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District 2 (Oconee & Pickens Counties)

Republican - Oconee

Chairman, House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee

Columbia Address

407 Blatt Bldg.
Columbia, 29201

Business Phone: (803) 734-3015

Home Address

112 Cardinal Dr.
Seneca, 29672

Home Phone: (864) 882-1225

Business Phone: (864) 885-2240

Committee Assignments

• Labor, Commerce and Industry, Chairman

Sponsored Bills

Primary Sponsor:  Yes   No
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Voting Record

Search Session: 2013-2014 (120) 2011-2012 (119)

Service In Public Office

• House of Representatives, 1995 - Present

Personal Information

• Businessman
• Residing at 112 Cardinal Dr., Seneca
• Born February 21, 1945 in Aiken
• Son of the late William Edward, Jr. and the late Frances Harley Sandifer
• Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, 1965
• November 6, 1981 married Sandra Prater, 4 children, Wes, Lori, Will, and Jennifer
• President: South Carolina Funeral Directors Association, 1987
• South Carolina State Board of Funeral Services, 1983
• Seneca Chamber of Commerce, 1978
• Chairman, Board of Directors, Oconee Memorial Hospital, 1986-88
• Fort Hill Natural Gas Authority, 1994
• Champion of Housing Award, South Carolina Home Builders, 1996-97
• Hammer and Trowel Award by Home Builders Association of South Carolina, 1998
• National Republican Legislator of the Year, 2000
• Board of Directors, Seneca National Bank
• Legislator of the Year, South Carolina Funeral Directors Association, 2000
• Legislator of the Year, South Carolina Cemetery Association, 2002
• Legislative Leadership Award, South Carolina Tel. Association, 2002
• South Carolina Guardian of Small Business Award, National Federation of Independent Business, 2002
• Assistant Majority Leader, 2002-04
• Legislator of the Year, South Carolina Realtors Association, 2002
• Legislative Award by American Legion, Department of South Carolina, 2003
• Hall of Fame Award, Seneca Chamber of Commerce, 2004
• 2003 Distinguished Service Award, Home Builders Association of Greenville
• Special Legislative Award, South Carolina Funeral Directors Association, for highest office held by a member of the Association
• Manufactured Housing Institute of South Carolina Legislator of the Year, 2009
• Champion of Health Care, South Carolina Medical Association
• "Peas and Carrots" Award by Citizens for Sound Conservation for "Improving our Environmental and Economical Quality of Life", 2009
• Legislator of the Year, South Carolina Cable Association, 2010
• Inducted into the South Carolina Homebuilder's Hall of Fame, 2011
• South Carolina Army National Guard, 20 years, retired Major