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{{see also|Governor of South Carolina}}
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{{Infobox Political post {{Infobox Political post
|post = Governor |post = Governor
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|insignia = Seal of the Governor of South Carolina.svg |insignia = Seal of the Governor of South Carolina.svg
|insigniasize = 150 |insigniasize = 150
|insigniacaption = ] |insigniacaption = ]
|image = SC Governor Henry McMaster 2019 (cropped).jpg
|image =
|incumbent = ] |incumbent = ]
|incumbentsince = January 24, 2017 |incumbentsince = January 24, 2017
|style = ] |style = ]
|termlength = Four years, renewable once consecutively |termlength = Four years, renewable once consecutively
|website = {{URL|governor.sc.gov}}
}} }}
{{History of South Carolina}} {{History of South Carolina}}
The current governor of ] is ] who has been in office since January 24, 2017. South Carolina governors are counted only once; therefore, ], for instance, a colonial governor who served three non-consecutive terms, is considered the second governor of South Carolina, not the second, fourth, and seventh.


The '''governor of South Carolina''' is the ] of ] and serves as ] of the ]'s ]. The current governor is ].
== Colonial period (1670–1775)==
{{further|List of colonial governors of South Carolina}}


==Governors==
== Statehood period (1776–present) ==
{{For|the period before independence|List of colonial governors of South Carolina}}
South Carolina was one of the original ] and was admitted as a state on May 23, 1788.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ratification of the Constitution by the State of South Carolina; May 23, 1788 |url=http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/ratsc.asp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108102025/http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/ratsc.asp |archive-date=November 8, 2015 |access-date=October 31, 2015 |publisher=The Avalon Project at Yale Law School}}</ref> Before it declared its independence, South Carolina was a ] of the ]. It seceded from the ] on December 20, 1860,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Secession Ordinances of 13 Confederate States |url=http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3953 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905091739/http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3953 |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |access-date=May 24, 2015 |publisher=]}}</ref> and was a founding member of the ] on February 4, 1861.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820151934/http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/19conf/19conf.html|date=August 20, 2016 }}, accessed July 8, 2015</ref> Following the end of the ], South Carolina during ] was part of the ], which exerted some control over governor appointments and elections. South Carolina was readmitted to the Union on July 9, 1868.<ref>Act authorizing readmission on ratification of 14th amendment: {{usstat|15|73}}. Proclamation of South Carolina's ratification: {{usstat|15|704}}.</ref>


Under the first ], 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.{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=527–533}}
===Presidents under the Articles of Confederation===
The ] chose the president for a term of two years.<ref>{{cite web |title=South Carolina Governors 1670 to Present |url=https://www.carolana.com/SC/Governors/home.html |website=carolana.com |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref>


{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
;Parties
|+ Governors of the State of South Carolina
{{legend2|#B5B35C|]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (2)

{| class=wikitable
!#
!colspan=2|President
!Took office
!Left office
!Vice president
!Party
!Notes
|-
!31 <!-- DO NOT CHANGE TO 1st GOVERNOR. -->
|]
|]
|March 26, 1776
|March 5, 1778
|]
|{{party shading/Independent (United States)}} |''No party''
|''1st time'', Resigned{{efn|The South Carolina legislature proposed a new constitution in 1778. Rutledge vetoed it, stating that it moved the state dangerously close to a ], which Rutledge believed was only a step away from total anarchy. When the legislature overrode his veto, Rutledge resigned.}}
|-
!32
|]
|]
|March 6, 1778
|January 9, 1779
|James Parsons
|{{party shading/Independent (United States)}} |''No party''
|British prisoner<br>during ]
|}

===Governors under the Articles of Confederation===
The ] chose the governor for a term of two years.

; Parties
{{legend2|#FFDAB9|]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (4)
{{legend2|#E2725B|]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (2)

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Governors of the State of South Carolina (1779 to 1792)
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|{{abbr|No.|Number}} !scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!scope="col" colspan="3"|Governor !scope="colgroup" colspan="3"|Governor{{efn|Office was known as President until 1779.}}
! scope="col" |Party
!scope="col"|Term in office !scope="col"|Term in office
!scope="col"|Party
!Time in office
!scope="col"|Election
!scope="col" colspan="2"|]
!scope="colgroup" colspan="2"|]{{efn|Office was known as Vice President until 1779.}}{{efn|Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.}}
!scope="col" | Notes
|- style="height:2em;" |- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|31
|rowspan=2 | -
|rowspan=2 |] |data-sort-value="Rutledge, John"|]
|rowspan="12" style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan politician}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan=2 bgcolor="#F2E0CE" |
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1739–1800)}}<br><ref name="nga-rutledge-john">{{Cite web |title=John Rutledge |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-rutledge/ |access-date=June 18, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|rowspan=2 |]
|{{dts|March 26, 1776}}<ref name="statelist">{{Cite web |last=Salley, Jr. |first=A.S. |title=Governors of South Carolina 1670&ndash;2022 |url=https://www.scstatehouse.gov/man22/52_FormerGovs.pdf |access-date=July 1, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref><br />–<br />March 6, 1778<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Rutledge vetoed the new constitution, and after his veto was overturned, he resigned.<ref name="flanders">Flanders, Henry. , pp. 551&ndash;552. Philadelphia: ], 1874 at ].</ref>}}
| rowspan="2" |Independent
|None{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|rowspan=2 |{{dts|January 9, 1779}}<br/>–<br/>January 31, 1782<br>
|]
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|rowspan="6" style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan politician}};"|&nbsp;
| rowspan="2" |3 years
|{{sortname|Henry|Laurens}}
|rowspan=2 bgcolor="#F2E0CE" |
|- style="height:2em;"
| nowrap | ]
!scope="row"|32
| rowspan=2 | 2nd time
|data-sort-value="Lowndes, Rawlins"|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1721–1800)}}<br><ref name="nga-lowndes">{{Cite web |title=Rawlins Lowndes |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/rawlins-lowndes/ |access-date=June 18, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|{{dts|March 6, 1778}}<ref name="statelist" /><br />–<br />January 9, 1779<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|None{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|]{{efn|] was elected to succeed Rutledge, but he declined the office, as he shared Rutledge's objections to the new constitution. Lowndes was then elected.<ref name="flanders" />}}
|{{sortname|James|Parsons|dab=South Carolina politician}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|''31''
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Rutledge, John"|]
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1739–1800)}}<br><ref name="nga-rutledge-john" />
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 9, 1779}}<ref name="statelist" /><br/>–<br/>January 31, 1782<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|There was no 1780 election, due to issues arising from the ], so Rutledge continued to serve after his term would normally have ended, and Mathews' term was accordingly shortened.{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}}}{{efn|Under the 1778 constitution, governors were ineligible for the office for four years after the end of their term.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1778 S.C. Const. art. VI |url=http://www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu/Search/results.aspx?srch=1&state=%27SC%27&CID=201&art=6&sec=&amd=&key=&Yr= |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu}}</ref>|name=limits-1778}}
|rowspan="2"|None{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|rowspan="2"|]
|{{sortname|Thomas|Bee}}
|- style="height:2em" |- style="height:2em"
|] |{{sortname|Christopher|Gadsden}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
!scope="row"|33
|33
|] |data-sort-value="Mathews, John"|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1744–1802)}}<br><ref name="nga-mathews">{{Cite web |title=John Mathews |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-mathews/ |access-date=June 19, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#F2E0CE" |
