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List of governors of South Carolina

November 21, 2023

The governor of South Carolina is the head of government of South Carolina and serves as commander-in-chief of the U.S. state's military forces. The current governor is Henry McMaster.

Governor of South Carolina
Incumbent
Henry McMaster
since January 24, 2017
StyleHis Excellency
Term lengthFour years, renewable once consecutively
Websitegovernor.sc.gov

Governors edit

For the period before independence, see List of colonial governors of South Carolina.

South Carolina was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and was admitted as a state on May 23, 1788.[1] Before it declared its independence, South Carolina was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain. It seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860,[2] and was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861.[3] Following the end of the American Civil War, South Carolina during Reconstruction was part of the Second Military District, which exerted some control over governor appointments and elections. South Carolina was readmitted to the Union on July 9, 1868.[4]

Under the first constitution of South Carolina, a president of the state was elected for a term of two years, who then could not run again until four years had passed. The 1865 constitution briefly increased terms to four years, but that was changed in the 1868 constitution back to two years, with no term limit. An amendment in 1926 increased term lengths to four years, but limited governors to not being able to succeed themselves; an amendment in 1981 allowed governors to succeed themselves once. The 1776 constitution created the office of vice-president, renamed to lieutenant governor in 1778, to succeed to the governorship should it become vacant.[5]

Governors of the State of South Carolina
No. Governor[a] Term in office Party Election Lt. Governor[b][c]
31     John Rutledge
(1739–1800)
[6]		 March 26, 1776[7]
–
March 6, 1778
(resigned)[d]		 None 1776   Henry Laurens
32   Rawlins Lowndes
(1721–1800)
[9]		 March 6, 1778[7]
–
January 9, 1779
(did not run) 		None 1778[e] James Parsons
31   John Rutledge
(1739–1800)
[6]		 January 9, 1779[7]
–
January 31, 1782
(term-limited)[f]		 None 1779 Thomas Bee
Christopher Gadsden
33   John Mathews
(1744–1802)
[11]		 January 31, 1782[7]
–
February 5, 1783
(did not run) 		None 1782[g] Richard Hutson
34   Benjamin Guerard
(1740–1788)
[13]		 February 5, 1783[14]
–
February 10, 1785
(term-limited) 		None 1783 Richard Beresford
Vacant
William Moultrie
35   William Moultrie
(1730–1805)
[15][16]		 February 10, 1785[17]
–
February 21, 1787
(term-limited) 		None 1785 Charles Drayton
36   Thomas Pinckney
(1750–1828)
[18]		 February 21, 1787[19]
–
January 26, 1789
(term-limited) 		None 1787 Thomas Gadsden
37   Charles Pinckney
(1757–1824)
[20][21]		 January 26, 1789[22]
–
December 5, 1792
(term-limited) 		None 1789 Alexander Gillon
1791
35   William Moultrie
(1730–1805)
[15][16]		 December 5, 1792[15]
–
December 17, 1794
(term-limited) 		None 1792 James Ladson
38   Arnoldus Vanderhorst
(1748–1815)
[23][24]		 December 17, 1794[23]
–
December 8, 1796
(term-limited) 		Federalist 1794 Lewis Morris
37   Charles Pinckney
(1757–1824)
[20][21]		 December 8, 1796[25]
–
December 19, 1798
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1796 Robert Anderson
39   Edward Rutledge
(1749–1800)
[26][27]		 December 19, 1798[28]
–
January 23, 1800
(died in office) 		Federalist 1798 John Drayton[h]
40   John Drayton
(1766–1822)
[29][30]		 January 23, 1800[29]
–
December 8, 1802
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
1800 Richard Winn
41   James Burchill Richardson
(1770–1836)
[31][32]		 December 8, 1802[31]
–
December 7, 1804
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1802 Ezekiel Pickens
42   Paul Hamilton
(1762–1816)
[33][34]		 December 7, 1804[33]
–
December 9, 1806
(resigned)[i]		 Democratic-
Republican 		1804 Thomas Sumter Jr.
37   Charles Pinckney
(1757–1824)
[20][21]		 December 9, 1806[20]
–
December 10, 1808
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1806 John Hopkins
40   John Drayton
(1766–1822)
[29][30]		 December 10, 1808[39]
–
December 10, 1810
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1808 Frederick Nance
43   Henry Middleton
(1770–1846)
[40][41]		 December 10, 1810[42]
–
December 10, 1812
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1810 Samuel Farrow
44   Joseph Alston
(1779–1816)
[43][44]		 December 10, 1812[43]
–
December 10, 1814
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1812 Eldred Simkins
45   David Rogerson Williams
(1776–1830)
[45][46]		 December 10, 1814[45]
–
December 5, 1816
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1814 Robert Creswell
46   Andrew Pickens
(1779–1838)
[47][48]		 December 5, 1816[47]
–
December 8, 1818
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1816 John A. Cuthbert
47   John Geddes
(1777–1828)
[49][50]		 December 8, 1818[51]
