List of Governors of South Carolina

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A list of South Carolina Governors.

1 Proprietary Period (1670-1719)
2 Royal Period (1719-1776)
3 Statehood Period (1776 to Present)
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Proprietary Period (1670-1719)

Governors of the Proprietary Period for the most part were appointed either by the Proprietors or the Grand Council convening in Charleston.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Notes
1	William Sayle	March 15, 1670	March 4, 1671	Chosen by Sir John Yeamans
2	Joseph West	March 4, 1671	April 19, 1672	1st time, Appointed by Council
3	John Yeamans	April 19, 1672	August, 1674	Appointed by Proprietors
	Joseph West	August 13, 1674	October, 1682	2nd time, Appointed by Council
4	Joseph Morton	October, 1682	August, 1684	1st time, Appointed by Proprietors
5	Richard Kyrle	August, 1684	August, 1684	Appointed by Proprietors
	Joseph West	August 30, 1684	July 1, 1685	3rd time, Appointed by Council
6	Robert Quary	July, 1684	October, 1685	Appointed by Council
	Joseph Morton	October, 1685	November, 1686	2nd time, Appointed by Council
7	James Colleton	November, 1686	1690	Appointed by Proprietors
8	Seth Sothell	1690	1692	Claimed Governoship as a Proprietor
9	Philip Ludwell	April 11, 1692	May, 1693	Appointed by Proprietors
10	Thomas Smith	May, 1693	November 16, 1694	Appointed by Council
11	Joseph Blake	November, 1694	August 17, 1695	1st time, Appointed by Council
12	John Archdale	August 17, 1695	October 29, 1696	Appointed by Proprietors
	Joseph Blake	October 29, 1696	September 7, 1700	2nd time, Appointed by Governor Archdale
13	James Moore	September 11, 1700	March, 1703	Appointed by Council
14	Nathaniel Johnson	March, 1703	November 26, 1709	Appointed by Proprietors
15	Edward Tynte	November 26, 1709	June 26, 1710	Appointed by Proprietors
16	Robert Gibbes	June, 1710	March 19, 1712	Appointed by Council
17	Charles Craven	March 19, 1712	April 23, 1716	Appointed by Proprietors
18	Robert Daniell	April 25, 1716	1717	Appointed by Governor Craven
19	Robert Johnson	1717	December 21, 1719	1st time, Appointed by Proprietors

[edit] Royal Period (1719-1776)

Governors of the Royal Period were appointed by the British government under the control of the Board of Trade.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Notes
20	James Moore II	December 21, 1719	May 30, 1721	Appointed by Convention
21	Francis Nicholson	May 30, 1721	May 7, 1725	Left for England in 1725, not removed until 1729
22	Arthur Middleton	May 7, 1725	December, 1730	Acting Governor until Johnson arrived
	Robert Johnson	December 15, 1730	May 3, 1735	2nd time
23	Thomas Broughton	May 3, 1735	November 22, 1737	Acting Governor after Johnson died
24	William Bull	November 22, 1737	December 17, 1743	Acting Governor after Broughton died
	Samuel Horsey			Appointed Governor in 1738, never served
25	James Glen	December 17, 1743	June 1, 1756	Appointed Governor in 1738, arrived in 1743
26	William Henry Lyttleton	June 1, 1756	April 5, 1760
	Thomas Pownal			Appointed Governor in 1760, never served
27	William Bull II	April 5, 1760	December 22, 1761	1st time, Acting Governor until Boone arrived
28	Thomas Boone	December 22, 1761	May 14, 1764
	William Bull II	May, 1764	June, 1766	2nd time, Acting Governor until Montagu arrived
29	Charles Greville Montagu	June 12, 1766	May, 1768	1st time
	William Bull II	May, 1768	October 30, 1768	3rd time, Acting Governor during Montagu's absence
	Charles Greville Montagu	October 30, 1768	July 31, 1769	2nd time
	William Bull II	July 31, 1769	September 15, 1771	4th time, Acting Governor during Montagu's absence
	Charles Greville Montagu	September 15, 1771	March 6, 1773	3rd time
	William Bull II	March 6, 1773	June 18, 1775	5th time, Acting Governor during Montagu's absence
30	William Campbell	June 18, 1775	September 15, 1775

[edit] Statehood Period (1776 to Present)

[edit] Presidents under the Constitution of 1776

The General Assembly chose the President for a term of two years.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
31	John Rutledge	March 26, 1776	March 5, 1778	No party	1st time, Resigned
32	Rawlins Lowndes	March 6, 1778	January 9, 1779	No party	British prisoner during Revolutionary War

