South Carolina During the Late 1800s - The 48th General Assembly (1868-1870)




South Carolina During the Late 1800s - 1865 to 1900

Members of the 48th General Assembly - 1868 to 1870
The South Carolina General Assembly did not convene during 1867 due to Federal occupation. This 48th General Assembly convened in two regular sessions: The first session was held from November 24th to December 21st in 1868, then from January 5th to March 24th in 1869. The second session was held from November 23rd to December 23rd in 1869, then from January 5th to March 1st in 1870. A Special Session was convened from July 6th to September 26th in 1868. Yet another new SC Constitution was ratified in 1868, and once again all existing Senate and House seats were vacated and new elections called. Four-year terms for the SC Senate with staggered elections every two years were established once again. For some counties, the number of House delegates was adjusted up or down. Oconee County was created in 1868 and delegates were elected to serve in both the SC Senate and SC House of Representatives.
Election District	Senate	House of Representatives
Abbeville County	Valentine Young* (1) / James Sproull Cothran (2)	George Dusenberry (3) / Lawrence Pembroke Guffin (4)
		Hutson J. Lomax
		James Martin (5) / James A. Black (6)
		Thomas Bailey Milford
		Richard M. Valentine (7) / Thomas A. Sullivan (8)
Anderson County	John H. Reid*	John Brown Moore (9)
		Benjamin Franklin Sloan (9)
		John Wilson (9)
Barnwell County	Charles P. Leslie	Benjamin F. Berry
		Robert Brown Elliott
		Charles D. Hayne
		James N. Hayne
		Julius Mayer
		William Joyce Mixson (10)
Beaufort County	Jonathan Jasper Wright (11)	George A. Bennett (12) / George M. Wells (13)
		Philip E. Ezekiel
		Charles S. Kuh
		William C. Morrison
		Robert Smalls
		Carlos John Stolbrand
		William J. Whipper
Charleston County	Richard Harvey Cain* David Thomas Corbin***	Benjamin A. Boseman, Jr.
		William J. Brodie
		Stephen Brown
		Robert Carlos DeLarge
		John Benjamin Dennis
		William H.W . Gray
		Benjamin Franklin Jackson
		Joseph H. Jenks
		William R. Jervey
		Samuel Johnson
		George H. Lee
		William McKinlay
		Edward Charles Mickey
		Franklin J. Moses, Jr.**
		Alonzo Jacob Ransier (14)
		Abraham Smith
		Reuben Tomlinson
		John B. Wright
Chester County	Lucius Wimbush*	Barney Burton
		Barney Humphries
		Sancho Saunders
Chesterfield County	Robert James Donaldson*	D.J.J. Johnson
		Henry L. Shrewsbury
Clarendon County	Elias Evander Dickson*	William Nelson
		Powell Smythe
Colleton County	William R. Hoyt*	William A. Driffle
		Henry James
		George Francis McIntyre
		Thomas D. Richardson
		William M. Thomas
Darlington County	Benjamin Franklin Whittemore* (15) / John Lunney (16)	John Boston
		Griffin Holliman
		Jordan Lang
		Alfred Rush
Edgefield County	Franz Walburg von Arnim	Lawrence Cain
		John Gardner
		David Harris
		Samuel J. Lee
		Prince R. Rivers
		T. Root
		John Wooley
Fairfield County	James Mars Rutland (17) / George W. Barber (18)	Lewis W. Duvall
		Henry Jacobs
		Henry Johnson
Georgetown County	Joseph Hayne Rainey	William H. Jones
		Franklin F. Miller
		Henry W. Webb (19) / James A. Bowley (20)
Greenville County	James M. Allen	W.A. Bishop
		Wilson Cooke
		John B. Hyde
		Samuel Tinsley
Horry County	Henry Buck	Zadoc Bullock (21) / James Congdon Beaty (22)
		William W. Waller
Kershaw County	Justus K Jillson*	John A. Chestnut
		Solomon G.W. Dill (23) / John A. Boswell (24)
		Jonas A. Nash (25) / William Adamson (26)
Lancaster County	Robert Moorman Sims*	Thomas Franklin Clyburn
		William George Stewart
Laurens County	Young John Pope Owens	Joseph Crews
		Griffin Coleman Johnson
		Harry McDaniel
		Wade Perrin
Lexington County	Elliott Stanmore Jerome Hayes	George A. Lewie (27) / Frederick Sims Lewie (28)
		Henry W. Purvis
Marion County	Henry E. Hayne	William S. Collins
		Eben Hayes
		Edward M. Stoeber
		Benjamin A. Thompson
Marlboro County	Henry J. Maxwell*	John G. Grant
		Thorogood Pate Stubbs (29) / James H. Jones (30)
Newberry County	Charles W. Montgomery***	Joseph D. Boston
		James A. Henderson
		James Hutson
Oconee County	Diedrich Biemann	Oliver Miller Doyle
		William Calhoun Keith
Orangeburg County	Benjamin Franklin Randolph (31) / Joseph A. Greene (32)	Edwin J. Cain
		Francis DeMars
		James P. Mays
		Whitefield J. McKinlay
		Thaddeus Kenlock Sasportas (33)
Pickens County	Thomas Adams Rogers*	William Thomas Field (34) / James Earle Hagood (35)
Richland County	William Beverly Nash*	Aesop Goodson