–
December 7, 1820
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1818 William Youngblood
48   Thomas Bennett Jr.
(1781–1865)
[52][53]		 December 7, 1820[54]
–
December 9, 1822
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1820 William Pinckney
49   John Lyde Wilson
(1784–1849)
[55][56]		 December 9, 1822[57]
–
December 3, 1824
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1822 Henry Bradley
50   Richard Irvine Manning I
(1789–1836)
[58][59]		 December 3, 1824[60]
–
December 11, 1826
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1824 William A. Bull
51   John Taylor
(1770–1832)
[61][62]		 December 11, 1826[63]
–
December 10, 1828
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1826 James Witherspoon
52   Stephen Decatur Miller
(1787–1838)
[64][65]		 December 10, 1828[66]
–
December 9, 1830
(term-limited) 		Nullifier 1828 Thomas Williams
53   James Hamilton Jr.
(1786–1857)
[67][68]		 December 9, 1830[69]
–
December 11, 1832
(term-limited) 		Nullifier 1830 Patrick Noble
54   Robert Y. Hayne
(1791–1839)
[70][71]		 December 11, 1832[72]
–
December 11, 1834
(term-limited) 		Nullifier 1832 Charles Cotesworth Pinckney II
55   George McDuffie
(1790–1851)
[73][74]		 December 11, 1834[75]
–
December 10, 1836
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1834 Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook
56   Pierce Mason Butler
(1798–1847)
[76][77]		 December 10, 1836[76]
–
December 10, 1838
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1836 William DuBose
57   Patrick Noble
(1787–1840)
[78][79]		 December 10, 1838[80]
–
April 7, 1840
(died in office) 		Democratic 1838 Barnabas Kelet Henagan
58   Barnabas Kelet Henagan
(1798–1855)
[81][82]		 April 7, 1840[83]
–
December 10, 1840
(did not run) 		Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
59   John Peter Richardson II
(1801–1864)
[84][85]		 December 10, 1840[86]
–
December 10, 1842
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1840 William K. Clowney
60   James H. Hammond
(1807–1864)
[87][88]		 December 10, 1842[89]
–
December 10, 1844
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1842 Isaac D. Witherspoon
61   William Aiken Jr.
(1806–1887)
[90][91]		 December 10, 1844[92]
–
December 10, 1846
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1844 J. F. Ervin
62   David Johnson
(1782–1855)
[93][94]		 December 10, 1846[95]
–
December 14, 1848
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1846 William Cain
63   Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook
(1793–1855)
[96][97]		 December 14, 1848[98]
–
December 16, 1850
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1848 William Henry Gist
64   John Hugh Means
(1812–1862)
[99][100]		 December 16, 1850[101]
–
December 13, 1852
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1850 Joshua John Ward
65   John Lawrence Manning
(1816–1889)
[102][103]		 December 13, 1852[104]
–
December 13, 1854
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1852 James Irby
66   James Hopkins Adams
(1812–1861)
[105][106]		 December 13, 1854[107]
–
December 11, 1856
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1854 Richard de Treville
67   Robert Francis Withers Allston
(1801–1864)
[108][109]		 December 11, 1856[110]
–
December 13, 1858
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1856 Gabriel Cannon
68   William Henry Gist
(1807–1874)
[111][112]		 December 13, 1858[113]
–
December 17, 1860
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1858 M. E. Carn
69   Francis Wilkinson Pickens
(d. 1869)
[114][115]		 December 17, 1860[116]
–
December 18, 1862
(term-limited) 		Confederate
Democrat 		1860 W. W. Harllee
70   Milledge Luke Bonham
(1813–1890)
[117][118]		 December 18, 1862[119]
–
December 19, 1864
(term-limited) 		Confederate
Democrat 		1862 Plowden Weston
(died)
Vacant
71   Andrew Gordon Magrath
(1813–1893)
[120][121]		 December 19, 1864[122]
–
May 28, 1865
(arrested and removed)[j]		 Confederate
Democrat 		1864 Robert McCaw
— Vacant May 28, 1865
–
June 30, 1865 		— Office vacated
after civil war 		Vacant
72   Benjamin Franklin Perry
(1805–1886)
[123][124]		 June 30, 1865[125]
–
November 29, 1865
(did not run) 		— Provisional
governor
appointed by
President
73   James Lawrence Orr
(1822–1873)
[126][127]		 November 29, 1865[128]
–
July 9, 1868
(did not run) 		None 1865 William Dennison Porter
74   Robert Kingston Scott
(1826–1900)
[129][130]		 July 9, 1868[131]
