Representative Russell Fry represents South Carolina’s Seventh Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Born in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, Mr. Fry attended Socastee High School and went on to earn a B.A. from the University of South Carolina in 2007. He then attended the Charleston School of Law. After graduating in 2011, he practiced law in the Grand Strand area for over a decade.
In 2015, Mr. Fry was elected to represent Horry County in the South Carolina General Assembly, where he rose to the role of Chief Majority Whip in 2018 before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2022.
In the 118th Congress, Representative Fry was elected Republican freshman class president. He serves on the House Judiciary Committee and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
South Carolina’s Seventh Congressional District includes the Grand Strand and Pee Dee region, which spans several coastal counties as well as the Pee Dee River watershed.
The region is no stranger to catastrophic flooding, including major impacts from Hurricane Florence in 2018, which brought 24 inches of rainfall over three days to some parts of the district. Just one year earlier, Hurricane Matthew dumped 17 inches of rainfall on areas of the district. As a member of the SC General Assembly, Mr. Fry supported residents in the aftermath of these storms, with some areas continuing to recover.
Mr. Fry lives in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, with his wife, Bronwen, and their son, James.
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