- John Edwards
Johnny Reid "John" Edwards (born June 10 1953), is an American politician who was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004 and a one-term U.S. Senator from North Carolina. On December 27 2006, he announced his entry into the 2008 Presidential election. Edwards was a trial lawyer before entering politics. - Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Olin Graham (born July 9, 1955) is an American politician from South Carolina. A member of the Republican Party, he is currently the senior United States Senator from that state. He serves on the Armed Services and Judiciary Committees. - Strom Thurmond
James Strom Thurmond was an American politician who served as governor of South Carolina and as a United States Senator. He also ran for the presidency of the United States in 1948 under the segregationist States Rights Democratic Party banner. He garnered 39 electoral votes in that race, making him the first third party presidential candidate to receive electoral votes since Robert LaFollette in 1924. - Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 - June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States (1829-1837). He was also military governor of Florida (1821), commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans (1815), a founder of the modern Democratic Party, and the eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy. He was a polarizing figure who dominated American politics in the 1820s and 1830s. Nicknamed "Old Hickory" because he was renowned for his toughness, … - Jim Demint
James Warren DeMint (born September 2, 1951) has been a U.S. Senator from South Carolina since 2005. He had previously represented the state's 4th Congressional District from 1999 to 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. - Mark Sanford
Marshall Clement "Mark" Sanford, Jr. (born May 28, 1960) is an American Republican politician who has been Governor of South Carolina since 2003. - James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3 1933 – December 25 2006), commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" and "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business," was an American entertainer recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music. He was renowned for his shouting vocals, feverish dancing and unique rhythmic style. As a prolific singer, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer, … - Francis Marion
Francis Marion was a lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army and later brigadier general in the South Carolina Militia during the American Revolutionary War. He became known as the "Swamp Fox" for his ability to use decoys and ambushes to disrupt enemy communications, capture supplies, and free prisoners. His use of guerrilla tactics helped set in motion the decline of open battles in the conflict. Before the Revolutionary War, he was as a sailor. - John C. Calhoun
John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 - March 31, 1850) was a leading United States Southern politician and political philosopher from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century, at the center of the foreign policy and financial disputes of his age and best known as a spokesman for slavery, nullification and the rights of electoral minorities, such as the Southern states. After a short stint in the South Carolina legislature, … - Joe Wilson
Addison Graves Wilson, Sr., usually known as Joe Wilson (born July 31, 1947) is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina, currently representing the state's 2nd congressional district (map), in the U.S. House of Representatives. The district is based in the state capital, Columbia, and stretches to the resort towns of Beaufort and Hilton Head Island. - Jim Clyburn
James Enos "Jim" Clyburn (born July 21, 1940) is an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 6th congressional district of South Carolina(map). A Democrat, he represents South Carolina's only majority-black district, which includes all of Florence, his hometown of Sumter and large portions of Columbia and Charleston. He is the House Majority Whip in the 110th Congress. - Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson was the British colonial Governor of the Province of South Carolina in 1717-1719, and again from 1729-1735. His maternal grandson was South Carolina Congressman Ralph Izard. - Shoeless Joe Jackson
Joseph Jefferson Jackson (July 16, 1888 - December 5, 1951), nicknamed "Shoeless Joe", was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball in the early part of the 20th century. He is remembered for his performance on the field, and for his association with the Black Sox Scandal, when members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox participated in a conspiracy to fix the World Series. As a result of Jackson's association with the scandal, … - Charles Pinckney
Charles Pinckney (October 26, 1757-October 29, 1824) was an American politician who was a signer of the United States Constitution, Governor of South Carolina, a Senator and a member of the House of Representatives. He was the second cousin of fellow-signer Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Charles was the direct ancestor of 7 future South Carolina governors, a few of which have very prominent South Carolinian names, including the Maybank and Rhett families. - Charles Pinckney
