South Carolina's 3rd congressional district
- South Carolina's 3rd congressional district
Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = South Carolina
district number = 3
image width = 350
image caption =
representative = J. Gresham Barrett
party = Republican
english area =
metric area =
percent urban =
percent rural =
population = 668,668
population year = 2000
median income = 36,092
percent white = 76.9
percent black = 20.6
percent asian = 0.6
percent native american = 0.2
percent hispanic = 1.9
percent other race = 0.0
percent blue collar =
percent white collar =
percent gray collar =
cpvi = R+14
The 3rd Congressional District of South Carolina 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 approximately half of Aiken county. The district is mostly rural, but much of the economy revolves around the manufacturing centers of Anderson and Greenwood.
Politically, the district is not as Republican as the neighboring 4th. However, most residents share the social conservative predilections of their counterparts in the 4th, which has kept the district in Republican hands since the gigantic Republican landslide of 1994. J. Gresham Barrett, elected in 2002, currently represents the district. Jane Dyer is the democratic challenger in the 2008 election.
Representatives
(a) Thomas Singleton died in 1833; Campbell succeeded him in a special election. (b) Laurence Keitt resigned on July 16, 1856 following his censure by the House of Representatives the day before; he was reelected in the ensuing special election and returned to the seat on August 6, 1856. (c) Solomon Hoge successfully contested the election of J.P. Reed in 1868 and filled the seat on April 8, 1869. (d) Robert Elliott resigned in 1874; Carpenter succeeded him in a special election. (e) W.J. Bryan Dorn resigned on December 31, 1974 before his term expired in 1975; the seat remained vacant until filled by Butler Derrick on January 3, 1975.
Source: [http://bioguide.congress.gov Congressional Biographical Directory]
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