[edit] Governors under the Constitution of 1778

The General Assembly chose the Governor for a term of two years.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
	John Rutledge	January 9, 1779	January 31, 1782	No party	2nd time
33	John Mathews	January 31, 1782	February 4, 1783	No party
34	Benjamin Guerard	February 4, 1783	February 11, 1785	No party
35	William Moultrie	February 11, 1785	February 20, 1787	No party	1st time
36	Thomas Pinckney	February 20, 1787	January 26, 1789	Federalist
37	Charles Pinckney	January 26, 1789	December 5, 1792	Federalist	1st time

[edit] Governors under the Constitution of 1790

The General Assembly chose the Governor for a term of two years.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
	William Moultrie	December 5, 1792	December 17, 1794	Federalist	2nd time
38	Arnoldus Vanderhorst	December 17, 1794	December 8, 1796	Federalist
	Charles Pinckney	December 8, 1796	December 18, 1798	Democratic-Republican	2nd time
39	Edward Rutledge	December 18, 1798	January 23, 1800	Democratic-Republican	Died in office
40	John Drayton	January 23, 1800	December 8, 1802	Democratic-Republican	1st time
41	James Burchill Richardson	December 8, 1802	December 7, 1804	Democratic-Republican
42	Paul Hamilton	December 7, 1804	December 9, 1806	Democratic-Republican
	Charles Pinckney	December 9, 1806	December 10, 1808	Democratic-Republican	3rd time
	John Drayton	December 10, 1808	December 8, 1810	Democratic-Republican	2nd time
43	Henry Middleton	December 8, 1810	December 10, 1812	Democratic-Republican
44	Joseph Alston	December 10, 1812	December 10, 1814	Democratic-Republican
45	David Rogerson Williams	December 10, 1814	December 5, 1816	Democratic-Republican
46	Andrew Pickens	December 5, 1816	December 8, 1818	Democratic-Republican
47	John Geddes	December 8, 1818	December 7, 1820	Democratic-Republican
48	Thomas Bennett, Jr.	December 7, 1820	December 7, 1822	Democratic-Republican
49	John Lyde Wilson	December 7, 1822	December 3, 1824	Democratic-Republican
50	Richard Irvine Manning I	December 3, 1824	December 9, 1826	Democratic-Republican
51	John Taylor	December 9, 1826	December 10, 1828	Democratic-Republican
52	Stephen Decatur Miller	December 10, 1828	December 9, 1830	Democrat (Nullifier)
53	James Hamilton, Jr.	December 9, 1830	December 10, 1832	Democrat (Nullifier)
54	Robert Young Hayne	December 10, 1832	December 9, 1834	Democrat (Nullifier)
55	George McDuffie	December 9, 1834	December 10, 1836	Democrat
56	Pierce Mason Butler	December 10, 1836	December 7, 1838	Democrat
57	Patrick Noble	December 7, 1838	April 7, 1840	Democrat	Died in office
58	Barnabas Kelet Henagan	April 7, 1840	December 9, 1840	Democrat	Not elected
59	John Peter Richardson II	December 9, 1840	December 8, 1842	Democrat
60	James Henry Hammond	December 8, 1842	December 7, 1844	Democrat
61	William Aiken	December 7, 1844	December 8, 1846	Democrat
62	David Johnson	December 8, 1846	December 12, 1848	Democrat
63	Whitemarsh B. Seabrook	December 12, 1848	December 13, 1850	Democrat
64	John Hugh Means	December 13, 1850	December 9, 1852	Democrat
65	John Lawrence Manning	December 9, 1852	December 11, 1854	Democrat
66	James Hopkins Adams	December 11, 1854	December 9, 1856	Democrat
67	Robert F.W. Allston	December 9, 1856	December 10, 1858	Democrat
68	William Henry Gist	December 10, 1858	December 14, 1860	Democrat
69	Francis Wilkinson Pickens	December 14, 1860	December 17, 1862	Democrat
70	Milledge Luke Bonham	December 17, 1862	December 18, 1864	Democrat
71	Andrew Gordon Magrath	December 18, 1864	May 25, 1865	Democrat	Deposed by the Union Army
72	Benjamin Franklin Perry	June 30, 1865	November 29, 1865	Unionist Democrat	Appointed by President Andrew Johnson

[edit] Governors under the Constitution of 1865

First Constitution of South Carolina to provide for the direct election of the Governor.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
73	James Lawrence Orr	November 29, 1865	July 6, 1868	No party	1st elected Governor

