South Carolina's 5th congressional district

South Carolina's 5th congressional district
South Carolina's 5th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Ralph Norman R–Rock Hill
Population (2015)	678,910
Median income	$51,131
Ethnicity	66.7% White 28.6% Black 1.1% Asian 1.6% Hispanic 0.4% Native American 1.2% other
Cook PVI	R+9

The 5th Congressional District of South Carolina is a congressional district in northern South Carolina bordering North Carolina. The district includes all of Cherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Union and York counties and parts of Newberry, Spartanburg and Sumter counties. Outside the rapidly growing cities of Rock Hill, Fort Mill, and Lake Wylie the district is mostly rural and agricultural. The district borders were contracted from some of the easternmost counties in the 2012 redistricting.

The district's character is very similar to other mostly rural districts in the South. Democrats still hold most offices outside Republican-dominated York County. However, few of the area's Democrats can be described as liberal by national standards; most are fairly conservative on social issues, but less so on economics. The largest blocs of Republican voters are in the fast-growing suburbs of Charlotte, North Carolina and Cherokee County, which shares the Republican tilt of most of the rest of the Upstate. York County is by far the largest county in the district, with almost one-third of its population, and its Republican bent has pushed the district as a whole into the Republican column in recent years.

In November 2010, the Republican Mick Mulvaney defeated longtime Congressman John Spratt and became the first Republican since Robert Smalls and the end of Reconstruction to represent the district. Following Mulvaney's confirmation as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, a special election was held in 2017 to determine his successor. Republican Ralph Norman narrowly won the special election against Archie Parnell.

History

From 2003 to 2013 the district included all of Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Marlboro, Newberry and York counties and parts of Florence, Lee and Sumter counties.

Election results from presidential races

Year	Result
2004	George W. Bush 57 - 42%
2008	John McCain 55 - 43.8%
2012	Mitt Romney 55.1 - 43.6%
2016	Donald Trump 57.3 - 38.8%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Residence	Electoral history	District location
Thomas Tudor Tucker	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	[Data unknown/missing.]	Elected in 1788. Re-elected in 1790. [Data unknown/missing.]	"Ninety-Six district" South Carolina Congressional Districts, 1789–1793   1st District, Charleston   2nd District, Beaufort-Orangeburg   3rd District, Georgetown-Cheraw   4th District, Camden   5th District, Ninety-Six
Alexander Gillon	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – October 6, 1794	[Data unknown/missing.]	Elected in 1793. Died.	"Ninety-Six district" (Map unknown)
Vacant		October 6, 1794 – February 9, 1795
Robert Goodloe Harper	Pro-Administration	February 9, 1795 – March 3, 1795	[Data unknown/missing.]	Elected October 13–14, 1794 to finish Gillon's term and elected the same day to the next term. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Retired.
	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1807
		March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1801			"Ninety-Six district" 1796 election results by district
William Butler	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	Mount Willing	Elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 2nd district.
Richard Winn	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1813	Winnsboro	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. [Data unknown/missing.]	"Sumter district"
David R. Evans	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	Winnsboro	Elected in 1812. Retired.	"Newberry district"
William Woodward	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	[Data unknown/missing.]	Elected in 1814. Lost re-election.
Starling Tucker	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823	Mountain Shoals	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 9th district.
George McDuffie	Jackson Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Charleston	Elected in 1823. Resigned to become Governor of South Carolina.	"Edgefield district"
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831
	Nullifier	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
		March 4, 1833 – 1834
Francis W. Pickens	Nullifier	December 8, 1834 – March 3, 1839	Edgefield	[Data unknown/missing.]
	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843
Armistead Burt	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1853	Abbeville	[Data unknown/missing.]
James L. Orr	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859	Anderson	[Data unknown/missing.]
John D. Ashmore	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – December 21, 1860	Greenville	[Data unknown/missing.] Resigned.
Civil War and Reconstruction		December 21, 1860 – March 3, 1863
District eliminated		March 4, 1863
District re-established		March 4, 1875
Robert Smalls	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	Beaufort	[Data unknown/missing.]
George D. Tillman	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – July 19, 1882	Edgefield	Lost contested election.
Robert Smalls	Republican	July 19, 1882 – March 3, 1883	Beaufort	Won contested election.
John J. Hemphill	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1893	Chester	[Data unknown/missing.]
Thomas J. Strait	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899	Lancaster	[Data unknown/missing.]
David E. Finley	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – January 26, 1917	York	[Data unknown/missing.] Died.
Vacant		January 26, 1917 – February 21, 1917
Paul G. McCorkle	Democratic	February 21, 1917 – March 3, 1917	York	[Data unknown/missing.]
William F. Stevenson	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1933	Cheraw	[Data unknown/missing.]
James P. Richards	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1957	Lancaster	[Data unknown/missing.]
Robert W. Hemphill	Democratic	January 3, 1957 – May 1, 1964	Chester	[Data unknown/missing.] Resigned to become Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
Vacant		May 1, 1964 – November 3, 1964
Thomas S. Gettys	Democratic	November 3, 1964 – December 31, 1974	Rock Hill	[Data unknown/missing.]
Kenneth L. Holland	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	Gaffney	[Data unknown/missing.]
John M. Spratt Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2011	York	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Mick Mulvaney	Republican	January 3, 2011 – February 16, 2017	Lancaster	[Data unknown/missing.] Resigned to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Vacant		February 16, 2017 – June 20, 2017
Ralph Norman	Republican	June 20, 2017– Present	Rock Hill	Elected to finish Mulvaney's term.

Historical district boundaries

1995 - 2013

Election results

2017 Special

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Ralph Norman	45,076	51.04%	-8.03%
	Democratic	Archie Parnell	42,341	47.94%	+9.17%
	American	Josh Thornton	319	0.36%	-1.74%
	Libertarian	Victor Kocher	273	0.31%	N/A
	Green	David Kulma	242	0.27%	N/A
	Write-in	Write-in	65	0.07%	0.0%
Total votes			88,316	100.00%
Majority			2,836	3.23%
Turnout			88,316	18.24%
	Republican win

In popular culture

• In the first season of House of Cards, protagonist Frank Underwood represents the district in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat.

See also

• South Carolina's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Massachusetts's 7th congressional district	Home district of the Speaker of the House December 7, 1857 – March 3, 1859	Succeeded by New Jersey's 5th congressional district