President of the South Carolina Senate

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_office
gptkbp:appointedBy elected by South Carolina Senate members
gptkbp:change_in_selection Since 2019, the President is elected from among the Senate members
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:current_officeholder_(as_of_2024) gptkb:Thomas_C._Alexander
gptkbp:historicalName Prior to 2019, the office was held by the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label President of the South Carolina Senate
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:South_Carolina_Senate
gptkbp:responsibility casting tie-breaking votes
recognizing members to speak
assigning bills to committees
maintaining order in the Senate
presiding over the South Carolina Senate
gptkbp:termLength varies, at the pleasure of the Senate
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Thomas_C._Alexander
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6