Charles Pinckney (d. 1758) was a noted South Carolina politician and colonial agent. Pinckney was long prominent in colonial affairs, serving as attorney general of the Province of South Carolina in 1733, speaker of the assembly in 1736, 1738 and 1740, chief justice of the province in 1752-1753, and agent for South Carolina in England in 1753-1758. Pinckney married Eliza Lucas as his second wife in 1744. Three of their children lived to adulthood: Charles Cotesworth, … - Bob Inglis
Robert "Bob" Durden Inglis, Sr. (born October 11, 1959) is a United States congressman. He was born in Savannah, Georgia, and raised in Bluffton, South Carolina. He has twice been chosen to represent the South Carolina's 4th congressional district (map) in the United States House of Representatives. Inglis attended college at Duke University, from which he earned an undergraduate degree. He went on to gain his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia. - Preston Brooks
Preston Smith Brooks (August 5, 1819 - January 27, 1857) was a Congressman from South Carolina, notorious for brutally assaulting senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the United States Senate. His first cousin, Matthew Butler, was a Confederate general. Born in Edgefield County, South Carolina, he attended South Carolina College (now known as the University of South Carolina), but was expelled just before graduation for threatening local police officers with fire arms. - William Smith
William Smith (September 20, 1751 - June 22, 1837) was a congressman, state senator and judge from South Carolina. Smith was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the oldest son of Ralph Smith and Mercy Penquite Smith. He moved to Spartan District, South Carolina with his family in 1765 where he became a planter. He fought in the Revolutionary War and served as a county judge from 1785 to 1797. - William Smith
William Smith (September 6, 1762 - June 26, 1840) was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the U.S. Senate representing South Carolina in 1816. He ran unsuccessfully for reelection when his term expired in 1823. He was again elected Senator in 1826 and was again an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1831. In the presidential election of 1836, 23 electors from Virginia voted for him for Vice President. - Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Charles Cotesworth (C.C.) Pinckney (February 5, 1746 - August 16, 1825), was an early American statesman and a constitutional delegate. - John Wilson
John Wilson (born October 26, 1977 in Seneca, South Carolina) is a soccer defender (generally playing left back), who is currently without a club after being waived by D.C. United. Wilson played college soccer at Clemson University as a forward. During his time with the Tigers, Wilson helped them to an ACC Championship and an appearance in the NCAA Final Eight (1998). He talled 18 goals and 35 assists in his college career. - John Taylor
John Taylor (May 4, 1770 - April 16, 1832) was the Democratic-Republican governor of South Carolina from 1826 to 1828. He was born May 4, 1770 in Granby, South Carolina, and was related to two U.S. Presidents: James Madison and Zachary Taylor (There seems to be no proof of this connection to Madison and Zachary Taylor). He attended Mount Zion Institute in Columbia, South Carolina, and graduated in 1790 from Princeton College and became a lawyer. - John Wilson
John Wilson (August 11, 1773 - August 13, 1828) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Born at Wilson's Ferry (now Pelzer), Anderson County, South Carolina, Wilson attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits in Anderson County, near Golden Grove, South Carolina. Also operated a public ferry across the Saluda River at what is now known as Pelzer. He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1812 to 1817. - John Taylor
John Taylor was a United States Representative from South Carolina. His birth date is unknown. Taylor was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 1802-1805. He was elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817) but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Fifteenth Congress in 1816 and for election to the Seventeenth Congress in 1820. His death date unknown. - Michael Graham
Michael Graham is an American author, columnist, and conservative talk radio personality on Boston's WTKK-FM (96.9). He authors a weekly syndicated column titled "The Usual Suspects," which is offered online and appears in several small to intermediate market newspapers. - Ernest Hollings
Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (born January 1 1922) served as a Democratic United States Senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005. - Andrew Pickens
