South Carolina's 5th congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = South Carolina
district number = 5


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representative = John Spratt
party = Democratic
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population = 668,668
population year = 2000
median income = 35,416
percent white = 64.9
percent black = 32.3
percent asian = 0.5
percent native american = 0.6
percent hispanic = 1.8
percent other race = 0.0
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cpvi = R+6

The 5th Congressional District of South Carolina is a congressional district in northern South Carolina bordering North Carolina. It includes all of Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Marlboro, Newberry and York counties and parts of Florence, Lee and Sumter counties. Outside the rapidly growing city of Rock Hill, the district is mostly rural and agricultural.

The district is one of the few remaining in the former Confederacy to have never elected a Republican since Reconstruction, and Democrats still hold most offices outside Republican-dominated York County. Despite this, 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 only significant blocs of Republican voters are in Cherokee County, which shares the Republican tilt of most of the rest of the Upstate, and more affluent voters in the fast-growing Charlotte suburbs.

John Spratt, a Democrat and the senior member of the state's congressional delegation, has represented the district since 1983.

Representatives

^(a) George McDuffie resigned in 1834; Pickens succeeded him in a special election. ^(b) Robert Smalls successfully contested the election of George D. Tillman in 1880 and filled the seat on July 19, 1882. ^(c) David Finley was reelected in 1916, but died on January 26, 1917 before the end of the Sixty-fourth Congress; McCorkle won a special election for the completion of the term for the Sixty-fourth Congress and took office on February 21, 1917. ^(d) David Finley was reelected in 1916, but died on January 26, 1917 before the end of the Sixty-fourth Congress; Stevenson succeeded him in a special election and took office when the Sixty-fifth Congress began on March 4, 1917. ^(d) Robert Hemphill resigned in 1964 to accept a position on the United States district court; Gettys succeeded him in a special election. ^(e) Thomas Gettys resigned on December 31, 1974 before his term expired in 1975; the seat remained vacant until filled by Kenneth Holland on January 3, 1975.

Source: [http://bioguide.congress.gov Congressional Biographical Directory]