–
December 3, 1872
(did not run) 		Republican 1868 Lemuel Boozer
1870 Alonzo J. Ransier
75   Franklin J. Moses Jr.
(1838–1906)
[132][133]		 December 3, 1872[134]
–
December 1, 1874
(lost nomination) 		Republican 1872 Richard Howell Gleaves
76   Daniel Henry Chamberlain
(1835–1907)
[135][136]		 December 1, 1874[137]
–
April 11, 1877
(lost election) 		Republican 1874
1876[k]
77   Wade Hampton III
(1818–1902)
[138][139]		 December 14, 1876[140]
–
February 26, 1879
(resigned)[l]		 Democratic William Dunlap Simpson
1878
78   William Dunlap Simpson
(1823–1890)
[142][143]		 February 26, 1879[141]
–
September 1, 1880
(resigned)[m]		 Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
79   Thomas Bothwell Jeter
(1827–1883)
[144][145]		 September 1, 1880[146]
–
November 30, 1880
(did not run) 		Democratic Succeeded from
president
pro tempore
of the Senate
80   Johnson Hagood
(1829–1898)
[147][148]		 November 30, 1880[149]
–
December 5, 1882
(did not run) 		Democratic 1880 John Doby Kennedy
81   Hugh Smith Thompson
(1836–1904)
[150][151]		 December 5, 1882[152]
–
July 10, 1886
(resigned)[n]		 Democratic 1882 John Calhoun Sheppard
1884
82   John Calhoun Sheppard
(1850–1931)
[153][154]		 July 10, 1886[155]
–
November 30, 1886
(lost nomination)[o]		 Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
83   John Peter Richardson III
(1831–1899)
[156][157]		 November 30, 1886[158]
–
December 4, 1890
(did not run) 		Democratic 1886 William Mauldin
1888
84   Benjamin Tillman
(1847–1918)
[159][160]		 December 4, 1890[161]
–
December 4, 1894
(did not run) 		Democratic 1890 Eugene Gary
1892 Washington Hodges Timmerman
85   John Gary Evans
(1863–1942)
[162][163]		 December 4, 1894[164]
–
January 18, 1897
(did not run) 		Democratic 1894
86   William Haselden Ellerbe
(1862–1899)
[165][166]		 January 18, 1897[167]
–
June 2, 1899
(died in office) 		Democratic 1896 Miles Benjamin McSweeney
1898
87   Miles Benjamin McSweeney
(1855–1909)
[168][169]		 June 2, 1899[170]
–
January 21, 1903
(did not run) 		Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Robert B. Scarborough
1900
88   Duncan Clinch Heyward
(1864–1943)
[171][172]		 January 21, 1903[173]
–
January 15, 1907
(did not run) 		Democratic 1902 James H. Tillman
1904 John Sloan
89   Martin Frederick Ansel
(1850–1945)
[174][175]		 January 15, 1907[176]
–
January 17, 1911
(did not run) 		Democratic 1906 Thomas Gordon McLeod
1908
90   Cole L. Blease
(1868–1942)
[177][178]		 January 17, 1911[179]
–
January 14, 1915
(resigned)[p]		 Democratic 1910 Charles Aurelius Smith
1912
91   Charles Aurelius Smith
(1861–1916)
[181][182]		 January 14, 1915[180]
–
January 19, 1915
(successor took office) 		Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
92   Richard Irvine Manning III
(1859–1931)
[183][184]		 January 19, 1915[185]
–
January 21, 1919
(did not run) 		Democratic 1914 Andrew Bethea
1916
93   Robert Archer Cooper
(1874–1953)
[186][187]		 January 21, 1919[188]
–
May 20, 1922
(resigned)[q]		 Democratic 1918 J. T. Lyles
1920 Wilson Godfrey Harvey
94   Wilson Godfrey Harvey
(1866–1932)
[189][190]		 May 20, 1922[191]
–
January 16, 1923
(did not run) 		Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
95   Thomas Gordon McLeod
(1868–1932)
[192][193]		 January 16, 1923[194]
–
January 18, 1927
(did not run) 		Democratic 1922 E. B. Jackson
1924
96   John Gardiner Richards Jr.
(1864–1941)
[195][196]		 January 18, 1927[197]
–
January 20, 1931
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1926 Thomas Bothwell Butler
(died)
Vacant
97   Ibra Charles Blackwood
(1878–1936)
[198][199]		 January 20, 1931[200]
–
January 15, 1935
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1930 James Sheppard
98   Olin D. Johnston
(1896–1965)
[201][202]		 January 15, 1935[203]
–
January 17, 1939
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1934 Joseph Emile Harley
99   Burnet R. Maybank
(1899–1954)
[204][205]		 January 17, 1939[206]
–
November 4, 1941
(resigned)[r]		 Democratic 1938
100   Joseph Emile Harley
(1880–1942)
[207][208]		 November 4, 1941[209]
–
February 27, 1942
(died in office) 		Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
— Vacant February 27, 1942
–
March 2, 1942 		— Office vacant
after death[s]
101   Richard Manning Jefferies
(1889–1964)
[210][211]		 March 2, 1942[s]
–
January 19, 1943
(did not run) 		Democratic Succeeded from
president
pro tempore
of the Senate
98   Olin D. Johnston
(1896–1965)
[201][202]		 January 19, 1943[214]
–
January 2, 1945
(resigned)[t]		 Democratic 1942 Ransome Judson Williams
102   Ransome Judson Williams
(1892–1970)
[215][216]		 January 2, 1945[217]
–
January 21, 1947
(lost nomination)[u]		 Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
103   Strom Thurmond
(1902–2003)
[218][219]		 January 21, 1947[220]
–
January 16, 1951
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1946 George Bell Timmerman Jr.