Andrew Pickens (September 13, 1739 - August 11, 1817) was a militia leader in the American Revolution and a U.S. Congressman from South Carolina. Pickens was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the son of immigrants from Ulster, Ireland. In 1752 his family moved to the Waxhaws on the South Carolina frontier. He sold his farm there in 1764 and bought land in Abbeville County, South Carolina near the Georgia border. He established the Hopewell Plantation on the Seneca River, … - Andrew Pickens
Andrew Pickens, Jr. (November 13, 1779 - July 1, 1838) was an American military and political leader who served as the Democratic-Republican Governor of South Carolina from 1816 until 1818. Pickens was the son of the well-known American Revolutionary general Andrew Pickens (1739-1817). He was born on his father's plantation on the Savannah River in Horse Creek Valley in Edgefield County, South Carolina. He was raised a Presbyterian and educated at the College of New Jersey. - James Moore
Colonel James Moore was the British colonial governor of South Carolina between 1700 and 1703. During this period, he led a number of attacks from the Carolinas into Spanish Florida. He replied on allied Indian tribes, especially the Yamasee for most of his military force. In 1702 he led an invasion of Spanish Florida along the coast, destroying the remaining Spanish missionary Indians of Guale and Mocama, and devastating the lands around St. Augustine. - Sidney Rice
Sidney R. Rice (born September 1, 1986, in Gaffney, South Carolina) is a wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings and played collegiately for the University of South Carolina. - John Carter
John Carter (September 10, 1792 - June 20, 1850) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Born on the Black River, near Camden, Sumter District, South Carolina, Carter was graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1811. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1814 and commenced practice in Camden, South Carolina. He served as commissioner in equity 1814-1820. - James F. Byrnes
James Francis Byrnes (May 2, 1879 - April 9, 1972) was an American politician from the state of South Carolina. During his career, Byrnes served as a member of the House of Representatives (1911-1925), as a Senator (1931-1941), as Justice of the Supreme Court (1941-1942), as Secretary of State (1945-1947), and as Governor of South Carolina (1951-1955). - Henry Laurens
Henry Laurens (March 6, 1724 -December 8, 1792) was an American merchant and rice planter from South Carolina who became a political leader during the Revolutionary War. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress, the third President of the Second Continental Congress (November 1, 1777 - December 9, 1778), the Vice-President of South Carolina, and a diplomat. - Chris Rock
Christopher Julius Rock III (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. He was described by Comedy Central as the fifth greatest stand-up comedian of all time. - La Shawn Barber
La Shawn Barber is a black conservative columnist and blogger who lives in the Washington D.C. area. Barber is a native of South Carolina. An alcoholic in her younger years, Barber took a vow of sobriety and abstinence shortly before her thirtieth birthday. She later moved to Washington, D.C. to serve as a legislative correspondent for a Democratic senator. She eventually converted to Christianity, became a political conservative, and pursued writing. - Pierce Butler
Pierce Butler (July 11, 1744 - February 15, 1822) was a soldier, planter, and statesman, recognized as one of United States' Founding Fathers. He represented South Carolina in the Continental Congress and the U.S. Senate. - Young Jeezy
Jay Jenkins (born September 28 1977 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA), currently known as Young Jeezy, is an American rapper. He was formerly known as "Lil' J" in his early rap career. - Robert Smith
The Right Reverend Robert Smith (1732 - 1801), was the first American Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina. Smith also founded and served as first president of the College of Charleston. At age 25, Smith became the first rector of St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Charleston. He was consecrated bishop of South Carolina in 1795, the sixth bishop in the American Episcopal succession. - Kevin Garnett
Kevin Garnett (born) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves. The, power forward is regarded as one of the best all around players in the game today. His accomplishments include having been voted Most Valuable Player of the 2003-04 NBA season, being named to ten All-Star teams, and being named to seven All-NBA and All-Defensive Teams. After graduating from Farragut Career Academy, he was the fifth player drafted in 1995. - Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore (1759 - July 11, 1822) was a congressman and planter from South Carolina. Born in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, Moore served in the during the Revolutionary War, taking part in the Battle of Cowpens at the age of sixteen. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives to 1794 to 1799. In 1800, he was elected a Democratic-Republican to the seventh congress, serving from 1801 to 1813.
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