South Carolina S 200: Congressman John Spratt

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2025-2026 Bill 200 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 14, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 200

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Senate: Senators Graham, 
Hutto, Sabb, Jackson, Williams, Allen, Matthews, Tedder, Devine, Ott, Sutton, 
Walker, Adams, Alexander, Bennett, Blackmon, Campsen, Cash, Chaplin, Climer, 
Corbin, Cromer, Davis, Elliott, Fernandez, Gambrell, Garrett, Goldfinch, 
Grooms, Hembree, Johnson, Kennedy, Kimbrell, Leber, Martin, Massey, Nutt, 
Peeler, Rankin, Reichenbach, Rice, Stubbs, Turner, Verdin, Young, Zell

Attorney: Beeson

Drafting Assistant: Rushton

Date: January 14, 2025

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A senate RESOLUTION

TO REMEMBER AND CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF United States 
Congressman John McKee Spratt Jr. OF York COUNTY AND TO HONOR HIS REMARKABLE 
COMMITMENT TO the citizens of South Carolina.

Whereas, the State of 
South Carolina lost a monumental hero, intellect, and statesman upon the death 
of former Democratic Congressman John McKee Spratt Jr. at the age of eighty-two 
on December 14, 2024; and

Whereas, born in 1942 
in Charlotte, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Jane Love Bratton 
Spratt and John McKee Spratt Sr. During his early years growing up in York 
while men were away at war, he was initially raised in a house by his own 
mother and two extra mothers, his aunt Martha Bratton Walker and Sarah 
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Parks, who had raised his mother; and

Whereas, he was reared 
in a loving home with his beloved older sister, Jane Bratton Spratt McColl, and 
his cherished cousin, Martha Bratton "Cissy" McCord. He graduated from York 
High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Davidson College, and at both 
schools, he was president of the student body. He won a Marshall Scholarship to 
Oxford University where he studied economics, and he earned a law degree from 
Yale University; and

Whereas, in the proud 
tradition of the sons of South Carolina, Mr. Spratt served as a Captain in the United 
States Army from 1969 to 1971 and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. When 
he returned to York to practice law with his father, he served as county and 
school district attorney and as president of the Bank of Fort Mill, and he owned 
a farm and small insurance agency; and

Whereas, dedicated to 
his community, he served as an elder at First Presbyterian Church in York, 
president of the Chamber of Commerce and United Way, and chairman of the Board 
of Divine Saviour Hospital; and

Whereas, a skilled and 
deeply principled lawmaker, Congressman Spratt was elected to the United States 
Congress from 1983 to 2011, serving as chairman of the Budget Committee and a 
leader in shaping the federal budget. One of his proudest accomplishments was 
the Balanced Budget Agreement of 1997, which put the federal budget in surplus 
for the first time in thirty years. He also served as the second highest 
ranking Democrat on the Armed Services Committee; and

Whereas, on March 21, 
2010, Congressman Spratt joined a majority of his House colleagues in approving 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. As chairman of the House Budget 
Committee, he made the floor motion which led to the vote on the bill.

Whereas, together with 
his beloved wife of fifty-six years, Jane Stacy Spratt, he reared three devoted 
daughters: Susan Elizabeth Spratt, Sarah Stacy Spratt, and Catherine Bratton 
Spratt. His daughters blessed him with five adoring grandchildren: Lily 
Isabella Spratt Tendler, Jack Harris Bratton Tendler, Max Louis Ormand Tendler, 
Jane Grace Brennan, and James Benjamin Spratt Brennan. He encouraged his 
children and grandchildren to achieve academically and professionally; and

Whereas, the South Carolina 
Senate is grateful for the loving and hardworking life and legacy of service 
that John Spratt rendered to his family, his friends, and the citizens of South 
Carolina. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, remember and 
celebrate the life of United States Congressman John McKee Spratt Jr. of York County 
and honor his remarkable commitment to the citizens of South Carolina.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution 
be presented to the family of United States Congressman John McKee Spratt Jr.

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