|{{dts|January 31, 1782}}<ref name="statelist" /><br/>–<br/>February 5, 1783<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|]
|None{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|Independent
|]{{efn|] was elected in 1782, but declined, so the legislature then chose Mathews.{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}}}
|{{dts|January 31, 1782}}<br/>–<br/>February 4, 1783<br>
|{{sortname|Richard|Hutson}}
<small>(Not a candidate for reelection)</small>
|1 year
|bgcolor="#F2E0CE" |
|]
|
|- style="height:2em" |- style="height:2em"
|rowspan=3 |34 !rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|34
|rowspan=3 |] |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Guerard, Benjamin"|]
|rowspan="3"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1740–1788)}}<br><ref name="nga-guerard">{{Cite web |title=Benjamin Guerard |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/benjamin-guerard/ |access-date=June 19, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|rowspan=3 bgcolor="#F2E0CE" |
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|February 5, 1783}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1783-04-03 |title=South Carolina |page=2 |work=Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/dunlap-and-claypooles-american-daily-ad/2083326/ |access-date=2023-07-02}}</ref><br/>–<br/>February 10, 1785<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1778}}
|rowspan=3 |]
| rowspan="3" |Independent |rowspan="3"|None{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|rowspan="3"|]
|rowspan=3 |{{dts|February 4, 1783}}<br/>–<br/>February 11, 1785<br>
|{{sortname|Richard|Beresford}}
<small>(Not a candidate for reelection)</small>
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="3" |2 years
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|bgcolor="#F2E0CE" |
| nowrap | ]
| rowspan=3 |
|-bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
|colspan=2 |''Vacant''
|- style="height:2em" |- style="height:2em"
|rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nonpartisan politician}};"|
|bgcolor="#F2E0CE" |
|] |{{sortname|William|Moultrie}}
|-
|35
|]
|bgcolor="#F2E0CE" |
|]
|Independent
|{{dts|February 11, 1785}}<br/>–<br/>February 20, 1787<br>
<small>(Not a candidate for reelection)</small>
|2 years
|bgcolor="#F2E0CE" |
|Charles Drayton
|1st time
|-
|36
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|February 20, 1787}}<br/>–<br/>January 26, 1789<br>
<small>(Not a candidate for reelection)</small>
|2 years
|style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|Thomas Gadsden
|
|-
|37
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 26, 1789}}<br/>–<br/>December 5, 1792<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|4 years
|style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|1st time
|}

===Governors under the Constitution of 1790===
The ] chose the governor for a term of two years.

; Parties
{{legend2|#E2725B|]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (3)
{{legend2|#008000|]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (15)
{{legend2|#CEF2F2|]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (3)
{{legend2|#0000FF|]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (17)
{{legend2|#b32425|]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (1)

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Governors of the State of South Carolina (1790 to 1865)
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!scope="col" colspan="3"|Governor
! scope="col" |Party
!scope="col"|Term in office
!Time in office
!scope="col" colspan="2"|]
!scope="col" | Notes
|- style="height:2em;" |- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|35
| -
|] |data-sort-value="Moultrie, William"|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1730–1805)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1388}}<ref name="nga-moultrie">{{Cite web |title=William Moultrie |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-moultrie/ |access-date=June 19, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|February 10, 1785}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1785-03-10 |title=Charleston, (S.C.) |page=2 |work=Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/dunlap-and-claypooles-american-daily-ad/127446838/ |access-date=2023-07-02}}</ref><br/>–<br/>February 21, 1787<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1778}}
|]
|None{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|]
|]
|{{dts|December 5, 1792}}<br/>–<br/>December 17, 1794<br>
|{{sortname|Charles|Drayton|nolink=1}}
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|- style="height:2em;"
|2 years
!scope="row"|36
|style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|data-sort-value="Pinckney, Thomas"|]
|James Ladson
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1750–1828)}}<br><ref name="nga-pinckney-thomas">{{Cite web |title=Thomas Pinckney |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-pinckney/ |access-date=June 19, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|2nd time
|{{dts|February 21, 1787}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1787-03-09 |title=American Intelligence |page=2 |work=The Independent Gazetteer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-gazetteer-pinckney-procl/127447030/ |access-date=2023-07-02}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 26, 1789<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1778}}
|-
|None{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|38
|] |]
|{{sortname|Thomas|Gadsden|nolink=1}}
|style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|37
|]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Pinckney, Charles"|]
|{{dts|December 17, 1794}}<br/>–<br/>December 8, 1796<br>
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1757–1824)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1387–1388}}<ref name="nga-pinckney-charles">{{Cite web |title=Charles Pinckney |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/charles-pinckney/ |access-date=June 19, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 26, 1789}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1789-02-23 |title=America |page=2 |work=Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/dunlap-and-claypooles-american-daily-ad/127447215/ |access-date=2023-07-02}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 5, 1792<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|Under the 1790 constitution, governors were ineligible for the office for four years after the end of their term.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1790 S.C. Const. art. II, § 2 |url=http://www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu/Search/results.aspx?srch=1&state=%27SC%27&CID=202&art=2&sec=2&amd=&key=&Yr= |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu}}</ref>|name=limits-1790}}
|2 years
|rowspan="2"|None{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|Lewis Morris
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Alexander|Gillon}}
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|]
| -
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!scope="row"|''35''
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|data-sort-value="Moultrie, William"|]
|]
|] |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};"|
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1730–1805)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1388}}<ref name="nga-moultrie" />
|{{dts|December 8, 1796}}<br/>–<br/>December 18, 1798<br>
|{{dts|December 5, 1792}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1388}}<br/>–<br/>December 17, 1794<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|]{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=278}}
|2 years
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{sortname|James|Ladson}}
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|2nd time
!scope="row"|38
|-
|data-sort-value="Vanderhorst, Arnoldus"|]
|39
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1748–1815)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1389}}<ref name="nga-vanderhorst">{{Cite web |title=Arnoldus Vandershorst |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/arnoldus-vandershorst/ |access-date=June 20, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|]
|{{dts|December 17, 1794}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1389}}<br/>–<br/>December 8, 1796<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=278}}
|]
|]
|]
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};"|
|{{dts|December 18, 1798}}<br/>–<br/>January 23, 1800<br>
|{{sortname|Lewis|Morris|nolink=1}}
<small>(Died)</small>
|- style="height:2em;"
|1 year
!scope="row"|''37''
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|data-sort-value="Pinckney, Charles"|]
|]
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1757–1824)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1387–1388}}<ref name="nga-pinckney-charles" />
|-
|{{dts|December 8, 1796}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1796-12-29 |title=By This Day's Mails |page=2 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-1796-1229-john/87917924/ |access-date=2023-07-02}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 19, 1798<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|rowspan=2|40
