Former Congressman John Spratt dies

The funeral for former U.S. Rep. John Spratt, who represented South Carolina’s 5th District for nearly 30 years, is Wednesday ...
“Elective politics is a worthy pursuit,” he told the Davidson Journal. “I would like to leave a legacy of assurance that in ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. - John Spratt, a former longtime Democratic congressman from South Carolina who successfully pushed for a balanced budget deal in the 1990s but was unseated decades later when his ...