104   James F. Byrnes
(1882–1972)
[221][222]		 January 16, 1951[223]
–
January 18, 1955
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1950
105   George Bell Timmerman Jr.
(1912–1994)
[224][225]		 January 18, 1955[226]
–
January 20, 1959
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1954 Fritz Hollings
106   Fritz Hollings
(1922–2019)
[227][228]		 January 20, 1959[229]
–
January 15, 1963
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1958 Burnet R. Maybank Jr.
107   Donald S. Russell
(1906–1998)
[230][231]		 January 15, 1963[232]
–
April 22, 1965
(resigned)[v]		 Democratic 1962 Robert Evander McNair
108   Robert Evander McNair
(1923–2007)
[233][234]		 April 22, 1965[235]
–
January 19, 1971
(term-limited) 		Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
1966 John C. West
109   John C. West
(1922–2004)
[236][237]		 January 19, 1971[238]
–
January 15, 1975
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1970 Earle Morris Jr.
110   James B. Edwards
(1927–2014)
[239][240]		 January 15, 1975[241]
–
January 10, 1979
(term-limited) 		Republican 1974 W. Brantley Harvey Jr.[w]
111   Richard Riley
(b. 1933)
[242]		 January 10, 1979[243]
–
January 14, 1987
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1978 Nancy Stevenson
1982 Michael R. Daniel
112   Carroll A. Campbell Jr.
(1940–2005)
[244]		 January 14, 1987[245]
–
January 11, 1995
(term-limited) 		Republican 1986 Nick Theodore[w]
1990
113   David Beasley
(b. 1957)
[246]		 January 11, 1995[247]
–
January 13, 1999
(lost election) 		Republican 1994 Bob Peeler[x]
114   Jim Hodges
(b. 1956)
[248]		 January 13, 1999[249]
–
January 15, 2003
(lost election) 		Democratic 1998
115   Mark Sanford
(b. 1960)
[250]		 January 15, 2003[251]
–
January 12, 2011
(term-limited) 		Republican 2002 André Bauer
2006
116   Nikki Haley
(b. 1972)
[252]		 January 12, 2011[253]
–
January 24, 2017
(resigned)[y]		 Republican 2010 Ken Ard
Glenn F. McConnell
Yancey McGill[w]
2014 Henry McMaster
117   Henry McMaster
(b. 1947)
[255]		 January 24, 2017[254]
–
Incumbent[z]		 Republican Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Kevin L. Bryant
2018 Pamela Evette
2022

Notes edit

  1. ^ Office was known as President until 1779.
  2. ^ Office was known as Vice President until 1779.
  3. ^ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  4. ^ Rutledge vetoed the new constitution, and after his veto was overturned, he resigned.[8]
  5. ^ Arthur Middleton was elected to succeed Rutledge, but he declined the office, as he shared Rutledge's objections to the new constitution. Lowndes was then elected.[8]
  6. ^ There was no 1780 election, due to issues arising from the American Revolutionary War, so Rutledge continued to serve after his term would normally have ended, and Mathews' term was accordingly shortened.[10]
  7. ^ Christopher Gadsden was elected in 1782, but declined, so the legislature then chose Mathews.[12]
  8. ^ Represented the Democratic-Republican Party
  9. ^ Hamilton resigned near the end of his natural term,[35] due to complaints about him running for a seat in the South Carolina legislature while still sitting as governor.[36][37] Hamilton's resignation was submitted on December 1, but it does not appear to have taken effect until his successor was elected.[38]
  10. ^ Magrath was arrested by Union forces soon after the American Civil War ended; he was released seven months later.[120]
  11. ^ The 1876 election was very close, and two governments emerged, one run by Chamberlain, the other by Hampton. The dispute ended in April 1877 with Hampton and the Democratic Party taking control of the state.[135]
  12. ^ Hampton resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate; some modern sources say he resigned after being wounded in a hunting accident,[138] but the letter of resignation makes no mention of this.[141]
  13. ^ Simpson resigned, having been elected Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court.[142]
  14. ^ Thompson resigned, having been appointed United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.[150]
  15. ^ Sheppard lost the Democratic nomination to John Peter Richardson III.[153]
  16. ^ Blease resigned, citing no reason.[180]
  17. ^ Cooper resigned, having been appointed to the Federal Farm Loan Board.[186]
  18. ^ Maybank resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[204]
  19. ^ a b Harley died on February 27; even though the constitution says that the president pro tempore of the Senate would succeed to the office of governor should both it and lieutenant governor become vacant, Jefferies delayed accepting for several days,[212] unsure if he wanted to leave his Senate duties.[213]
  20. ^ Johnston resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[201]
  21. ^ Williams lost the Democratic nomination to Strom Thurmond.
  22. ^ Russell resigned so that his successor would appoint him to the United States Senate.[230]
  23. ^ a b c Represented the Democratic Party
  24. ^ Represented the Republican Party
  25. ^ Haley resigned, having been appointed United States Ambassador to the United Nations.[254]
  26. ^ McMaster's second full term began January 11, 2023, and will expire January 13, 2027; he will be term-limited.

