Senators from
Edgefield County, S. C.
1790-94
Arthur Simkins
1891-92
W. H. Timmerman
1794-98
1892-93
W. H. Timmerman (President pro tempore)
1798-1802
1802-06
1806-10
Samuel Mays
1894-96
R. B. Watson
1810-14
1896-98
J. Milton Gaines
1814-18
Francis Burt
1898-1900
John C. Slippard (President pro tempre -1900)
1818-22
John S. Clascock
1822-26
Eldred Simkins
1900-04
John C. Sheppard (President pro tempore)
1826-30
Catlet Connor
1830-32
1832-33
Andrew P. Butler
1904-08
T. G. Talbert
1834-38
John Bauskett
1908-12
Thomas H. Rainsford
1838-42
John S. Jeter
1912-16
B. E. Nicholson
1842-44
1916-19
1844-46
Francis W. Pickens
1919-20
John C. Sheppard
1846-50
Nathan L. Griffin
Mitchell P. Wells'
1850-53
1924-28
Thomas B. Greneker
1853-54
James P. Carroll
1928-32
1854-56
Seat Vacant
1932-36
J. Strom Thurmond
1856-58
Tillman Watson
1936-38
1858-59
1938-40
William P. Yonce
1860-62
1940-44
Benjamin E. Nicholson
1862-63
1944-48
1863-65
Thomas G. Bacon
1948-52
H.H. Hill
1865-67
George D. Tillman
1952-56
1868-72
Frank Arnim
1956-60
Frank E. Timmerman
1872-76
Lawrence Cain
1960-64
1876-77
1964-66
William A. Reel, Jr.
1877-80
Martin W. Gary
***After Mr. Reel's term, due to a Supreme Court rule, the State Senate was reapportioned causing Edgefield County to loose its resident senator.
1880-84
James Callison
1884-88
W. J. Talbert
1888-91
W. J. Ready
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