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Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 11/05/1996
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Married, Wife: Julie; 1 Child: Walton
Birth date: 06/30/1937
Birthplace: Walterboro, SC
Home City: Little Mountain SC
Religion: Protestant (Lutheran)

Education

LLB, University of South Carolina Law School, 1964 BA, Yale University, 1959 Attended, University of Nevada National Judicial College, 1993 Attended, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1972

Profession

General Counsel, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, 1968-1994 Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Navy Reserve, 1959-1992 Active Duty, United States Navy, 1959-1961, 1963, 1990 Deputy Attorney General, South Carolina Office of Attorney General, 1987-1988 Magistrate Judge, Newberry County Magistrates Court, 1973-1981 Assistant United States Attorney, United States Department of Justice, District of South Carolina, 1967-1968 Attorney, Pope & Schumpert, 1965-1967 Law Clerk, Chief Judge Clement Haynsworth, United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1964-1965 Lieutenant, United States Navy, 1959-1961

Committees

Judiciary
Subcommittee on Constitutional Laws

SB 1227 Prohibits Camping on State House Grounds
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4967 Amends State Employee Retirement System
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 3700 2011-2012 Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

H 3992 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 3407 Establishing a School Voucher Program
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

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SB 1227 Prohibits Camping on State House Grounds
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4967 Amends State Employee Retirement System
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 3700 2011-2012 Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

H 3992 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 3407 Establishing a School Voucher Program
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

S 20 Immigration Enforcement
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

H 3407 Establishing a School Voucher Program
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

S 20 Immigration Enforcement
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

Amendment No. 1 Distribution Facilities and the Sales Tax
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

H 3003 Voter ID
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

S 434 Prohibiting DHHS From Reducing Provider Rates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 3408 Freedom of Conscience Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 3700 2011-2012 Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Amdt 71 Deletes Requirement to Fund the 2012 Presidential Preference Primary
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

H 3241 Funding for Charter Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 3507 Call For Constitutional Convention
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 3003 Voter ID
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 4657 2010-2011 Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

H 3584 Cigarette Tax Increase
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

H 3305 Requiring Secret Ballot Elections
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

S 191 Authorizing Warrantless Searches and Seizures of Probationers and Parolees
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

H 4219 Censuring Governor Mark Sanford
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 3560 2009-2010 Budget
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

H 3560 2009-2010 Budget
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Nay

H 3418 Requiring Photo Identification to Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 3245 24-Hour Waiting Period for Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Amdt 2 Exempting Cases of Rape from Abortion Waiting Period
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: -

Amdt 5 Prohibiting Employment Termination Due to Abortion Waiting Period
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: -

Amdt 2 Exempting Cases of Rape from Abortion Waiting Period
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: -

Amdt 5 Prohibiting Employment Termination Due to Abortion Waiting Period
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: -

H 3301 Payday Lending Regulations
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 11 to H 5300 Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. Funding
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 20 to H 5300 Repealing Property Tax Exemption
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

S 429 DNA Sampling Upon Felony Arrest
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 11 to H 5300 Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. Funding
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 20 to H 5300 Repealing Property Tax Exemption
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

H 4400 Immigration Bill
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

H 3567 Cigarette Tax Increase
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 7A To Reduce Income Tax
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 4A Cigarette Tax for Small Business Employee Health Care
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 3A Cigarette Tax Increase for Employee Health Care
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 7A To Reduce Income Tax
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 4A Cigarette Tax for Small Business Employee Health Care
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 3A Cigarette Tax Increase for Employee Health Care
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

H 3816 Bankruptcy Exemptions
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 7A To Reduce Income Tax
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 4A Cigarette Tax for Small Business Employee Health Care
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 3A Cigarette Tax Increase for Employee Health Care
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

H 3816 Bankruptcy Exemptions
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

Amendment No. 8A Requiring Employers to Verify Immigration the Status of Their Employees
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

H 4549 Funding Road Repair and Maintenance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 4673 Cost-of-Living Pension Increases for Retired Legislators and State Workers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 4549 Funding Road Repair and Maintenance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 4550 Marriage Tax Cut
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AM 1 Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

H 4550 Marriage Tax Cut
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AM 1 Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

H 4620 Expanding Governor's Appointment Power
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 4400 Immigration Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 3124 Open Enrollment and School Choice
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

H 3124 Open Enrollment and School Choice
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

S 99 Presidential Primaries Conducted by the State Election Commission
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

H 3567 Cigarette Tax Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Amendment No. 8 School Tuition Tax Credit
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

H 3124 Open Enrollment and Optional Programs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Amendment No. 5 School Vouchers, Administer PACT to Transfer Students
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

Amendment No. 8 School Tuition Tax Credit
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

Amendment No. 23 Remove the Transportation Commission
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

H 3355 Pre-Abortion Ultrasound
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 3505 Jasper County Port Authority
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 3063 Defining Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 4810 2006-2007 Budget
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

H 4410 Campaign Finance Reporting Requirements Bill
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

H 3726 ATV Use Regulations
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

H 4410 Campaign Finance Reporting Requirements Bill
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

H 3726 ATV Use Regulations
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

S 1267 Death Penalty for Repeat Sex Offenders
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

S 1084 Penalties For Harming An Unborn Child/Fetus
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Amdt 3 to S 1084 Inclusion of Unborn Child/Fetus in Definition for Civil Suits Amendment
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

S 229 Cockfighting And Hog Dog Fighting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Amdt 3 to S 1084 Inclusion of Unborn Child/Fetus in Definition for Civil Suits Amendment
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

S 1084 Penalties For Harming An Unborn Child/Fetus
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 229 Cockfighting And Hog Dog Fighting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1084 Penalties For Harming An Unborn Child/Fetus
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Amdt 3 to S 1084 Inclusion of Unborn Child/Fetus in Definition for Civil Suits Amendment
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

H 4932 South Carolina Child Development Education Two-Year Pilot Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Amendment 63 Cigarette Tax
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: -

H 3381 Outdoor Advertising
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

H 3881 South Carolina Priority Investment Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 4449 Sales and Property Taxes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 3702 School Transportation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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