Congressional Directory for the 106th Congress (1999-2000), October 2000.
[Pages 241-242]
[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; 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, member of Kappa Alpha Order social fraternity, honor
council, honor board, student council, captain of track team, 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, president of the student body; 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? and The Case Against the Reckless
Congress; Who's Who in America; Who's Who in the South and Southwest,
Who's Who in American Politics, and Outstanding Personalities of the
South; University of South Carolina Law School, LL.B., 1956, J.D., 1970,
editor of South Carolina Law Quarterly, chief justice of Phi Alpa Delta
legal fraternity and vice president of the Law Federation; enlisted as a
recruit in Naval Reserves 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 the Korean conflict; former commanding officer of a
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naval reserve surface division; retired as 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, former commander of Wade Hampton Camp;
former circuit vice president and counselor-at-large, University of
South Carolina Alumni Association; former executive board member, former
district chairman, and former scoutmaster, currently, Council Advisory
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; South
Carolina Historical Society, South Caroliniana Society; Columbia
Carillon, Archeological Society of South Carolina; charter member of the
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; former
member of the Board of Visitors at the U.S. Naval Academy; chairman,
Committee on Armed Services; member, Committee on Veterans' Affairs;
former chairman of the Committee on National Security; former ranking
member of the Committee on Armed Services; former ranking member of the
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct; former member of the
Republican Committee on Committees; Tidewater Region Representative on
the Republican Policy Committee in the 104th to 106th Congresses;
honorary degrees: the Citadel, LL.D., 1995 and University of South
Carolina, Doctor of Public Service, 1995; elected to the 92nd Congress
in November 1970; reelected to each succeeding Congress.
Office Listings
2405 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC (202) 225-2452
20515-4002............................................
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 (803) 536-4641
29116-1609............................................
66 East Railroad Avenue, P.O. Box 550, Estill, SC 29918 (803) 625-3177
807 Port Republic Street, Suite 2, P.O. Box 1538, (803) 521-2530
Beaufort, SC 29901....................................
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