U.S. House Candidate Profile

James E Clyburn

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DemocraticU.S. HouseSouth Carolina06

Background

James Enos Clyburn (born July 21, 1940) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 6th congressional district. First elected in 1992, Clyburn is serving his 17th term, representing a congressional district that includes most of the majority-black precincts in and around Columbia and Charleston, as well as most of the majority-black areas outside Beaufort and nearly all of South Carolina's share of the Black Belt. Since Joe Cunningham's departure in 2021, Clyburn has been the only Democrat in South Carolina's congressional delegation as well as the dean of the state's delegation since 2011 after fellow Democrat John Spratt lost re-election.

Source: Wikipedia, "Jim Clyburn" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Clyburn), text available under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Excerpt of the article's lead section; pronunciation guides and citation markers removed.

Last updated 2026-10-24.

Sourced summary

James E Clyburn served as U.S. unitedstates.github.io

[1998-02-11] Floor speech (extensions): [Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 10 (Wednesday, February 11, 1998)] govinfo.gov

James E Clyburn was born on 1940-07-21. unitedstates.github.io

[2025-04-17] Floor speech (extensions): [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 67 (Thursday, April 17, 2025)] govinfo.gov

James E Clyburn held the leadership role of Assistant House Minority Leader in the house from 2021-01-03 to 2024-03-20. unitedstates.github.io

[2001-03-29] Floor speech (extensions): [Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 44 (Thursday, March 29, 2001)] govinfo.gov

James E Clyburn held the leadership role of House Majority Whip in the house from 2019-01-03 to 2021-01-03. unitedstates.github.io

[2024-06-18] Floor speech (extensions): [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 103 (Tuesday, June 18, 2024)] govinfo.gov

Finance snapshot

James E Clyburn's FEC candidate id is H2SC02042

Claim timeline

James E Clyburn's gender is recorded as M in the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset. unitedstates.github.io Retrieved 2026-05-13.

Floor speech (extensions): August 8, 2025 - Issue: Vol. congress.gov Retrieved 2026-05-13.

James E Clyburn held the leadership role of House Majority Whip in the house from 2021-01-03 to 2023-01-03. unitedstates.github.io Retrieved 2026-05-13.

Floor speech (extensions): December 10, 2025 - Issue: Vol. congress.gov Retrieved 2026-05-13.

Floor speech (house): February 3, 2026 - Issue: Vol. congress.gov Retrieved 2026-05-13.

Floor speech (house): April 7, 2025 - Issue: Vol. congress.gov Retrieved 2026-05-13.

Floor speech (house): January 20, 2026 - Issue: Vol. congress.gov Retrieved 2026-05-13.

South Carolina State Election Commission Candidate Tracking (VREMS) lists James E Jim Clyburn as a Democrat candidate for U.S. vrems.scvotes.sc.gov Retrieved 2026-09-16.

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James E Clyburn profile reference

Profile status: Active candidate. Roster status: incumbent. Race status: discovered.

No certified general-election roster row matched this profile.

Valid citations 1431. Primary-source references 1431. First seen 2026-05-05. Last seen 2026-10-06. Profile record updated 2026-10-17.

Published claim kinds: Background 24, Statements 22, Finance 3, Votes 583, Other sourced notes 785, ideology 1.

Other ids: Other voteview:119:39301; Bioguide C000537; Wikidata Q1289889; Vote Smart 27066; Ballotpedia James E. Clyburn; OpenSecrets N00002408.

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