Nancy Mace
Nancy Mace | |
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Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 1st district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Cunningham |
| Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 99th district | |
| In office January 23, 2018 – November 8, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | James Merrill |
| Succeeded by | Mark Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nancy Ruth Mace December 4, 1977 Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
Chris Niemiec
(m. 1999; div. 2002)Curtis Jackson
(m. 2004; div. 2019) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | The Citadel (BA) University of Georgia (MA) |
| Website | House 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, Mace 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. 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. She was re-elected in 2022 and 2024.
Mace worked for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, 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, and, in 2024, endorsed him in the Republican presidential primary.