James Enos "Jim" Clyburn
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, South Carolina District 6 (since 1993)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative
Background
- Bachelor's degree in history, South Carolina State College (now South Carolina State University). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Taught at C.A. Brown High School in Charleston; adviser to Gov. John C. West from 1971; Commissioner of the South Carolina Human Affairs Commission until 1992. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Elected to the U.S. House in 1992; took office January 3, 1993. source: en.wikipedia.org
- House Majority Whip 2007-2011 and 2019-2023; Assistant Democratic Leader 2011-2019 and 2023-2024. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Won the June 9, 2026 Democratic primary over Frederick R. Goodwin; seeking an 18th term. source: wach.com
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- Fight "retrogression" and defend values and interests that matter to South Carolinians source: wach.com
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