South Carolina During the Late 1800s - The 51st General Assembly (1874-1876)




South Carolina During the Late 1800s - 1865 to 1900

Members of the 51st General Assembly - 1874 to 1876
This 51st General Assembly convened in two regular sessions: The first session was held from November 24th to December 22nd in 1874, then from January 12th to March 26th in 1875. The second session was held from November 23rd to December 24th in 1875, then from January 18th to April 14th in 1876.
Election District	Senate	House of Representatives
Abbeville County	Jeremiah Hollinshead (1)	Mitchell Goggins
		Lemuel L. Guffin
		William M. Holland
		James A. Spencer
		Hannibal A. Wideman
Aiken County	Charles D. Hayne	Ellery McTeall Brayton
		Robert Brown Elliott*
		Gloster H. Holland
		Paul W. Jefferson
Anderson County	John Robert Cochran	James Lawrence Orr
		Richard Wright Simpson
		Henry R. Vandiver
Barnwell County	James Michael Smith	Simon P. Coker (2)
		Austin S. Jackson
		Charles P. Leslie
		Edward M. Sumter
Beaufort County	Robert Smalls (3) / Samuel Greene (4)	Samuel Jones Bampfield
		Samuel Greene (4) / Benjamin Simmons (5)
		Thomas Hamilton
		Thomas Ezekiel Miller
		Nathaniel B. Myers (6) / William J. Whipper (7)
		J. Douglass Robertson (8)
		Unknown / Vacant
Charleston County	Samuel Eden Gaillard, William R. Jervay	Joseph Walker Barnwell
		Peter Bright
		H.Z/ Burckmeyer
		James Cosgrove
		Thomas A. Davis
		S.B. Doilly
		John M. Freeman, Jr.
		John Gourdin Gaillard
		A.H. Jones
		Michael McLaughlin
		Alexander Melchers
		Richard Nesbitt
		William G. Pinckney
		A.C. Richmond
		S.D. Russell
		George Alfred Trenholm
		John Vanderpool
		S. Wright
Chester County	Dublin J. Walker	S. J. Crouch
		J. Jordan
		John McCullough (9) / Samuel Coleman (10)
Chesterfield County	William Augustus Evans	James Campbell Coit
		David Tomley Redfearn
Clarendon County	Jared D. Warley	Augustus Collins
		Syfax Milton
Colleton County	William Fabriel Myers	E.A. Brabham (11)
		Thomas D. Richardson
		Hercules Simmons
		William M. Thomas
		R. Allen Willis
Darlington County	Benjamin Franklin Whittemore	Richard H. Humbert
		Samuel J. Keith
		Alfred Rush (12)
		Jackson A. Smith
Edgefield County	Lawrence Cain	John A. Barker
		David Graham
		Augustus Simkins
		Paris Simkins
		Archie Weldon
Fairfield County	Moses Martin	Joel Copes
		John Gibson
		Joseph Thompson
Georgetown County	William H. Jones, Jr.	Charles Samuel Green
		R.M. Harriet
		Bruce H. Williams
Greenville County	Thomas Quinton Donaldson	Joseph Thomas Austin
		Stephen Stanley Crittenden
		Thomas B. Ferguson
		Samuel Tinsley
Horry County	Thomas C. Dunn (13) / Benjamin Newton Ward (14)	Daniel Lewis
		Francis Ichabod Sessions
Kershaw County	Frank Carter	Reuben D. Gaither
		Stephen Gary
		Ebenezer Frank George
Lancaster County	Frederick Albert Clinton	Allen Hudson
		Daniel C. Wolfe
Laurens County	Young John Pope Owens	E.C. Coleman
		Joseph Crews (15)
		Alfred T.B. Hunter
		James Young
Lexington County	John Christian Hope	Henry Adam Meetze
		Gerhard Muller
Marion County	Christopher C. Smith	William A. Hayne
		A.H. Howard
		Richard Grandison Howard
		William Dalrymple Johnson
Marlboro County	Henry J. Maxwell	Jacob C. Alman
		Thomas Christopher Weatherly
Newberry County	Henry C. Corwin	Joseph D. Boston
		Sampson S. Bridges
		James A. Henderson
Oconee County	William Calhoun Keith	A.B. Grant
		James William Livingston
Orangeburg County	Thaddeus C. Andrews	Samuel L. Duncan
		Paul Edward Jones
		Shadrach Morgan
		William H. Reedish
		Aaron Simmons
Pickens County	Robert Esli Bowen	David Franklin Bradley
Richland County	William Beverly Nash	Andrew W. Curtis
		John Timmier Sloan, Jr.
		William Simons
		Ellison M. Weston
Spartanburg County	David Robinson Duncan	John Earle Bomar
		Gabriel Cannon
		Robert Marion Smith
		Andrew Barry Woodruff
Sumter County	William E. Johnston	William J. Andrews
		Thomas Brent Johnston
		W. Warren Ramsay
		John H. Westberry
Union County	Thomas Bothwell Jeter	Simeon P. Farrow
		Benjamin Herndon Rice
		William Henry Wallace
Williamsburg County	Stephen A. Swails**	Melvin J. Hirsch
		James Farmer Peterson
		William Scott
York County	John Hannibal White	T. K. Bates
		William Carlisle Beaty
		Nelson Davies
		Henry S. Steele
* Robert Brown Elliott was elected as Speaker of the House. Albert O. Jones was elected as Clerk.
** Stephen A. Swails was elected as President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Josephus Woodruff was elected as Clerk.
(1) Jerermiah Hollinshead died on April 28, 1876.
(2) Simon P. Coker was murdered by a mob on September 19, 1876.
(3) Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, resigned on March 26, 1875.
(4) Elected to replace Robert Smalls, qualified in the SC Senate on 11/23/1875.
(5) Elected to replace Samuel Greene, qualified on 11/23/1875.
(6) Resigned as of March 26, 1875. Appointed Treasurer of Beaufort County by Governor Daniel Chamberlain, and commissioned to the office on July 31, 1875.
(7) Elected to replace Nathaniel B. Myers, qualified on 11/23/1875. He was then elected as Judge of the First Judicial Circuit of SC on December 16, 1875, and resigned from the House on April 14, 1876.
(8) Expelled from the SC House of Representatives on February 25, 1876 for attempting to bribe certain publishing houses in New York concerning the supply of school textbooks, while a member of the Commission on School Textbooks.
(9) John McCullough died circa May 15, 1875.
(10) Elected to replace John McCullough, qualified on 11/23/1875.
(11) Election protested by L.A. Harper on the grounds that Brabham was ineligible because he was alread the Postmaster of Kinardville, which was a disqualifying office under Artle II, Secton 28, of the SC Constitution of 1868. The Committee on Priveleges and Elections found, however, that Brabham had forwarded his resignation prior to the election. Therefore, the House concluded that he could retain his seat.
(12) Alfred Rush was killed on May 14, 1876 in an ambush.
(13) Elected as Comptroller General of SC on March 23, 1875, resigned from the Senate on March 24, 1875.
(14) Elected to replace Thomas C. Dunn, qualified on 11/23/1875.
(15) Joseph Crews died on September 13, 1875 from gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin.

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