South Carolina Political Timeline

By josephturbeville

  • Democratic Republicans

    were the dominant party in the U.S.

  • The Republican Party

    is formed against the expansion of slavery

  • Abraham Lincoln

    was elected the first Republican president

  • Southern Democrats

    began to "redeem" the South and formed the "solid South"

  • Democratics Presidents

    Roosevelt and Truman both supported desegregation

  • Strom Thurmond

    runs for president as the Dixiecrat nominee

  • Democrat Presidents

    Kennedy and Johnson both support the Civil Rights Act

  • Laws

    such as the Educational Improvement Act are passed

  • South Carolina's

    first female governor, Nikki Haley, is elected