References edit

General
  • "Former South Carolina Governors". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  • Sobel, Robert (1978). Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. IV. Meckler Books. ISBN 9780930466008. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  • Kallenbach, Joseph Ernest (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Oceana Publications. ISBN 978-0-379-00665-0. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  • "Our Campaigns - Governor of South Carolina - History". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  • "Our Campaigns - Governor of South Carolina (CSA) - History". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
Specific
  1. ^ "Ratification of the Constitution by the State of South Carolina; May 23, 1788". The Avalon Project at Yale Law School. from the original on November 8, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  2. ^ "Secession Ordinances of 13 Confederate States". University of Houston. from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America August 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, accessed July 8, 2015
  4. ^ Act authorizing readmission on ratification of 14th amendment: 15 Stat. 73. Proclamation of South Carolina's ratification: 15 Stat. 704.
  5. ^ Kallenbach pp. 527–533
  6. ^ a b "John Rutledge". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d Salley, Jr., A.S. "Governors of South Carolina 1670–2022" (PDF). South Carolina Legislature. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  8. ^ a b Flanders, Henry. The Lives and Times of the Chief Justices of the United States Supreme Court, pp. 551–552. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1874 at Google Books.
  9. ^ "Rawlins Lowndes". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  10. ^ Kallenbach p. 535
  11. ^ "John Mathews". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  12. ^ Kallenbach p. 535
  13. ^ "Benjamin Guerard". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  14. ^ "South Carolina". Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser. April 3, 1783. p. 2. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  15. ^ a b c Sobel 1978, p. 1388.
  16. ^ a b "William Moultrie". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  17. ^ "Charleston, (S.C.)". Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser. March 10, 1785. p. 2. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  18. ^ "Thomas Pinckney". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  19. ^ "American Intelligence". The Independent Gazetteer. March 9, 1787. p. 2. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  20. ^ a b c d Sobel 1978, pp. 1387–1388.
  21. ^ a b c "Charles Pinckney". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  22. ^ "America". Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser. February 23, 1789. p. 2. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  23. ^ a b Sobel 1978, p. 1389.
  24. ^ "Arnoldus Vandershorst". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  25. ^ "By This Day's Mails". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 29, 1796. p. 2. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  26. ^ Sobel 1978, pp. 1389–1390.
  27. ^ "Edward Rutledge". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  28. ^ "Governor Rutledge's Speech". The North American. January 15, 1799. p. 3. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  29. ^ a b c Sobel 1978, pp. 1390–1391.
  30. ^ a b "John Drayton". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
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list, governors, south, carolina, governor, south, carolina, head, government, south, carolina, serves, commander, chief, state, military, forces, current, governor, henry, mcmaster, governor, south, carolinaseal, governorincumbenthenry, mcmastersince, january. The governor of South Carolina is the head of government of South Carolina and serves as commander in chief of the U S state s military forces The current governor is Henry McMaster Governor of South CarolinaSeal of the GovernorIncumbentHenry McMastersince January 24 2017StyleHis ExcellencyTerm lengthFour years renewable once consecutivelyWebsitegovernor wbr sc wbr gov Contents 1 Governors 2 Notes 3 References 4 External linksGovernors editFor the period before independence see List of colonial governors of South Carolina South Carolina was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and was admitted as a state on May 23 1788 1 Before it declared its independence South Carolina was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain It seceded from the Union on December 20 1860 2 and was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 4 1861 3 Following the end of the American Civil War South Carolina during Reconstruction was part of the Second Military District which exerted some control over governor appointments and elections South Carolina was readmitted to the Union on July 9 1868 4 Under the first constitution of South Carolina a president of the state was elected for a term of two years who then could not run again until four years had passed The 1865 constitution briefly increased terms to four years but that was changed in the 1868 constitution back