{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Seth Whipper | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | state_house = South Carolina | district = 113th | term_start = 1995 | term_end = 2017 | predecessor = Lucille Whipper | successor = Marvin R. Pendarvis | prior_term = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|6|27}} | birth_place = Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | profession = | party = Democratic }}
'''Jackson Seth Whipper''' (born June 27, 1949) is an American judge and politician. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 113th District, serving from 1995 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic party.<ref>{{cite web|title=Seth Whipper|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/8970/seth-whipper|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=April 25, 2015}}</ref> He resigned from the legislature in 2017 to become a magistrate judge in Charleston County.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/north-charleston-state-rep-seth-whipper-retiring-from-house-to-serve-as-magistrate-judge/article_d25b88a6-4af1-11e7-ba41-4fb7c532512e.html|title = North Charleston state Rep. Seth Whipper retiring from House to serve as magistrate judge|last = Prabhu|first = Maya T.|date = June 6, 2017|accessdate = August 29, 2021|work = The Post and Courier}}</ref>
His mother, Lucille Whipper, was also a representative.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.postandcourier.com/news/former-state-lawmaker-and-educator-lucille-whipper-has-passed/article_c3ddf5c6-0838-11ec-ad8f-b7fc6ad2a4f2.html|title=Former state lawmaker and educator Lucille Whipper has passed|first1=Schuyler|last1 = Kropf|first2 = Steve|last2 = Garrison|website=Post and Courier}}</ref>
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