|]{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=278}}
|rowspan=2| ]
|]
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan=2|]
|{{sortname|Robert|Anderson|dab=Revolutionary War}}
|rowspan=2|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=2|{{dts|January 23, 1800}}<br/>–<br/>December 8, 1802<br>
!scope="row"|39
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|data-sort-value="Rutledge, Edward"|]
| rowspan="2" |3 years
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};"|
|colspan=2 bgcolor="#DCDCDC"| ''Vacant''
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1749–1800)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1389–1390}}<ref name="nga-rutledge-edward">{{Cite web |title=Edward Rutledge |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/edward-rutledge/ |access-date=June 21, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|1st time
|{{dts|December 19, 1798}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1799-01-15 |title=Governor Rutledge's Speech |page=3 |work=The North American |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-north-american-rutledge-inaugurated/127447980/ |access-date=2023-07-02}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 23, 1800<br>{{small|(died in office)}}
|-style="height:7em"
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |]{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=278}}
|]
|]
|{{sortname|John|Drayton}}{{efn|Represented the ]|name=lt-dr}}
|-
|- style="height:2em;"
|41
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|40
|]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Drayton, John"|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="15" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|]
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1766–1822)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1390–1391}}<ref name="nga-drayton">{{Cite web |title=John Drayton |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-drayton/ |access-date=June 21, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|]
|{{dts|December 8, 1802}}<br/>–<br/>December 7, 1804<br> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 23, 1800}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1390–1391}}<br/>–<br/>December 8, 1802<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|rowspan="2"|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Succeeded from<br>lieutenant<br>governor}}
|2 years
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|- style="height:2em;"
|Ezekiel Pickens
|]
|
|rowspan="14" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|-
|{{sortname|Richard|Winn}}
|42
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!scope="row"|41
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|data-sort-value="Richardson, James"|]
|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1770–1836)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1391}}<ref name="nga-richardson-james">{{Cite web |title=James Burchill Richardson |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-burchill-richardson/ |access-date=June 28, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|]
|{{dts|December 7, 1804}}<br/>–<br/>December 9, 1806<br> |{{dts|December 8, 1802}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1391}}<br/>–<br/>December 7, 1804<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|]
|2 years
|{{sortname|Ezekiel|Pickens}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|Thomas Sumter, Jr.
!scope="row"|42
|
|data-sort-value="Hamilton, Paul"|]
|-
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1762–1816)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1391–1392}}<ref name="nga-hamilton-paul">{{Cite web |title=Paul Hamilton |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/paul-hamilton/ |access-date=June 28, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
| -
|{{dts|December 7, 1804}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1391–1392}}<br/>–<br/>December 9, 1806<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Hamilton resigned near the end of his natural term,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1806-12-26 |title=none | quote=The Legislature of South Carolina, on the 9th instant, elected Charles Pinckney, Governor of that State, in the place of Paul Hamilton, resigned. |page=3 |work=Virginia Argus |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/virginia-argus-hamilton-resigned/127248405/ |access-date=2023-06-28}}</ref> due to complaints about him running for a seat in the South Carolina legislature while still sitting as governor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Governor of the State of South Carolina - Paul Hamilton |url=https://www.carolana.com/SC/Governors/phamilton.html |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=www.carolana.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1806-10-22 |title=Election Returns |page=3 |work=The Charleston Daily Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-election-re/98678884/ |access-date=2023-06-28}}</ref> Hamilton's resignation was submitted on December 1, but it does not appear to have taken effect until his successor was elected.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1806-12-08 |title=Legislature of South-Carolina |page=2 |work=The Charleston Daily Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-hamilton-su/127248604/ |access-date=2023-06-28}}</ref>}}
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|]
|]
|{{sortname|Thomas|Sumter Jr.}}
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|{{dts|December 9, 1806}}<br/>–<br/>December 10, 1808<br>
!scope="row"|''37''
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|data-sort-value="Pinckney, Charles"|]
|2 years
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1757–1824)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1387–1388}}<ref name="nga-pinckney-charles" />
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|December 9, 1806}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1387–1388}}<br/>–<br/>December 10, 1808<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|John Hopkins
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|3rd time
|]
|-
|{{sortname|John|Hopkins|John Hopkins (lieutenant governor)}}
| -
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!scope="row"|''40''
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|data-sort-value="Drayton, John"|]
|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1766–1822)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1390–1391}}<ref name="nga-drayton" />
|]
|{{dts|December 10, 1808}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1808-12-17 |title=Legislature of South-Carolina |page=2 |work=The Charleston Daily Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-drayton-ina/127517853/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 10, 1810<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|{{dts|December 10, 1808}}<br/>–<br/>December 8, 1810<br>
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|]
|2 years
|{{sortname|Frederick|Nance|nolink=1}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|Frederick Nance
!scope="row"|43
|2nd time
|data-sort-value="Middleton, Henry"|]
|-
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1770–1846)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1392–1393}}<ref name="nga-middleton">{{Cite web |title=Henry Middleton |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/henry-middleton/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|43
|{{dts|December 10, 1810}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1810-12-20 |title=Legislature of South-Carolina |page=2 |work=The Charleston Daily Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-election-of/114970991/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 10, 1812<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|]
|]
|{{sortname|Samuel|Farrow}}
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|{{dts|December 8, 1810}}<br/>–<br/>December 10, 1812<br>
!scope="row"|44
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|data-sort-value="Alston, Joseph"|]
|2 years
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1779–1816)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1393}}<ref name="nga-alston">{{Cite web |title=Joseph Alston |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/joseph-alston/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|December 10, 1812}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1393}}<br/>–<br/>December 10, 1814<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|]
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|
|]
|-
|{{sortname|Eldred|Simkins}}
|44
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!scope="row"|45
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|data-sort-value="Williams, David"|]
|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1776–1830)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1394}}<ref name="nga-williams-david">{{Cite web |title=David Rogerson Williams |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/david-rogerson-williams/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|]
|{{dts|December 10, 1812}}<br/>–<br/>December 10, 1814<br> |{{dts|December 10, 1814}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1394}}<br/>–<br/>December 5, 1816<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|]
