election for the vacant seat. See also List of American politicians who switched parties in office List of United States Congress members who died in office References External links Floyd Davidson Spence Papers at South Carolina Political Collections at the University of South Carolina |- |- |- |- 1928 births 2001 deaths American Lutherans Deaths from cerebral thrombosis Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives Military personnel from South Carolina Lung transplant recipients People from Lexington, South Carolina South Carolina state senators South Carolina Democrats Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American politicians University of South Carolina alumni Politicians from Columbia, South Carolina 20th-century Lutherans