Committee Assignments:

  Ethics
  Finance
  Fish, Game and Forestry
  Rules
  Transportation

Occupation: Attorney

Biography:LAND, John Calhoun III [D]--(Dist. No. 36, Calhoun-Clarendon-Florence-Sumter Cos.)--Atty.; residing at Pinestraw Lane, Manning; b. Jan. 25, 1941 in Manning; s. John Calhoun, Jr. and Anne Weisiger Land; g. Univ. of Fla., Vocational Forestry, 1960; Univ. of S.C., B.S., 1965, J.D., 1968; Oct. 23, 1965 m. Marie Adell Mercogliano, 3 children, John Calhoun IV, Frances Ricci, and William Ceth; Eagle Scout Award, 1955; mem.: S.C. Hwy. Comm., 1971-74; elected Sen. Dem. Majority Leader, 1993-00; elected Sen. Dem. Minority Leader, 2000-; Recipient of The Compleat Lawyer Award by Univ. of S.C. Law School Alumni Assn., 1996; received hon. doctoral of law degree from the Univ. of S.C. on Aug. 11, 2007; prev. serv. in House 1975-76; Sen. 1977-07.

Biography current as of April 08, 2008