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St. Andrews is a census-designated place (CDP) in Richland County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 20,493 at the 2010 census. [ 5 ] It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area .
South Carolina delegates later ratified the Confederate Constitution there on April 3, 1861. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union. The St. Andrew's Hall as well as Secession Hall were both destroyed during a Charleston fire on December 11, 1861 [1] The Circular Church and the South Carolina Institute (Secession Hall)
On November 30, 2022, St. Andrew's Day, Bishop Charles F. (Chip) Edgar III of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina formally presented the deed to the Rev. Jimmy Gallant and his lay leaders at a ceremony held at Old St. Andrew's. [48] It was 1880 all over again, despair followed by euphoria, history repeating itself one-hundred forty-two years ...
Old St. Andrew's, as it is commonly called, remains an active place of worship and is affiliated with the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina and the Anglican Church in North America. [ 7 ] 18th Century: Colonial Era through the American Revolution
The 1840 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place between October 30 and December 2, 1840, as part of the 1840 United States presidential election. The state legislature chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .[ citation needed ]
Because of the state population growth in the 2010 census, South Carolina regained its 7th district, which had remained unused since the Civil War. On January 6, 2023, a three-judge panel from the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina ruled that the current 1st district lines were unconstitutional due to racial gerrymandering ...
In March 2020, several of St. Andrew's clergy—including Wood—became some of the earliest people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Carolina, contracting the illness at a Diocese of the Carolinas conference. [13] Wood was treated for 10 days on a ventilator in the intensive care unit at East Cooper Hospital. [4] St.
The Governor of South Carolina is the chief executive of the state. The governor is elected to a four-year term and may serve up to two consecutive terms. The current governor is Republican Henry McMaster who succeeded to the office of Governor of South Carolina when Governor Nikki Haley resigned to become the United States Ambassador to the United Nations.