Floyd Spence

Floyd Davidson Spence (April 9, 1928 – August 16, 2001) was a Republican politician from South Carolina. Spence was born in Columbia, South Carolina in 1928, but spent most of his life in nearby Lexington County. Shortly after graduating from high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve, retiring as a captain in 1988. He graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in English in 1952 and earned his law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law four years later. Just after leaving law school, Spence was elected to represent Lexington County in the South Carolina House of Representatives as a Democrat. He was reelected in 1958 and 1960. However, on April 14, 1962, Spence announced he was switching...