|2 years
|{{sortname|Robert|Creswell}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!scope="row"|46
|
|data-sort-value="Pickens, Andrew"|]
|-
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1779–1838)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1394–1395}}<ref name="nga-pickens-andrew">{{Cite web |title=Andrew Pickens |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/andrew-pickens/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|45
|{{dts|December 5, 1816}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1394–1395}}<br/>–<br/>December 8, 1818<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|]
|]
|{{sortname|John A.|Cuthbert}}
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|{{dts|December 10, 1814}}<br/>–<br/>December 5, 1816<br>
!scope="row"|47
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|data-sort-value="Geddes, John"|]
|2 years
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1777–1828)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1395}}<ref name="nga-geddes">{{Cite web |title=Geddes John |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/geddes-john/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|December 8, 1818}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1818-12-12 |title=none |quote=The Hon. John Geddes was, on Tuesday last, elected Governor of this State.|page=2 |work=The Charleston Daily Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-geddes-elec/127518309/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 7, 1820<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|Robert Creswell
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|
|]
|-
|{{sortname|William|Youngblood|nolink=1}}
|46
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!scope="row"|48
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|data-sort-value="Bennett, Thomas"|]
|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1781–1865)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1396}}<ref name="nga-bennett">{{Cite web |title=Thomas Bennett |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-bennett/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|]
|{{dts|December 7, 1820}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1820-12-20 |title=none | quote=The hon. Thomas Bennett was elected on the 7th inst. governor of the state of South CArolina... |page=2 |work=The Evening Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-post-bennett-elected-decembe/127518372/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 9, 1822<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|{{dts|December 5, 1816}}<br/>–<br/>December 8, 1818<br>
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|]
|2 years
|{{sortname|William|Pinckney}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|John A. Cuthbert
!scope="row"|49
|
|data-sort-value="Wilson, John"|]
|-
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1784–1849)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1396–1397}}<ref name="nga-wilson">{{Cite web |title=John Lyde Wilson |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-lyde-wilson/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|47
|{{dts|December 9, 1822}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1822-12-19 |title=South-Carolina Legislature |page=1 |work=The Charleston Mercury |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-mercury-wilson-inaugurate/127518547/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 3, 1824<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|]
|]
|{{sortname|Henry|Bradley}}
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|{{dts|December 8, 1818}}<br/>–<br/>December 7, 1820<br>
!scope="row"|50
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|data-sort-value="Manning, Richard 1"|]
|2 years
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1789–1836)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1397–1398}}<ref name="nga-manning-richard-1">{{Cite web |title=Richard Irvine Manning |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/richard-irvine-manning/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|December 3, 1824}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1824-12-07 |title=From Columbia |page=2 |work=The Charleston Daily Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-manning-ele/127518666/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 11, 1826<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|William Youngblood
|]{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1397–1398}}
|
|]
|-
|{{sortname|William A.|Bull|nolink=1}}
|48
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!scope="row"|51
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|data-sort-value="Taylor, John"|]
|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1770–1832)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1398}}<ref name="nga-taylor">{{Cite web |title=John Taylor |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-taylor/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|]
|{{dts|December 11, 1826}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1826-12-15 |title=Columbia |page=2 |work=The Charleston Daily Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-taylor-inau/127518716/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 10, 1828<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|{{dts|December 7, 1820}}<br/>–<br/>December 7, 1822<br>
|]{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1398}}
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|]
|2 years
|{{sortname|James|Witherspoon|James Witherspoon Sr.|nolink=1}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|William Pinckney
!scope="row"|52
|
|data-sort-value="Miller, Stephen"|]
|-
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nullifier Party (United States)}};"|
|49
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1787–1838)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1398–1399}}<ref name="nga-miller">{{Cite web |title=Stephen Decatur Miller |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/stephen-decatur-miller/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|]
|{{dts|December 10, 1828}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1828-12-15 |title=none | quote=At 12 o'clock, the inauguration of the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor elect, took place with the customary ceremonies. |page=2 |work=The Charleston Mercury |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-mercury-miller-inaugurate/127518775/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 9, 1830<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1398–1399}}
|]
|]
|]
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nullifier Party (United States)}};"|
|{{dts|December 7, 1822}}<br/>–<br/>December 3, 1824<br>
|{{sortname|Thomas|Williams|nolink=1}}
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|- style="height:2em;"
|2 years
!scope="row"|53
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|data-sort-value="Hamilton, James"|]
|Henry Bradley
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1786–1857)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1399–1400}}<ref name="nga-hamilton-james">{{Cite web |title=James Jr. Hamilton |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-jr-hamilton/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|
|{{dts|December 9, 1830}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1830-12-14 |title=From Columbia |page=2 |work=The Charleston Mercury |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-mercury-hamilton-elected/127518941/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 11, 1832<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|-
|]{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1399–1400}}
|50
|]
|]
|{{sortname|Patrick|Noble}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!scope="row"|54
|]
|data-sort-value="Hayne, Robert"|]
|{{dts|December 3, 1824}}<br/>–<br/>December 9, 1826<br>
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1791–1839)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1400–1401}}<ref name="nga-hayne">{{Cite web |title=Robert Young Hayne |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-young-hayne/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|{{dts|December 11, 1832}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1832-12-14 |title=South-Carolina Legislature |page=2 |work=The Charleston Daily Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-hayne-inaug/127519039/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 11, 1834<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|2 years
|]{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1400–1401}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|William Bull
|{{sortname|Charles Cotesworth|Pinckney II|nolink=1}}
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
!scope="row"|55
|51
|data-sort-value="McDuffie, George"|]
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |rowspan="18" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1790–1851)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1401–1402}}<ref name="nga-mcduffie">{{Cite web |title=George McDuffie |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/george-mcduffie/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|]
