Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 2nd district
In office January 3, 1971 – August 16, 2001
Preceded by
Albert William Watson
Succeeded by
Joe Wilson
Member of the South Carolina Senate from the 7th district
In office January 14, 1969 – December 15, 1970
Serving with Michael Lukens Laughlin, Gilbert Edward McMillen
Preceded by
Frank Laney Roddey
Succeeded by
Albert John Dooley
Member of the South Carolina Senate from the 22nd district
In office January 10, 1967 – January 14, 1969
Serving with Eugene Cannon Griffith
Preceded by
District created
Succeeded by
District abolished
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Lexington County
In office January 8, 1957 – January 8, 1963
Serving with Pat Lindler, Ryan C. Shealy, Albert John Dooley[1][2][3]
Preceded by
Jack Reel Callison[4]
Succeeded by
Pat Lindler[5]
Personal details
Born
Floyd Davidson Spence
(1928-04-09)April 9, 1928 Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Died
August 16, 2001(2001-08-16) (aged 73) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place
Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Lexington, South Carolina
Political party
Democratic (c. 1946–1962) Republican (1962–2001)
Spouses
Lula Hancock Drake
(m. 1952; died 1978)
Deborah E. Williams
(m. 1988)
Children
4
Alma mater
University of South Carolina (BA)
University of South Carolina School of Law (JD)
Profession
Attorney
Signature
Military service
Branch/service
United States Navy Reserve
Years of service
1947–1988
Rank
Captain
Battles/wars
Korean War Vietnam War
Floyd Spence's voice
Floyd Spence on modifications to the Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction program Recorded June 13, 1995
Floyd Davidson Spence (April 9, 1928 – August 16, 2001) was an American attorney and a politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. Elected for three terms to the South Carolina House of Representatives from Lexington County as a Democrat, in 1962 Spence announced his decision to switch to the Republican Party, as he was unhappy with shifts in the national party.
He lost a contested seat that year for United States Representative from South Carolina's 2nd congressional district to Democrat Albert W. Watson, who had the support of powerful senator Strom Thurmond. Watson shifted to the Republican Party in 1965 and ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1970. That year Spence won the congressional seat, and was re-elected for fourteen terms after this. He became ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee in 1993 and chairman in 1995. Spence died in office from cerebral thrombosis in Washington, D.C., in 2001.
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Strategic and Critical Materials (Chair: Charles E. Bennett; Ranking Member: FloydSpence) Acquisition Policy Panel (Chair: Nicholas Mavroules; Ranking Member:...
and Critical Materials (Chair: Charles Edward Bennett; Ranking Member: FloydSpence) Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems (Chair: Samuel S. Stratton;...
(Lamar S. Smith, Chair; Mel Watt, Ranking Member) National Security (FloydSpence, Chair; Ron Dellums, Ranking Member) Military Installations and Facilities...
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Clarence E. Miller) Armed Services (Chair: Melvin Price; Ranking Member: FloydSpence) Research and Development (Chair: Melvin Price; Ranking Member: William...
Independent Agencies (Chair: James T. Walsh) Armed Services (Chair: FloydSpence, Vice Chair: Bob Stump, Ranking Member: Ike Skelton) Military Installations...
Strategic and Critical Materials (Chair: Charles E. Bennett; Ranking Member: FloydSpence) Research and Development (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Robert...
St Germain (D) ▌2. Edward Beard (D) ▌1. Mendel Jackson Davis (D) ▌2. FloydSpence (R) ▌3. Butler Derrick (D) ▌4. James Mann (D) ▌5. Kenneth Lamar Holland...
January 4, 2001 – January 3, 2003 Speaker Dennis Hastert Preceded by FloydSpence Succeeded by Duncan Hunter Chair of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee...
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