Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
[Pages 263-264]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
FLOYD SPENCE, Republican, of Lexington, SC; born in Columbia, SC,
April 9, 1928; on July 3, 1988, married the former Deborah Ellen
Williams of Lexington, SC; father of four sons with the late Lula
Hancock Drake Spence: David, Zach, Benjamin and Caldwell; Lexington High
School, SC, student body president; attended University of South
Carolina on an athletic scholarship; B.A. in English, 1952, president
South Carolina Association of Student Governments, junior class
president, battalion subcommander of USN-ROTC, captain of track team,
member of Kappa Alpha Order social fraternity, honor council honor
board, student council, football team, basketball team, YMCA; named to
Omicron Delta Kappa honorary leadership fraternity, Kappa Sigma Kappa
honorary service fraternity, dean's list, Who's Who Among Students in
American Colleges and Universities, selected Outstanding Senior and
recipient of Algernon-Sydney Sullivan Award as outstanding male student
at University of South Carolina in 1952, Fellowship of Christian
Athletes; author and lecturer on communism and national defense,
coauthor, Can You Afford This House?, The Case Against the Reckless
Congress, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Who's Who in American
Politics, and Outstanding Personalities of the South; attended college
on football scholarship; University of South Carolina Law School, J.D.,
1956; editor of South Carolina Law Quarterly; chief justice of Phi Alpha
Delta legal fraternity and vice president of the Law Federation;
enlisted as a recruit in Naval Reserves
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when in high school, commissioned upon graduation from college, served
aboard U.S.S. Carter Hall (LSD-3) and U.S.S. LSM-397 in European,
Arctic, Atlantic and Caribbean theaters of operations, retired as
captain; present rank, captain, U.S. Naval Reserves; former group
commander, all Naval Reserve units, Columbia, SC, area; South Carolina
House of Representatives, 1956-62; elected to South Carolina Senate in
1966, reelected in 1968; minority leader of South Carolina Senate, 1966-
70; chairman of Joint Senate-House Internal Security Committee in South
Carolina, 1967-70; lawyer; former partner in law firm of Callison and
Spence, West Columbia, SC; former Sunday School teacher and council
member, St. Peter's Lutheran Church; first president of Lexington County
Historical Society; former county chairman and member of board of
directors of Mid-Carolina Mental Health Association; Sons of Confederate
Veterans, commander of Wade Hampton Camp; advisory board of Civil Air
Patrol; former circuit vice president and counselor-at-large, University
of South Carolina Alumni Association; executive board member of the
Indian Waters Council of the Boy Scouts of America; Silver Beaver Award;
member of Farm Bureau, Chamber of Commerce, American Legion, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Lexington Voiture, Reserve Officers Association, Naval
Reserve Association, U.S. Supreme Court Bar, Lexington County, South
Carolina, and American bar associations, American Judicature Society,
American Trial Lawyers Association, South Carolina Historical Society,
South Caroliniana Society, Columbia Carillon, Archeological Society of
South Carolina, University of South Carolina Association of Lettermen;
graduate of Defense Strategy Seminar at National War College, graduate
of National Security Seminar of Industrial College of the Armed Forces;
chairman, Committee on National Security; member, Committee on Veterans'
Affairs; elected to the 92nd Congress in November 1970; reelected to
each succeeding Congress.
Office Listings
2405 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
20515-4002............................................ 225-2452
Chief of Staff.--Craig H. Metz. FAX: 225-2455
Executive Assistant.--Caroline S. Bryson.
Legislative Director.--Miriam E. A. Wolff.
220 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 202, Columbia, SC 29210.... (803) 254-5120
1681 Chestnut Street NE, P.O. Box 1609, Orangeburg, SC
29116-1609............................................ (803) 536-4641
66 East Railroad Avenue, P.O. Box 550, Estill, SC 29918 (803) 625-3177
807 Port Republic Street, Suite 2, P.O. Box 1538,
Beaufort, SC 29901.................................... (803) 521-2530
1 Town Center Court, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928...... (803) 842-7212
Counties: Aiken (part), Allendale, Barnwell, Beaufort (part), Calhoun
(part), Colleton (part), Hampton, Jasper, Lexington, Orangeburg
(part), Richland (part). Cities and townships: Aiken (part),
Allendale, Ballentine, Barnwell, Batesburg, Beaufort,
Blackville, Bluffton, Blythewood, Brunson, Cayce, Chapin,
Columbia (part), Cooaawhatchie, Cope, Cordova, Crocketville,
Daufuskie Island, Early Branch, Elko, Estill, Fairfax, Furman,
Garnett, Gaston, Gifford, Gilbert, Hampton, Hardeeville, Hilda,
Hilton Head Island, Irmo, Islandston, Kline, Leesville,
Lexington, Livingston, Lodge, Luray, Martin, Miley, Montmorenci,
Neeses, North, Norway, Orangeburg, Pelion, Pineland, Port Royal,
Ridgeland, Ruffin, Scotia, Springfield, St. Helena Island, St.
Matthews (part), State Park, Swansea, Sycamore, Tillman, Ulmer,
Varnville, Walterboro (part), West Columbia, White Rock,
Williams, Williston, Windsor, Yemassee. Population (1990),
581,111.
ZIP Codes: 29002, 29006, 29016, 29033, 29036, 29038, 29039, 29053,
29054, 29054, 29063, 29070, 29071, 29072, 29073, 29076, 29082,
29107, 29112, 29113, 29115 (part), 29116 (part), 29123, 29135
(part), 29146, 29147, 29160, 29169, 29170 (part), 29171-72,
29177, 29201 (part), 29202 (part), 29203 (part), 29204 (part),
29205 (part), 29206 (part), 29207 (part), 29208 (part), 29209
(part), 29210-12, 29214 (part), 29215 (part), 29216 (part),
29217 (part), 29218 (part), 29221 (part), 29223 (part), 29224
(part), 29228 (part), 29230 (part), 29240 (part), 29250 (part),
29260 (part), 29290 (part), 29292 (part), 29475, 29488 (part),
29493, 29801 (part), 29802 (part), 29083 (part), 29804 (part),
29810, 29812-14, 29817, 29826-27, 29836, 29839, 29846, 29849,
29853, 29856, 29901-05, 29910-13, 29915-16, 29918, 29920-29,
29932-36, 29938-40, 29943-45, 29948