South Carolina's 3rd congressional district

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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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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:^[3]

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

Year	Office	Results^[4]
2008	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|McCain 63% - 35%
2012	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Romney 66% - 34%
2016	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Trump 67% - 29%
2016	Senate	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Scott 71% - 27%
2018	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|McMaster 66% - 33%
	Secretary of State	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Hammond 69% - 30%
	Treasurer	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Loftis 68% - 29%
	Attorney General	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Wilson 68% - 30%
2020	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Trump 68% - 31%
2020	Senate	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Graham 67% - 31%
2022	Senate	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Scott 75% - 25%
	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|McMaster 71% - 28%
	Secretary of State	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Hammond 75% - 25%
2024	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Trump 71% - 28%

List of members representing the district

Member (Residence)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District established March 4, 1789
File:Daniel Huger.jpg Daniel Huger (Charleston)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background:Template:Party color" \| Pro-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1788. Re-elected in 1790. Retired.	1789–1793 "Georgetown-Cheraw district" File:SCCongDist1788-1792.png Template:Ushr: Charleston Template:Ushr: Beaufort-Orangeburg Template:Ushr: Georgetown-Cheraw Template:Ushr: Camden Template:Ushr: Ninety-Six
Lemuel Benton (Stoney Hill Farm)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Lost re-election.	1793–1795 "Georgetown-Cheraw district"
	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799			1793–1795 "Georgetown-Cheraw district"
	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799			1795–1799 "Georgetown district" File:Southcarolina1796.GIF 1796 election results by district
File:Benjamin Huger, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile LCCN2007675938.jpg Benjamin Huger (Georgetown)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Federalist	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1805	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Re-elected in 1803. Retired.	1799–1833 "Georgetown district"
File:David Rogerson Williams (South Carolina Governor).jpg David R. Williams (Society Hill)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Retired.
Robert Witherspoon (Mayesville)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1808. Retired.
File:David Rogerson Williams (South Carolina Governor).jpg David R. Williams (Society Hill)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1810. Retired.
Theodore Gourdin (Pineville)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1812. Lost re-election.
File:Benjamin Huger, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile LCCN2007675938.jpg Benjamin Huger (Georgetown)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1814. Lost re-election.
James Ervin (Darlington)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Retired.
Thomas R. Mitchell (Georgetown)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1820. Lost re-election.
Robert B. Campbell (Brownsville)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1823. Retired.
Thomas R. Mitchell (Georgetown)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \| Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Lost re-election.
John Campbell (Brownsville)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \| Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1828. Lost re-election.
Thomas R. Mitchell (Georgetown)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \| Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1830. Lost re-election.
Thomas Singleton (Kingstree)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background:Template:Party color" \| Nullifier	March 4, 1833 – November 25, 1833	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1833. Died.	1833–1843 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Vacant		November 25, 1833 – February 27, 1834	Template:USCongressOrdinal
Robert B. Campbell (Brownsville)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background:Template:Party color" \| Nullifier	February 27, 1834 – March 3, 1837	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected to finish Singleton's term. Re-elected in 1834. Retired.
John Campbell (Parnassus)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background:Template:Party color" \| Nullifier	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	Template:USCongressOrdinal
Joseph A. Woodward (Winnsboro)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1853	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. Retired.	1843–1853 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
File:Laurence M. Keitt cph.3a02077.jpg Laurence M. Keitt (Orangeburg)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1853 – July 15, 1856	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1853. Re-elected in 1854. Resigned to gain constituents' support following the caning of Charles Sumner.	1853–1860 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Vacant		July 15, 1856 – August 6, 1856	Template:USCongressOrdinal
File:Laurence M. Keitt cph.3a02077.jpg Laurence M. Keitt (Orangeburg)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	August 6, 1856 – December 1860	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Re-elected to finish his own term. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Retired early due to Civil War.
District inactive		December 1860 – July 25, 1868	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Civil War and Reconstruction
Manuel S. Corley (Lexington)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	July 25, 1868 – March 3, 1869	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected to finish the short term. Retired.	1868–1873 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
File:Solomon L. Hoge - Brady-Handy.jpg Solomon L. Hoge (Columbia)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	April 8, 1869 – March 3, 1871	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1868 (Successfully contested election of J.P. Reed). Retired.
File:United States Congressman Robert Brown Elliott of South Carolina in 1872 (cropped).png Robert B. Elliott (Columbia)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1871 – November 1, 1874	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Resigned to become sheriff.
	1873–1883 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".	March 4, 1871 – November 1, 1874	Template:USCongressOrdinal
Vacant		November 1, 1874 – November 3, 1874	Template:USCongressOrdinal
Lewis C. Carpenter (Columbia)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	Template:USCongressOrdinal	November 3, 1874 – March 3, 1875	Elected to finish Elliott's term. Retired.
File:Solomon L. Hoge - Brady-Handy.jpg Solomon L. Hoge (Columbia)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1874. Retired.
File:D. Wyatt Aiken - Brady-Handy.jpg D. Wyatt Aiken (Cokesbury)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1887	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Retired.
		1883–1893 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1887	Template:USCongressOrdinal
James S. Cothran (Abbeville)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic		March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Retired.
George Johnstone (Newberry)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic		March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1890. Lost renomination.
File:Asbury Latimer.jpg Asbury C. Latimer (Belton)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Retired.	1893–1903 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Wyatt Aiken (Abbeville)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1917	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected 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 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
	1913–1933 Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood, Newberry, Oconee, and Pickens counties.^[5]	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1917	Template:USCongressOrdinal
File:Fred H. Dominick.jpg Frederick H. Dominick (Newberry)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1933	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected 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)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Lost renomination.	1933–1943 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
File:Butler B. Hare - LOC.jpg Butler B. Hare (Saluda)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=2; style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1947	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Retired.	1933–1943 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
1943–1953 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".			Template:USCongressOrdinal
	File:W. J. Bryan Dorn.jpg W.J. Bryan Dorn (Greenwood)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1946. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
	James Butler Hare (Saluda)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1948. Lost renomination.
	File:W. J. Bryan Dorn.jpg W.J. Bryan Dorn (Greenwood)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=4; style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 1951 – December 31, 1974	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected 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 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
1963–1973 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
1973–1983 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
	Vacant		December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975	Template:USCongressOrdinal
	File:Congressman Butler Derrick.jpg Butler Derrick (Edgefield)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=3; style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1995	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected 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 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
1993–2003 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
1993–2003 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".	File:Lindsey Graham official photo.jpg Lindsey Graham (Seneca)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected 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.jpg Gresham Barrett (Westminster)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected 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.png 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.jpg Jeff Duncan (Laurens)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2025	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected 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).tif
	2023–2033 File:South Carolina's 3rd congressional district (since 2023).svg
File:Rep. Sheri Biggs official photo, 119th Congress (3x4 full crop).jpg Sheri Biggs (Salem)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	January 3, 2025 – present	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 2024.