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Approximately how many years did the Republican Party of South Carolina go without representing the state's 5th district after Robert Smalls?
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Answer
The Republican Party of South Carolina went without representing the state's 5th district for 150 years after Robert Smalls was elected to Congress. The party was almost completely wiped out in the state after the Reconstruction era, and it took until 2018 for a Republican to again be elected to represent the district.
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