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.


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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.
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        (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