Lieutenant Governor, State of South Carolina, 2012-present

Former President, South Carolina State Senate

Senator, South Carolina State Senate, 1980-2012

President Pro Tempore, South Carolina State Senate, 2001-2012

Appointed, Experience, State of South Carolina Lieutenant Governor, March 2012

Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1980, 1984, 1988

Chair, County Republican Party, 1978-1982

Chairman, Hunley Committee

Board of Directors, Neighborhood Legal Asistance Program, 1977-1980

Experience, Co-Owner The Wild House LTD

President, CSA Galleries Incorporated, 1990-2009

Attorney, Glenn McConnell, Attorney at Law, 1987-1997

Attorney, Tillman and McConnell, Attorneys at Law, 1985-1987

Attorney, Riesen Law Firm and McConnell, Attorney At Law, 1976-1985

Labor Relations Specialist, United States Charleston Naval Shipyard, 1975-1976

Staff Attorney, Neighborhood Legal Assistance Program, Incorporated, 1972-1975

Member, 10th South Carolina Eutaw Volunteers

Member, 19th Indiana Volunteers

Member, 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry

Member, 7th Connecticut Volunteers

Member, American Legislative Exchange Council

Member, Chair, Hunley Commission

Member, Civil War Trust

Member, Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion

Member, Exchange Club of Charleston

Member, National Civil War Artillery Association

Member, Palmetto Batallion

Member, Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity

Member, Scottish Society of Charleston

Member, South Carolina Historical Society

Member, Civil War Preservation Trust, 1999-2004

Member, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Secession Camp 4, 1986-2004

Member, South Carolina Bar Association, 1972-2004

Board of Directors, Neighborhood Legal Assistance Program, 1977-1980