|{{dts|December 11, 1834}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1834-12-15 |title=State Legislature |page=2 |work=The Charleston Mercury |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-mercury-mcduffie-inaugur/127519090/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 10, 1836<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|]
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|{{dts|December 9, 1826}}<br/>–<br/>December 6, 1828<br>
|]
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|2 years
|{{sortname|Whitemarsh Benjamin|Seabrook}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|James Witherspoon
!scope="row"|56
|
|data-sort-value="Butler, Pierce"|]
|-
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1798–1847)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1402}}<ref name="nga-butler">{{Cite web |title=Pierce Mason Butler |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/pierce-mason-butler/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|52
|{{dts|December 10, 1836}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1402}}<br/>–<br/>December 10, 1838<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|]
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|style="background:{{party color|Nullifier Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{sortname|William|DuBose|dab=politician}}
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|{{dts|December 6, 1828}}<br/>–<br/>December 9, 1830<br>
!scope="row"|57
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|data-sort-value="Noble, Patrick"|]
|2 years
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1787–1840)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1403}}<ref name="nga-noble">{{Cite web |title=Patrick Noble |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/patrick-noble/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|style="background:{{party color|Nullifier Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|December 10, 1838}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1838-12-27 |title=South Carolina Legislature |page=2 |work=Edgefield Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edgefield-advertiser-noble-inaugurated-d/127519324/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>April 7, 1840<br>{{small|(died in office)}}
|Thomas Williams
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|
|]
|-
|{{sortname|Barnabas Kelet|Henagan}}
|53
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!scope="row"|58
|style="background:{{party color|Nullifier Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|data-sort-value="Henagan, Barnabas"|]
|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1798–1855)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1403–1404}}<ref name="nga-henagan">{{Cite web |title=Barnabas Kelet Henagan |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/barnabas-kelet-henagan/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|]
|{{dts|April 7, 1840}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1840-04-13 |title=Death of Gov. Noble |page=2 |work=The Charleston Daily Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-henagan-suc/127519429/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 10, 1840<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|{{dts|December 9, 1830}}<br/>–<br/>December 10, 1832<br>
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Succeeded from<br>lieutenant<br>governor}}
|2 years
|style="background:{{party color|Nullifier Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!scope="row"|59
|
|data-sort-value="Richardson, John 2"|]
|-
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1801–1864)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1404}}<ref name="nga-richardson-john-2">{{Cite web |title=John Peter Richardson II |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-peter-richardson-ii/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|54
|{{dts|December 10, 1840}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1840-12-17 |title=The Inauguration |page=2 |work=Edgefield Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edgefield-advertiser-richardson-inaugura/127531660/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 10, 1842<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|]
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|style="background:{{party color|Nullifier Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|rowspan="12" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|]
|{{sortname|William K.|Clowney}}
|{{dts|December 10, 1832}}<br/>–<br/>December 9, 1834<br>
|- style="height:2em;"
<small>(Term limited)</small>
!scope="row"|60
|2 years
|data-sort-value="Hammond, James"|]
|style="background:{{party color|Nullifier Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1807–1864)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1405}}<ref name="nga-hammond">{{Cite web |title=James Henry Hammond |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-henry-hammond/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|]
|{{dts|December 10, 1842}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1842-12-12 |title=South Carolina Legislature |page=2 |work=The Charleston Daily Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-hammond-ina/127531743/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 10, 1844<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|-
|]
|55
|{{sortname|Isaac D.|Witherspoon}}
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
!scope="row"|61
|]
|data-sort-value="Aiken, William"|]
|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1806–1887)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1405–1406}}<ref name="nga-aiken">{{Cite web |title=William Aiken |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-aiken/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|{{dts|December 9, 1834}}<br/>–<br/>December 10, 1836<br>
|{{dts|December 10, 1844}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1844-12-12 |title=South Carolina Legislature |page=2 |work=The Charleston Daily Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-aiken-inaug/127531792/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 10, 1846<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|2 years
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{sortname|J. F.|Ervin|nolink=1}}
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|
!scope="row"|62
|-
|data-sort-value="Johnson, David"|]
|56
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1782–1855)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1406–1407}}<ref name="nga-johnson">{{Cite web |title=David Johnson |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/david-johnson/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|]
|{{dts|December 10, 1846}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1846-12-16 |title=Governor Johnson's Inauguration |page=2 |work=Edgefield Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edgefield-advertiser-johnson-inaugurated/127531838/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 14, 1848<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|]
|]
|]
|{{sortname|William|Cain|William Cain (American politician)}}
|{{dts|December 10, 1836}}<br/>–<br/>December 7, 1838<br>
|- style="height:2em;"
<small>(Term limited)</small>
!scope="row"|63
|2 years
|data-sort-value="Seabrook, Whitemarsh"|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1793–1855)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1407}}<ref name="nga-seabrook">{{Cite web |title=Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/whitemarsh-benjamin-seabrook/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|]
|{{dts|December 14, 1848}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1848-12-15 |title=From Columbia |page=2 |work=The Charleston Daily Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-seabrook-in/127531876/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 16, 1850<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|-
|]
|57
|{{sortname|William Henry|Gist}}
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
!scope="row"|64
|]
|data-sort-value="Means, John"|]
|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1812–1862)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1407–1408}}<ref name="nga-means">{{Cite web |title=John Hugh Means |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-hugh-means/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|{{dts|December 7, 1838}}<br/>–<br/>April 7, 1840<br>
|{{dts|December 16, 1850}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1850-12-18 |title=Proceedings of the So. Ca. Legislature |page=2 |work=The Charleston Daily Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-means-inaug/127531921/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 13, 1852<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
<small>(Died)</small>
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|1.5 years
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{sortname|Joshua John|Ward}}
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|
!scope="row"|65
|-
|data-sort-value="Manning, John"|]
|58