[edit] Governors under the Constitution of 1868

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
74	Robert Kingston Scott	July 6, 1868	December 7, 1872	Republican
75	Franklin J. Moses, Jr.	December 7, 1872	December 1, 1874	Republican
76	Daniel Henry Chamberlain	December 1, 1874	December 14, 1876	Republican	Claimed Governorship after 1876 election
77	Wade Hampton III	December 14, 1876	February 26, 1879	Democrat	Resigned
78	William Dunlap Simpson	February 26, 1879	September 1, 1880	Democrat	Not elected
79	Thomas Bothwell Jeter	September 1, 1880	November 30, 1880	Democrat
80	Johnson Hagood	November 30, 1880	December 1, 1882	Democrat
81	Hugh Smith Thompson	December 1, 1882	July 10, 1886	Democrat	Resigned
82	John Calhoun Sheppard	July 10, 1886	November 30, 1886	Democrat	Not elected
83	John Peter Richardson III	November 30, 1886	December 4, 1890	Democrat
84	Benjamin Ryan Tillman	December 4, 1890	December 4, 1894	Democrat
85	John Gary Evans	December 4, 1894	January 18, 1897	Democrat

[edit] Governors under the Constitution of 1895

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
86	William Haselden Ellerbe	January 18, 1897	June 2, 1899	Democrat	Died in office
87	Miles Benjamin McSweeney	June 2, 1899	January 20, 1903	Democrat
88	Duncan Clinch Heyward	January 20, 1903	January 15, 1907	Democrat
89	Martin Frederick Ansel	January 15, 1907	January 17, 1911	Democrat
90	Coleman Livingston Blease	January 17, 1911	January 14, 1915	Democrat	Resigned
91	Charles Aurelius Smith	January 14, 1915	January 19, 1915	Democrat	Not elected
92	Richard Irvine Manning III	January 19, 1915	January 21, 1919	Democrat
93	Robert Archer Cooper	January 21, 1919	May 20, 1922	Democrat	Resigned
94	Wilson Godfrey Harvey	May 20, 1922	January 16, 1923	Democrat	Not elected
95	Thomas Gordon McLeod	January 16, 1923	January 18, 1927	Democrat
96	John Gardiner Richards, Jr.	January 18, 1927	January 20, 1931	Democrat	1st to be elected to a four year term
97	Ibra Charles Blackwood	January 20, 1931	January 15, 1935	Democrat
98	Olin D. Johnston	January 15, 1935	January 17, 1939	Democrat	1st time
99	Burnett R. Maybank	January 17, 1939	November 4, 1941	Democrat	Resigned
100	Joseph Emile Harley	November 4, 1941	February 27, 1942	Democrat	Not elected, Died in office
101	Richard Manning Jefferies	February 27, 1942	January 19, 1943	Democrat	Not elected
	Olin D. Johnston	January 19, 1943	January 2, 1945	Democrat	2nd time, Resigned
102	Ransome Judson Williams	January 2, 1945	January 21, 1947	Democrat	Not elected
103	Strom Thurmond	January 21, 1947	January 16, 1951	Democrat
104	James Francis Byrnes	January 16, 1951	January 18, 1955	Democrat
105	George Bell Timmerman, Jr.	January 18, 1955	January 20, 1959	Democrat
106	Ernest "Fritz" Hollings	January 20, 1959	January 15, 1963	Democrat
107	Donald Stuart Russell	January 15, 1963	April 22, 1965	Democrat	Resigned
108	Robert Evander McNair	April 22, 1965	January 19, 1971	Democrat
109	John C. West	January 19, 1971	January 21, 1975	Democrat
110	James Burrows Edwards	January 21, 1975	January 10, 1979	Republican
111	Richard Wilson Riley	January 10, 1979	January 14, 1987	Democrat
112	Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.	January 14, 1987	January 11, 1995	Republican
113	David Muldrow Beasley	January 11, 1995	January 13, 1999	Republican
114	James Hovis Hodges	January 13, 1999	January 15, 2003	Democrat
115	Mark Sanford	January 15, 2003	present	Republican

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List of Governors of South Carolina

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Contents

[edit] Proprietary Period (1670-1719)

[edit] Royal Period (1719-1776)

[edit] Statehood Period (1776 to Present)

[edit] Presidents under the Constitution of 1776

[edit] Governors under the Constitution of 1778

[edit] Governors under the Constitution of 1790

[edit] Governors under the Constitution of 1865

[edit] Governors under the Constitution of 1868

[edit] Governors under the Constitution of 1895

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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