miller Byrd	W.S. Camlin
		William Cooper
		R.H. Kimball
York County	James Franklin Hart	William Blackburn
		Benjamin Harper Massey
		George Lafayette Riddle
		John C. Witherspoon
* James Simons, Jr. was elected as Speaker of the House. John Trimmier Sloan was elected as Clerk.
** William Wallace Harllee was elected as President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Thomas Stobo Farrow was elected as Clerk.
(1) Appointed Master in Equity for Barnwell County by Governor Hugh S. Thompson and took office on September 1, 1883.
(2) Elected to replace George Duncan Bellinger, qualified on 11/27/1883.

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