Mace, Nancy, 1977-

MACE, Nancy, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C., December 4, 1977; graduated from Stratford High School, Goose Creek, S.C., 1995; attended Trident Technical College, Charleston, S.C.; B.A., The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C., 1999; M.S., University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., 2004; author; public relations consultant; real estate broker; unsuccessful candidate for nomination for United States Senate for the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014; presidential campaign aide; member of the South Carolina state house of representatives, 2018-2020; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress (January 3, 2021 – Present).

<p>Congresswoman Nancy Mace grew up in the Lowcountry. She is the daughter of a retired Army General and retired school teacher.</p>

<p>Before being sworn into Congress, Nancy earned accolades as one of the most fiscally conservative members of the South Carolina General Assembly; she’s also one of the most pro-conservation lawmakers in the state of South Carolina.</p>

<p>Nancy grew up in Goose Creek, S.C. And when she dropped out of high school at the age of 17, her parents said, “If you’re going to stop going to school, you got to start going to work.” She immediately became a waitress at the Waffle House on College Park Road in Ladson (exit 203).</p>

<p>Nancy Ruth Mace (born December 4, 1977) is an American businesswoman, author, and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district since 2021. Her district includes much of the state's share of the East Coast, from Charleston to Hilton Head Island.</p>

<p>In 1999, Mace was the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets program at The Citadel. From 2018 to 2020, she represented the 99th district in the South Carolina House of Representatives, covering Hanahan, northeast Mount Pleasant, and Daniel Island. Mace is the first Republican woman to be elected to Congress from South Carolina.</p>

<p>Mace was born at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to United States Army officer James Emory Mace and schoolteacher Anne Mace. In 1999 she became the first woman to graduate from The Citadel's Corps of Cadets program, receiving a degree in business administration. Mace wrote <i>In the Company of Men: A Woman at The Citadel</i> (Simon & Schuster, 2001) about that experience.</p>