to two years with no term limit An amendment in 1926 increased term lengths to four years but limited governors to not being able to succeed themselves an amendment in 1981 allowed governors to succeed themselves once The 1776 constitution created the office of vice president renamed to lieutenant governor in 1778 to succeed to the governorship should it become vacant 5 Governors of the State of South Carolina No Governor a Term in office Party Election Lt Governor b c 31 nbsp John Rutledge 1739 1800 6 March 26 1776 7 March 6 1778 resigned d None 1776 Henry Laurens32 nbsp Rawlins Lowndes 1721 1800 9 March 6 1778 7 January 9 1779 did not run None 1778 e James Parsons31 nbsp John Rutledge 1739 1800 6 January 9 1779 7 January 31 1782 term limited f None 1779 Thomas BeeChristopher Gadsden33 nbsp John Mathews 1744 1802 11 January 31 1782 7 February 5 1783 did not run None 1782 g Richard Hutson34 nbsp Benjamin Guerard 1740 1788 13 February 5 1783 14 February 10 1785 term limited None 1783 Richard BeresfordVacantWilliam Moultrie35 nbsp William Moultrie 1730 1805 15 16 February 10 1785 17 February 21 1787 term limited None 1785 Charles Drayton36 nbsp Thomas Pinckney 1750 1828 18 February 21 1787 19 January 26 1789 term limited None 1787 Thomas Gadsden37 nbsp Charles Pinckney 1757 1824 20 21 January 26 1789 22 December 5 1792 term limited None 1789 Alexander Gillon179135 nbsp William Moultrie 1730 1805 15 16 December 5 1792 15 December 17 1794 term limited None 1792 James Ladson38 nbsp Arnoldus Vanderhorst 1748 1815 23 24 December 17 1794 23 December 8 1796 term limited Federalist 1794 Lewis Morris37 nbsp Charles Pinckney 1757 1824 20 21 December 8 1796 25 December 19 1798 term limited Democratic Republican 1796 Robert Anderson39 nbsp Edward Rutledge 1749 1800 26 27 December 19 1798 28 January 23 1800 died in office Federalist 1798 John Drayton h 40 nbsp John Drayton 1766 1822 29 30 January 23 1800 29 December 8 1802 term limited Democratic Republican Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor Vacant1800 Richard Winn41 nbsp James Burchill Richardson 1770 1836 31 32 December 8 1802 31 December 7 1804 term limited Democratic Republican 1802 Ezekiel Pickens42 nbsp Paul Hamilton 1762 1816 33 34 December 7 1804 33 December 9 1806 resigned i Democratic Republican 1804 Thomas Sumter Jr 37 nbsp Charles Pinckney 1757 1824 20 21 December 9 1806 20 December 10 1808 term limited Democratic Republican 1806 John Hopkins40 nbsp John Drayton 1766 1822 29 30 December 10 1808 39 December 10 1810 term limited Democratic Republican 1808 Frederick Nance43 nbsp Henry Middleton 1770 1846 40 41 December 10 1810 42 December 10 1812 term limited Democratic Republican 1810 Samuel Farrow44 nbsp Joseph Alston 1779 1816 43 44 December 10 1812 43 December 10 1814 term limited Democratic Republican 1812 Eldred Simkins45 nbsp David Rogerson Williams 1776 1830 45 46 December 10 1814 45 December 5 1816 term limited Democratic Republican 1814 Robert Creswell46 nbsp Andrew Pickens 1779 1838 47 48 December 5 1816 47 December 8 1818 term limited Democratic Republican 1816 John A Cuthbert47 nbsp John Geddes 1777 1828 49 50 December 8 1818 51 December 7 1820 term limited Democratic Republican 1818 William Youngblood48 nbsp Thomas Bennett Jr 1781 1865 52 53 December 7 1820 54 December 9 1822 term limited Democratic Republican 1820 William Pinckney49 nbsp John Lyde Wilson 1784 1849 55 56 December 9 1822 57 December 3 1824 term limited Democratic Republican 1822 Henry Bradley50 nbsp Richard Irvine Manning I 1789 1836 58 59 December 3 1824 60 December 11 1826 term limited Democratic Republican 1824 William A Bull51 nbsp John Taylor 1770 1832 61 62 December 11 1826 63 December 10 1828 term limited Democratic Republican 1826 James Witherspoon52 nbsp Stephen Decatur Miller 1787 1838 64 65 December 10 1828 66 December 9 1830 term limited Nullifier 1828 Thomas Williams53 nbsp James Hamilton Jr 1786 1857 67 68 December 9 1830 69 December 11 1832 term limited Nullifier 1830 Patrick Noble54 nbsp Robert Y Hayne 1791 1839 70 71 December 11 1832 72 December 11 1834 term limited Nullifier 1832 Charles Cotesworth Pinckney II55 nbsp George McDuffie 1790 1851 73 74 December 11 1834 75 December 10 1836 term limited Democratic 1834 Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook56 nbsp Pierce Mason Butler 1798 1847 76 77 December 10 1836 76 December 10 1838 term limited Democratic 1836 William DuBose57 nbsp Patrick Noble 1787 1840 78 79 December 10 1838 80 April 7 1840 died in office Democratic 1838 Barnabas Kelet Henagan58 nbsp Barnabas Kelet Henagan 1798 1855 81 82 April 7 1840 83 December 10 1840 did not run Democratic Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor Vacant59 nbsp John Peter Richardson II 1801 1864 84 85 December 10 1840 86 December 10 1842 term limited Democratic 1840 William K Clowney60 nbsp James H Hammond 1807 1864 87 88 December 10 1842 89 December 10 1844 term limited Democratic 1842 Isaac D Witherspoon61 nbsp William Aiken Jr 1806 1887 90 91 December 10 1844 92 December 10 1846 term limited Democratic 1844 J F Ervin62 nbsp David Johnson 1782 1855 93 94 December 10 1846 95 December 14 1848 term limited Democratic 1846 William Cain63 nbsp Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook 1793 1855 96 97 December 14 1848 98 