		William Simons
		Samuel Benjamin Thompson
		Charles McDuffie Wilder
Spartanburg County	Joel Foster	Javan Bryant
		Samuel Littlejohn
		Robert Marion Smith
		Claudius Calhoun Turner
Sumter County	Thomas Jefferson Coghlan (36) / William E. Johnston (37)	John Holt Feriter
		Burrell S. James
		William E. Johnston (37)
		James E. Smiley
Union County	Hiram W. Duncan*	Simeon Farr
		Junius S. Mobley
		Samuel Nuckles
Williamsburg County	Stephen A. Swails*	Jeffrey Pendergrass
		Charles H. Pettengill
		Robert F. Scott
York County	William Edward Rose	John W. Mead
		John L. Neagle
		Patrick Joseph O'Connell
		John Hannibal White
* The 1868 Constitution established four-year Senate terms with staggered elections every two years. Those with a single asterisk (*) are delegates with an initial two-year term to help this staggering approach.
** Franklin J. Moses, Jr. was elected as Speaker of the House. Albert O. Jones was elected as Clerk.
*** David Thomas Corgin was elected as President Pro Tempore of the Senate. He was then elected as acting Lt. Governor of South Carolina and therefore President of the Senate on November 24, 1868. Charles W. Montgomery was then elected as President Pro Tempore of the Senate on November 24, 1868. Josephus Woodruff was elected as Clerk.
(1) Refused to qualify and take his seat during the Special Session, and on 12/4/1868 the Senate deemed his seat to be vacant and ordered a new election.
(2) Not seated because his election was protested and the Senate declared the election null and void and vacated the seat for the duration of this general assembly.
(3) Died on August 11, 1869.
(4) Elected to replace George Dusenberry, qualified on 11/23/1869.
(5) Assassinated on on October 22, 1868.
(6) Elected to replace James Martin, but his election was protested and he died on January 19, 1869.
(7) Resigned on October 22, 1868.
(8) Elected to replace Richard M. Valentine, qualified on 11/23/1869.
(9) The Anderson County election was protested because of alleged fraud, bribery, and intimidation of voters. The House Committee of Privileges and elections deemed that there were not enough illegal votes cast to change the outcome, but they did find enough evidence of fraud, etc. to recommend a new election. However, the House voted to uphold the election of the sitting members, and they remained in office.
(10) Deemed ineligible to serve because of political disabilities imposed by the U.S. Congress. These disabilities were removed by Congress, however, and Mixson qualified on January 5, 1869 and he took his seat.
(11) Elected as Associate Justice of the SC Supreme Court and resigned his Senate seat on February 2, 1870.
(12) Resigned on December 1, 1868 due to ill health.
(13) Elected to replace George A. Bennett, qualified on 1/22/1869.
(14) Resigned on January 14, 1869, but the House refused to accept his resignation.
(15) Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and resigned on September 19, 1868.
(16) Elected to replace Benjamin Franklin Whittemore, qualified on 12/1/1868.
(17) Elected as a Judge of the 4th Judicial District on August 26, 1868, resigned from the Senate on 9/7/1868.
(18) Elected to replace James Mars Rutland, qualified on 11/25/1868.
(19) Died on August 19, 1869.
(20) Elected to replace Henry W. Webb, qualified on 11/23/1869.
(21) Resigned on January 12, 1869 due to prolonged ill health.
(22) Elected to replace Zadoc Bullock, qualified on 11/23/1869.
(23) Murdered on June 4, 1868, before taking his seat in the House.
(24) Elected to replace Solomon G.W. Dill, qualified on 8/25/1868.
(25) Died circa April 15, 1869.
(26) Elected to replace Jonas A. Nash, qualified on 11/23/1869.
(27) Resigned on September 1, 1868.
(28) Elected to replace George A. Lewie, qualified on 12/3/1868.
(29) Resigned on September 10, 1868 due to pressing personal business.
(30) Elected to replace Thorogood Pate Stubbs, qualified on 11/24/1868.
(31) Died on October 16, 1868.
(32) Elected to replace Benjamin Franklin Randolph, qualified on 11/28/1868.
(33) Appointed Postmaster of Orangeburg circa April 1, 1869 by President Ulysses S. Grant, but he did not resign from the House of Representatives.
(34) Resigned on January 9, 1869 due to ill health and pressing personal business.
(35) Elected to replace William Thomas Field, qualified on 11/23/1869.
(36) Resigned on January 11, 1869.
(37) Elected to replace Thomas Jefferson Coghlan, qualified on 11/24/1869.

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