The Honorable G. Murrell Smith, Jr. is an attorney and current Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Smith is a native of Florence, South Carolina and grew up in Sumter, where he graduated from Wilson Hall in 1986. He attended Wofford College and graduated in 1990, earning a Bachelor of Arts in History and Government. After earning his Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1993, Smith began practicing law in his hometown while simultaneously serving as a part-time public defender from 1994-1998.
In 2000, Smith was elected to represent District 67 in the South Carolina House of Representatives. He began his legislative service as a member of the House Judiciary Committee where he eventually rose to the position of first vice chairman. In 2018, Smith was elected as Chairman of the powerful South Carolina House Ways and Means Committee. Smith also served as the Chairman of the House Ethics Committee until 2021 and was on the South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission until 2022. On May, 2022, Smith was elected to be the 61st Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives. The American Flood Coalition is proud to have Speaker Murrell Smith as a member of our organization.
