Political party strength in South Carolina facts for kids

The following table indicates the parties of elected officials in the U.S. state of South Carolina:

• Governor
• Lieutenant Governor
• Secretary of State
• Attorney General
• State Treasurer
• Comptroller General
• Superintendent of Education
• Adjutant General
• Commissioner of Agriculture

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

• State Senate
• State House of Representatives
• State delegation to the U.S. Senate
• State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives

Key

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

Bold indicates present office holders.

The parties are as follows:

•       Anti-Administration (AA)
•       Anti-Jacksonian (AJ)
•       Democratic (D)
•       Democratic Nullifier (DN)
•       Democratic-Republican (DR)
•       Federalist (F)
•       Jacksonian (J)
•       no party (N)
•       Pro-Administration (PA)
•       Republican (R)
•       Whig (W)
•       a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.