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1816–1889)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1408–1409}}<ref name="nga-manning-john">{{Cite web |title=John Laurence Manning |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-laurence-manning/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|]
|{{dts|December 13, 1852}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1852-12-16 |title=Legislative Proceedings - The Inauguration |page=1 |work=The Charleston Daily Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-manning-ina/127531982/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 13, 1854<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|]
|]
|]
|{{sortname|James|Irby|nolink=1}}
|{{dts|April 7, 1840}}<br/>–<br/>December 9, 1840<br>
|- style="height:2em;"
<small>(Not a candidate for election)</small>
!scope="row"|66
|8 months
|data-sort-value="Adams, James"|]
|colspan=2 bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | ''Vacant''
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1812–1861)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1409–1410}}<ref name="nga-adams">{{Cite web |title=James Hopkins Adams |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-hopkins-adams/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|Not elected
|{{dts|December 13, 1854}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1854-12-20 |title=Legislative Proceedings |page=2 |work=Edgefield Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edgefield-advertiser-adams-inaugurated-d/127532055/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 11, 1856<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|-
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|59
|]
|]
|{{sortname|Richard|de Treville|nolink=1}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!scope="row"|67
|]
|data-sort-value="Allston, Robert"|]
|{{dts|December 9, 1840}}<br/>–<br/>December 8, 1842<br>
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1801–1864)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1410–1411}}<ref name="nga-allston">{{Cite web |title=Robert Francis Withers Allston |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-francis-withers-allston/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|{{dts|December 11, 1856}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1856-12-18 |title=South Carolina Legislature |page=2 |work=Yorkville Enquirer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/yorkville-enquirer-allston-inaugurated-d/127532131/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 13, 1858<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|2 years
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{sortname|Gabriel|Cannon}}
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
!scope="row"|68
|60
|] |data-sort-value="Gist, William"|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1807–1874)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1411}}<ref name="nga-gist">{{Cite web |title=William Henry Gist |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-henry-gist/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|December 13, 1858}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1858-12-15 |title=The Inauguration |page=1 |work=The Charleston Daily Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-gist-inaugu/127532256/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 17, 1860<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1790}}
|]
|] |]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|]
|{{dts|December 8, 1842}}<br/>–<br/>December 7, 1844<br>
|{{sortname|M. E.|Carn}}
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|- style="height:2em;"
|2 years
!scope="row"|69
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|data-sort-value="Pickens, Francis"|]
|Isaac D. Witherspoon
|''']'''<br>{{small|({{Abbr|d.|died in}} 1869)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1411–1412}}<ref name="nga-pickens-francis">{{Cite web |title=Francis Wilkinson Pickens |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/francis-wilkinson-pickens/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|
|{{dts|December 17, 1860}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1860-12-18 |title=South Carolina Legislature |page=1 |work=The Charleston Daily Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-pickens-ina/127532385/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 18, 1862<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|Under the 1861 constitution, governors were ineligible for the office for four years after the end of their term.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1861 S.C. Const. art. II, § 2 |url=http://www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu/Search/results.aspx?srch=1&state=%27SC%27&CID=203&art=2&sec=2&amd=&key=&Yr= |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu}}</ref>|name=limits-1861}}
|-
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|61
|]
|]
|{{sortname|W. W.|Harllee|nolink=1}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|70
|]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Bonham, Milledge"|]
|{{dts|December 7, 1844}}<br/>–<br/>December 8, 1846<br>
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1813–1890)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1412–1413}}<ref name="nga-bonham">{{Cite web |title=Milledge Luke Bonham |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/milledge-luke-bonham/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|December 18, 1862}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1862-12-20 |title=Inauguration of Governor Bonham |page=1 |work=The Charleston Mercury |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-mercury-bonham-inaugurate/127532648/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 19, 1864<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1861}}
|2 years
|rowspan="2"|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|]
|J.F. Ervin
|{{sortname|Plowden|Weston}}<br>{{small|(died)}}
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|62
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!scope="row"|71
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|data-sort-value="Magrath, Andrew"|]
|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1813–1893)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1413–1414}}<ref name="nga-magrath">{{Cite web |title=Andrew Gordon MacGrath |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/andrew-gordon-macgrath/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|]
|{{dts|December 19, 1864}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1864-12-22 |title=The Inauguration of Governor Magrath |page=1 |work=The Charleston Mercury |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-mercury-magrath-inaugurat/127532774/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>May 28, 1865<br>{{small|(arrested and removed)}}{{efn|Magrath was arrested by ] forces soon after the ] ended; he was released seven months later.{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1413–1414}}}}
|{{dts|December 8, 1846}}<br/>–<br/>December 12, 1848<br>
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|]
|2 years
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|Robert|McCaw}}
|William Cain
|- style="height:2em;"
|
!scope="row"|—
|-
|colspan="3"|''Vacant''
|63
|''{{dts|May 28, 1865}}<br />&ndash;<br />June 30, 1865''
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Office vacated<br />after ]}}
|rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!scope="row"|72
|{{dts|December 12, 1848}}<br/>–<br/>December 13, 1850<br>
|data-sort-value="Perry, Benjamin"|]
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nonpartisan politician}};"|
|2 years
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1805–1886)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1414–1415}}<ref name="nga-perry">{{Cite web |title=Benjamin Franklin Perry |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/benjamin-franklin-perry/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|June 30, 1865}}<ref>Presidential Proclamation No. 46, 30 June 1865, {{USStat|13|769}}, 770</ref><br />&ndash;<br />November 29, 1865<br />{{small|(did not run)}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1414–1415}}
|]
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Provisional governor<br>appointed by President}}
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
!scope="row"|73
|64
|data-sort-value="Orr, James"|]
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1822–1873)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1415}}<ref name="nga-orr">{{Cite web |title=James Lawrence Orr |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-lawrence-orr/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|]
|{{dts|November 29, 1865}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1865-11-30 |title=Journal of the Senate of the State of South Carolina |page=2 |work=The Daily Phoenix |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-phoenix-orr-inaugurated-novemb/127533493/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>July 9, 1868<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|]
|]{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=284}}
|{{dts|December 13, 1850}}<br/>–<br/>December 9, 1852<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|2 years