December 16 1850 term limited Democratic 1848 William Henry Gist64 nbsp John Hugh Means 1812 1862 99 100 December 16 1850 101 December 13 1852 term limited Democratic 1850 Joshua John Ward65 nbsp John Lawrence Manning 1816 1889 102 103 December 13 1852 104 December 13 1854 term limited Democratic 1852 James Irby66 nbsp James Hopkins Adams 1812 1861 105 106 December 13 1854 107 December 11 1856 term limited Democratic 1854 Richard de Treville67 nbsp Robert Francis Withers Allston 1801 1864 108 109 December 11 1856 110 December 13 1858 term limited Democratic 1856 Gabriel Cannon68 nbsp William Henry Gist 1807 1874 111 112 December 13 1858 113 December 17 1860 term limited Democratic 1858 M E Carn69 nbsp Francis Wilkinson Pickens d 1869 114 115 December 17 1860 116 December 18 1862 term limited ConfederateDemocrat 1860 W W Harllee70 nbsp Milledge Luke Bonham 1813 1890 117 118 December 18 1862 119 December 19 1864 term limited ConfederateDemocrat 1862 Plowden Weston died Vacant71 nbsp Andrew Gordon Magrath 1813 1893 120 121 December 19 1864 122 May 28 1865 arrested and removed j ConfederateDemocrat 1864 Robert McCaw Vacant May 28 1865 June 30 1865 Office vacatedafter civil war Vacant72 nbsp Benjamin Franklin Perry 1805 1886 123 124 June 30 1865 125 November 29 1865 did not run Provisionalgovernorappointed byPresident73 nbsp James Lawrence Orr 1822 1873 126 127 November 29 1865 128 July 9 1868 did not run None 1865 William Dennison Porter74 nbsp Robert Kingston Scott 1826 1900 129 130 July 9 1868 131 December 3 1872 did not run Republican 1868 Lemuel Boozer1870 Alonzo J Ransier75 nbsp Franklin J Moses Jr 1838 1906 132 133 December 3 1872 134 December 1 1874 lost nomination Republican 1872 Richard Howell Gleaves76 nbsp Daniel Henry Chamberlain 1835 1907 135 136 December 1 1874 137 April 11 1877 lost election Republican 18741876 k 77 nbsp Wade Hampton III 1818 1902 138 139 December 14 1876 140 February 26 1879 resigned l Democratic William Dunlap Simpson187878 nbsp William Dunlap Simpson 1823 1890 142 143 February 26 1879 141 September 1 1880 resigned m Democratic Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor Vacant79 nbsp Thomas Bothwell Jeter 1827 1883 144 145 September 1 1880 146 November 30 1880 did not run Democratic Succeeded frompresidentpro temporeof the Senate80 nbsp Johnson Hagood 1829 1898 147 148 November 30 1880 149 December 5 1882 did not run Democratic 1880 John Doby Kennedy81 nbsp Hugh Smith Thompson 1836 1904 150 151 December 5 1882 152 July 10 1886 resigned n Democratic 1882 John Calhoun Sheppard188482 nbsp John Calhoun Sheppard 1850 1931 153 154 July 10 1886 155 November 30 1886 lost nomination o Democratic Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor Vacant83 nbsp John Peter Richardson III 1831 1899 156 157 November 30 1886 158 December 4 1890 did not run Democratic 1886 William Mauldin188884 nbsp Benjamin Tillman 1847 1918 159 160 December 4 1890 161 December 4 1894 did not run Democratic 1890 Eugene Gary1892 Washington Hodges Timmerman85 nbsp John Gary Evans 1863 1942 162 163 December 4 1894 164 January 18 1897 did not run Democratic 189486 nbsp William Haselden Ellerbe 1862 1899 165 166 January 18 1897 167 June 2 1899 died in office Democratic 1896 Miles Benjamin McSweeney189887 nbsp Miles Benjamin McSweeney 1855 1909 168 169 June 2 1899 170 January 21 1903 did not run Democratic Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor Robert B Scarborough190088 nbsp Duncan Clinch Heyward 1864 1943 171 172 January 21 1903 173 January 15 1907 did not run Democratic 1902 James H Tillman1904 John Sloan89 nbsp Martin Frederick Ansel 1850 1945 174 175 January 15 1907 176 January 17 1911 did not run Democratic 1906 Thomas Gordon McLeod190890 nbsp Cole L Blease 1868 1942 177 178 January 17 1911 179 January 14 1915 resigned p Democratic 1910 Charles Aurelius Smith191291 nbsp Charles Aurelius Smith 1861 1916 181 182 January 14 1915 180 January 19 1915 successor took office Democratic Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor Vacant92 nbsp Richard Irvine Manning III 1859 1931 183 184 January 19 1915 185 January 21 1919 did not run Democratic 1914 Andrew Bethea191693 nbsp Robert Archer Cooper 1874 1953 186 187 January 21 1919 188 May 20 1922 resigned q Democratic 1918 J T Lyles1920 Wilson Godfrey Harvey94 nbsp Wilson Godfrey Harvey 1866 1932 189 190 May 20 1922 191 January 16 1923 did not run Democratic Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor Vacant95 nbsp Thomas Gordon McLeod 1868 1932 192 193 January 16 1923 194 January 18 1927 did not run Democratic 1922 E B Jackson192496 nbsp John Gardiner Richards Jr 1864 1941 195 196 January 18 1927 197 January 20 1931 term limited Democratic 1926 Thomas Bothwell Butler died Vacant97 nbsp Ibra Charles Blackwood 1878 1936 198 199 January 20 1931 200 January 15 1935 term limited Democratic 1930 James Sheppard98 nbsp Olin D Johnston 1896 1965 201 202 January 15 1935 203 January 17 1939 term limited Democratic 1934 Joseph Emile Harley99 nbsp Burnet R Maybank 1899 1954 204 205 January 17 1939 206 November 4 1941 resigned r Democratic 1938100 nbsp Joseph Emile Harley 1880 1942 207 208 November 4 1941 209 February 27 1942 died in office Democratic Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor Vacant Vacant February 27 1942 