SC Political Timeline

By HGDavis

  • Event Eight

    South Carolina's first female governor, Niki Haley, is elected

  • Event One

    Democratic-Republicans were the dominate political party in the US

  • Event Two

    The Republican party is formed against the expansion of slavery

  • Event Three

    Abraham Lincolin was elected the first Republican president

  • Event Four

    Southern Democrats began to "redeem" the South and formed the "Solid South"

  • Event Five

    Strom Thurmond runs for president as a Dixiecrat Nominee

  • Event Six

    Democratic Presidents Roosevelt and Truman both supported desegregation

  • Event Seven

    Democratic Presidents Roosevelt and Johnson both supported the Civil Rights Act

  • Event Nine

    Laws such as the Educational Improvement Act is passed