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|
|-
|65
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|December 9, 1852}}<br/>–<br/>December 11, 1854<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|2 years
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|James Irby
|
|-
|66
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|December 11, 1854}}<br/>–<br/>December 9, 1856<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|2 years
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|Richard de Treville
|
|-
|67
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|December 9, 1856}}<br/>–<br/>December 10, 1858<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|2 years
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|Gabriel Cannon
|
|-
|68
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|December 10, 1858}}<br/>–<br/>December 14, 1860<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|2 years
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|M. E. Carn
|
|-
|69
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|December 14, 1860}}<br/>–<br/>December 17, 1862<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|2 years
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|W.W. Harllee
|
|-
|rowspan=2|70
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2|{{dts|December 17, 1862}}<br/>–<br/>December 18, 1864<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
| rowspan="2" |2 years
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
<small>(Died)</small>
|rowspan=2|
|-style="height:3em"
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" colspan="2" | ''Vacant''
|-
|71
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|December 18, 1864}}<br/>–<br/>May 25, 1865 <br>
<small>(Overthrown)</small>
|6 months
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|Imprisoned by the ]<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |date=September 30, 2007 |title=National Governors Association |url=http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=185bd049cb48a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930041553/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=185bd049cb48a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD |archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
| -
|colspan=4 | ] (Military Government)
|{{dts|May 25, 1865}}<br/>–<br/>June 30, 1865
| -
| colspan="3" | ''State government dissolved''
|-
|72
|]
|style="background:{{party color|National Union Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|June 30, 1865}}<br/>–<br/>November 29, 1865<br>
<small>(Served until state government reestablished)</small>
|5 months
|colspan=2 | ''Office of Lieutenant Governor temporarily abolished''
|Not elected; appointed by President ]<ref>Presidential Proclamation No. 46, 30 June 1865, {{USStat|13|769}}, 770</ref>
|}

===Post-Civil War Governors through the present===
Governors are elected at-large
*2-year term, renewable once: 1868-1927
*4-year term, not renewable consecutively: 1927-1982
*4-year term, renewable once consecutively: 1982–present

; Parties
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Governors of the State of South Carolina (1865 to present)
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!scope="col" colspan="3"|Governor
! scope="col" |Party
!scope="col"|Term in office{{efn|Years are rounded}}
!Time in Office
!scope="col"|Election
!scope="col" colspan="2"|]
!scope="col" | Notes
|-
|73
||]
|bgcolor="#F2E0CE" |
|]
|No Party
|{{dts|November 26, 1865}}<br/>–<br/>July 6, 1868<br>
<small>(Not candidate for election)</small>
|2.5 years
|] |]
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nonpartisan politician}};"|
|bgcolor="#F2E0CE" |
|] |{{sortname|William Dennison|Porter}}
|First popularly elected governor
|- style="height:2em;" |- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=2|74 !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|74
|rowspan=2|] |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Scott, Robert"|]
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1826–1900)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1416}}<ref name="nga-scott">{{Cite web |title=Robert Kingston Scott |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-kingston-scott/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|rowspan=2 |]
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|July 9, 1868}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1868-07-10 |title=Inauguration of Gov. Scott |page=2 |work=The Daily Phoenix |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-phoenix-scott-inaugurated-july/127533652/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 3, 1872<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
| rowspan="2" |]
|rowspan="2"|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|rowspan=2 |{{dts|July 6, 1868}}<br/>–<br/>December 7, 1872<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
| rowspan="2" |4.5 years
|] |]
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
| nowrap | ] |{{sortname|Lemuel|Boozer}}
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan=2 |
|- style="height:2em"
|] |]
|] |{{sortname|Alonzo J.|Ransier}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
!scope="row"|75
|75
|] |data-sort-value="Moses, Franklin"|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1838–1906)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1417}}<ref name="nga-moses">{{Cite web |title=Franklin J. Moses |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/franklin-j-moses/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|December 3, 1872}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1872-12-04 |title=The Governor Elect |page=1 |work=The Charleston Daily Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-moses-inaug/127533799/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 1, 1874<br>{{small|(lost nomination)}}
|]
|] |]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|{{dts|December 7, 1872}}<br/>–<br/>December 1, 1874<br>
<small>(Lost renomination)</small>
|2 years
|] |]
|rowspan="3"|{{sortname|Richard Howell|Gleaves}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=2 | ]
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|76
|
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Chamberlain, Daniel"|]
|-
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1835–1907)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1418}}<ref name="nga-chamberlain">{{Cite web |title=Daniel Henry Chamberlain |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/daniel-henry-chamberlain/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|76
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|December 1, 1874}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1874-12-02 |title=Inaugural Address of the Governor |page=3 |work=The Daily Phoenix |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-phoenix-chamberlain-inaugurate/127533913/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>April 11, 1877<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|]
|rowspan="2"|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|December 1, 1874}}<br/>–<br/>December 14, 1876<br>
<small>(Lost reelection)</small>
|2 years
|] |]
|- style="height:2em;"
|Lost reelection in ], but refused to leave office
|rowspan="2"|]{{efn|The 1876 election was very close, and ], one run by Chamberlain, the other by Hampton. The dispute ] with Hampton and the Democratic Party taking control of the state.{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1418}}}}
|- bgcolor="#F2CECE"
|- style="height:2em;"
| -
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|77
|colspan = 4 | Disputed<ref name="Fritz Hammer">{{cite web |url=https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=lib_facpub|last=Rubin III|first=Hyman S.|title=Election of 1876|date=2007|publisher=University of South Carolina Publications|access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="Counting the Votes">{{cite journal |last=King|first=Ronald|s2cid=145297405|title=Counting the Votes: South Carolina's Stolen Election of 1876|journal=The Journal of Interdisciplinary History|year=2001|volume=32|issue=2|pages=169–191|location=Cambridge|publisher=MIT Press|doi=10.1162/002219501750442369|jstor=3656976}}</ref><ref name="The History Machine">{{cite web |url=https://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/313|title=South Carolina Gubernatorial Election of 1876 |date=n.d.|publisher=The University of Richmond|access-date=13 June 2020}}</ref>
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Hampton, Wade"|]
|{{dts|December 14, 1876}}<br/>–<br/>April 11, 1877
|rowspan="37" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
| -
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1818–1902)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1418–1419}}<ref name="nga-hampton">{{Cite web |title=Wade Hampton III |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/wade-hampton-iii/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