March 2 1942 Office vacantafter death s 101 nbsp Richard Manning Jefferies 1889 1964 210 211 March 2 1942 s January 19 1943 did not run Democratic Succeeded frompresidentpro temporeof the Senate98 nbsp Olin D Johnston 1896 1965 201 202 January 19 1943 214 January 2 1945 resigned t Democratic 1942 Ransome Judson Williams102 nbsp Ransome Judson Williams 1892 1970 215 216 January 2 1945 217 January 21 1947 lost nomination u Democratic Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor Vacant103 nbsp Strom Thurmond 1902 2003 218 219 January 21 1947 220 January 16 1951 term limited Democratic 1946 George Bell Timmerman Jr 104 nbsp James F Byrnes 1882 1972 221 222 January 16 1951 223 January 18 1955 term limited Democratic 1950105 nbsp George Bell Timmerman Jr 1912 1994 224 225 January 18 1955 226 January 20 1959 term limited Democratic 1954 Fritz Hollings106 nbsp Fritz Hollings 1922 2019 227 228 January 20 1959 229 January 15 1963 term limited Democratic 1958 Burnet R Maybank Jr 107 nbsp Donald S Russell 1906 1998 230 231 January 15 1963 232 April 22 1965 resigned v Democratic 1962 Robert Evander McNair108 nbsp Robert Evander McNair 1923 2007 233 234 April 22 1965 235 January 19 1971 term limited Democratic Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor Vacant1966 John C West109 nbsp John C West 1922 2004 236 237 January 19 1971 238 January 15 1975 term limited Democratic 1970 Earle Morris Jr 110 nbsp James B Edwards 1927 2014 239 240 January 15 1975 241 January 10 1979 term limited Republican 1974 W Brantley Harvey Jr w 111 nbsp Richard Riley b 1933 242 January 10 1979 243 January 14 1987 term limited Democratic 1978 Nancy Stevenson1982 Michael R Daniel112 nbsp Carroll A Campbell Jr 1940 2005 244 January 14 1987 245 January 11 1995 term limited Republican 1986 Nick Theodore w 1990113 nbsp David Beasley b 1957 246 January 11 1995 247 January 13 1999 lost election Republican 1994 Bob Peeler x 114 nbsp Jim Hodges b 1956 248 January 13 1999 249 January 15 2003 lost election Democratic 1998115 nbsp Mark Sanford b 1960 250 January 15 2003 251 January 12 2011 term limited Republican 2002 Andre Bauer2006116 nbsp Nikki Haley b 1972 252 January 12 2011 253 January 24 2017 resigned y Republican 2010 Ken ArdGlenn F McConnellYancey McGill w 2014 Henry McMaster117 nbsp Henry McMaster b 1947 255 January 24 2017 254 Incumbent z Republican Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor Kevin L Bryant2018 Pamela Evette2022Notes edit Office was known as President until 1779 Office was known as Vice President until 1779 Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted Rutledge vetoed the new constitution and after his veto was overturned he resigned 8 Arthur Middleton was elected to succeed Rutledge but he declined the office as he shared Rutledge s objections to the new constitution Lowndes was then elected 8 There was no 1780 election due to issues arising from the American Revolutionary War so Rutledge continued to serve after his term would normally have ended and Mathews term was accordingly shortened 10 Christopher Gadsden was elected in 1782 but declined so the legislature then chose Mathews 12 Represented the Democratic Republican Party Hamilton resigned near the end of his natural term 35 due to complaints about him running for a seat in the South Carolina legislature while still sitting as governor 36 37 Hamilton s resignation was submitted on December 1 but it does not appear to have taken effect until his successor was elected 38 Magrath was arrested by Union forces soon after the American Civil War ended he was released seven months later 120 The 1876 election was very close and two governments emerged one run by Chamberlain the other by Hampton The dispute ended in April 1877 with Hampton and the Democratic Party taking control of the state 135 Hampton resigned having been elected to the United States Senate some modern sources say he resigned after being wounded in a hunting accident 138 but the letter of resignation makes no mention of this 141 Simpson resigned having been elected Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court 142 Thompson resigned having been appointed United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 150 Sheppard lost the Democratic nomination to John Peter Richardson III 153 Blease resigned citing no reason 180 Cooper resigned having been appointed to the Federal Farm Loan Board 186 Maybank resigned having been elected to the United States Senate 204 a b Harley died on February 27 even though the constitution says that the president pro tempore of the Senate would succeed to the office of governor should both it and lieutenant governor become vacant Jefferies delayed accepting for several days 212 unsure if he wanted to leave his Senate duties 213 Johnston resigned having been elected to the United States Senate 201 Williams lost the Democratic nomination to Strom Thurmond Russell resigned so that his successor would appoint him to the United States Senate 230 a b c Represented the Democratic Party Represented the Republican Party Haley resigned having been appointed United States Ambassador to the United Nations 254 McMaster s second full term began January 11 2023 and will expire January 13 2027 he 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