Annie McDaniel (0041)

Annie E. McDaniel is a Democratic representative for South Carolina House District 41 , serving since 2018. She is the first African American woman and first African American since Reconstruction to represent this district, and in her first year, she became the first member to pass a bill. Born May 28 in Winnsboro, she is a retired accounting, tax, and public administration consultant, and daughter of Mary Kennedy McDaniel and the late Eddie McDaniel. Notable positions include Chair of the South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus, 1st Vice Chair of the House Operations and Management Committee, and member of the Agricultural, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee. She holds strong pro-conservation voting records, scoring 103% in 2023-2024.

Education and Political Experience

• Education: B.S. from University of South Carolina ; Master's in Public Administration from University of South Carolina ; completed two PhD courses in education administration finance; certified as SC Government Finance Officer .
• Political Experience: Elected to Fairfield County School District Board of Trustees , serving as Board Chair, Secretary, Finance Committee Chair; elected to SCSBA Board of Directors for Region 12. Current committees: Education and Public Works, Operations and Management; previously on COVID-19 Employment, Workforce, and Business Recovery, and Medical, Military, Public, and Municipal Affairs. Caucuses: SC Legislative Black Caucus , Women Legislative Caucus, Military Caucus, UofSC Caucus, House Democrats, National Black Caucus of State Legislators , National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women. Additional leadership: SC Economic Development Institute 2021 Graduate, SC Institute of Medicine and Public Health 2019 Health Policy Fellow, past president of SC Association of Government Finance Officers; Leadership SC and Leadership Fairfield graduate; life member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, NAACP, NCNW.