Ralph Nader Congress Project. Citizens Look at Congress: Floyd Spence, Republican Representative from South Carolina. Washington, D. C.: Grossman Publishers, 1972.
SPENCE, Floyd Davidson, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., April 9, 1928; graduated from Lexington High School, Lexington, S.C.; B.A., University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C., 1952; LL.B., University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C., 1956; United States Naval Reserve, 1947-1988; admitted to the South Carolina state bar, 1956; member of the South Carolina state house of representatives, 1956-1962; member of the South Carolina state senate, 1966-1970, and served as minority leader 1966-1970; delegate, South Carolina State Republican conventions; delegate, Republican National Conventions, 1964-1984; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-second and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1971-August 16, 2001); chairman, Committee on National Security (One Hundred Fourth and One Hundred Fifth Congresses); chairman, Committee on Armed Services (One Hundred Sixth Congress); died on August 16, 2001, in Jackson, Miss.; interment in St. Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lexington, S.C.
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Spence, Floyd D. "In Defense of Freedom." In The Case Against the Reckless Congress, edited by Marjorie Holt, 203-11. Ottawa, Ill: Green Hill Publishers, 1976.
___. "Sea Lanes are Lifelines: Are They Secure?" In Can You Afford This House?, edited by David Treen, 111-21. Ottawa, Ill.: Green Hill Books, 1978.