Nancy Mace

Nancy Mace
Official portrait, 2020
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 1st district
Assumed office
January 3, 2021
Preceded byJoe Cunningham
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
from the 99th district
In office
January 23, 2018 – November 8, 2020
Preceded byJames Merrill
Succeeded byMark Smith
Personal details
Born
Nancy Ruth Mace

(1977-12-04) December 4, 1977 (age 47)
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
Chris Niemiec
(m. 1999; div. 2002)

Curtis Jackson
(m. 2004; div. 2019)
Children2
EducationTrident Technical College
The Citadel (BS)
University of Georgia (MS)
WebsiteHouse website

Nancy Ruth Mace (born December 4, 1977) is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district since 2021. She is a member of the Republican Party.

In 1999, she became the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets program at the Citadel Military College of South Carolina, which was led at the time by her father, Emory Mace, the Commandant of Cadets.[1][2] From 2018 to 2020, she represented the 99th district in the South Carolina House of Representatives, covering Hanahan, northeast Mount Pleasant, and Daniel Island. In 2020, she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first Republican woman elected to Congress from South Carolina.[3] She was re-elected in 2022 and 2024.

Mace worked for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign,[4] but strongly condemned his actions surrounding the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack. She asserted that Trump's legacy had been "wiped out" and that he should be held "accountable" for his actions. She later voted against impeaching him,[5][6] and, in 2024, endorsed him in the Republican presidential primary.

  1. ^ "Commandant retiring after 8 years at Citadel". Spartanburg Herald Journal. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Stabile, Angelica (November 9, 2020). "13 GOP women join the House, dominating congressional elections, making history". FOX News. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  4. ^ Beavers, Olivia (October 26, 2021). "The curious case of Nancy Mace". Politico. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  5. ^ Byrd, Caitlin (January 7, 2021). "Trump demanded loyalty. SC Republican Nancy Mace won't give it to him anymore". The State. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  6. ^ Feit, Noah (January 17, 2021). "After her life was risked, SC's Mace wants Trump held accountable for Capitol riot". The State. Archived from the original on January 24, 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2023.

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