EducationClemson University — B.S. Mechanical Engineering (minor: Administrative Economics)

Notable personal detailsSam McCown is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District in the 2026 cycle. He is a physician, engineer, and businessman. He earned a mechanical engineering degree at Clemson University and later completed medical school, a radiology residency, and a nuclear medicine fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston. He has described serving as a medical director and managing practice finances, and he lives in the Charleston area with his wife and four children.