| colspan="4" |Disputed between ] and ]. <br>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|December 14, 1876}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1876-12-21 |title=Editorial Correspondence |page=2 |work=The Pickens Sentinel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pickens-sentinel-hampton-inaugurated/127534382/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref><br/>–<br/>February 26, 1879<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Hampton resigned, having been ] to the ]; some modern sources say he resigned after being wounded in a hunting accident,{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1418–1419}} but the letter of resignation makes no mention of this.<ref name="hampton-resigns">{{Cite news |date=1879-03-04 |title=Gov. Hampton's Farewell |page=1 |work=The News and Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-herald-simpson-succeeds-ham/127554700/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref>}}
Two governments were formed during this time. <br>
|rowspan="2"|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
{{main|Disputed government of South Carolina of 1876-77}}
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|-
|rowspan=2|77 |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|William Dunlap|Simpson}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=2|]
|]
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=2|]
!scope="row"|78
|rowspan=2|]
|data-sort-value="Simpson, William"|]
|rowspan=2|{{dts|April 11, 1877}}<br/>–<br/>September 26, 1879<br>
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1823–1890)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1419–1420}}<ref name="nga-simpson">{{Cite web |title=William Dunlap Simpson |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-dunlap-simpson/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
<small>(Resigned)</small>{{efn|Resigned to become ]}}
|{{dts|February 26, 1879}}<ref name="hampton-resigns" /><br/>–<br/>September 1, 1880<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Simpson resigned, having been elected Chief Justice of the ].{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1419–1420}}}}
| rowspan="2" |2.5 years
|] |]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Succeeded from<br>lieutenant<br>governor}}
|rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|rowspan=2|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=2|Declared sole governor four months after taking office
!scope="row"|79
|-style="height:4em;"
|data-sort-value="Jeter, Thomas"|]
|rowspan=3|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1827–1883)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1420}}<ref name="nga-jeter">{{Cite web |title=Thomas Bothwell Jeter |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-bothwell-jeter/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|September 1, 1880}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1880-09-08 |title=Gov. Simpson's Farewell |page=2 |work=The Newberry Weekly Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-newberry-weekly-herald-jeter-succeed/127580111/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>November 30, 1880<br>{{small|(successor took office)}}
|78
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Succeeded from<br>president<br>pro tempore<br>of the Senate}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!scope="row"|80
|]
|data-sort-value="Hagood, Johnson"|]
|{{dts|February 26, 1879}}<br/>–<br/>September 1, 1880<br>
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1829–1898)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1421}}<ref name="nga-hagood">{{Cite web |title=Johnson Hagood |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/johnson-hagood/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
<small>(Resigned)</small>{{efn|Resigned to become Chief Justice of the ]}}
|{{dts|November 30, 1880}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1880-12-02 |title=Inauguration Day |page=2 |work=The News and Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-herald-hagood-inaugurated-n/127580170/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 5, 1882<br>{{small|(did not run)}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1421}}
|1.5 years
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan=2 |''Vacant''
|Not elected
|-
|79
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|September 1, 1880}}<br/>–<br/>November 30, 1880<br>
<small>(Not a candidate for election)</small>
|3 months
|Not elected
|-
|80
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|November 30, 1880}}<br/>–<br/>December 1, 1882<br>
<small>(Not a candidate for reelection)</small>
|2 years
|] |]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|] |{{sortname|John Doby|Kennedy}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|81
|-
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Thompson, Hugh"|]
|rowspan=2|81
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1836–1904)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1421–1422}}<ref name="nga-thompson">{{Cite web |title=Hugh Smith Thompson |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/hugh-smith-thompson/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|December 5, 1882}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1882-12-15 |title=The Inauguration |page=1 |work=Union Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/union-times-thompson-inaugurated-decembe/127580266/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>July 10, 1886<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Thompson resigned, having been confirmed as ].{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1421–1422}}}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2|{{dts|December 1, 1882}}<br/>–<br/>July 10, 1886<br>
<small>(Resigned)</small>{{efn|Resigned to become Assistant ] under the ] administration.}}
| rowspan="2" |3.5 years
|] |]
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|John Calhoun|Sheppard}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2|
|-style="height:4em;"
|] |]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
!scope="row"|82
|82
|] |data-sort-value="Sheppard, John"|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1850–1931)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1422}}<ref name="nga-sheppard">{{Cite web |title=John Calhoun Sheppard |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-calhoun-sheppard/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|July 10, 1886}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1886-07-13 |title=The Two Governors |page=2 |work=The Watchman and Southron |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-watchman-and-southron-sheppard-succe/127580419/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>November 30, 1886<br>{{small|(lost nomination)}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1422}}
|]
|] |]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Succeeded from<br>lieutenant<br>governor}}
|{{dts|July 10, 1886}}<br/>–<br/>November 30, 1886<br>
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
<small>(Not a candidate for election)</small>
|- style="height:2em;"
|5 months
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|83
|style="background:#EEEEEE"|<small>Succeeded from<br>Lieutenant<br>Governor</small>
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Richardson, John 3"|]
|style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1831–1899)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1423}}<ref name="nga-richardson-john-3">{{Cite web |title=John Peter Richardson |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-peter-richardson/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|''Vacant''
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|November 30, 1886}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1886-12-08 |title=His Inaugural Address |page=1 |work=Yorkville Enquirer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/yorkville-enquirer-richardson-inaugurate/127580531/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 4, 1890<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|Not elected
|rowspan="2"|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|-
|rowspan=2|83
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2|{{dts|November 30, 1886}}<br/>–<br/>December 4, 1890<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
| rowspan="2" |4 years
|] |]
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |rowspan="15" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan=2|William Mauldin |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|William L.|Mauldin}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=2|
|-
|] |]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|rowspan=2|84 !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|84
|rowspan=2|] |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Tillman, Benjamin"|]
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1847–1918)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1423–1424}}<ref name="nga-tillman">{{Cite web |title=Benjamin Ryan Tillman |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/benjamin-ryan-tillman/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|December 4, 1890}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1890-12-11 |title=A Political Drama |page=1 |work=The Newberry Herald and News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-newberry-herald-and-news-tillman-ina/127580703/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>December 4, 1894<br>{{small|(did not run)}}{{efn|Tillman was instead ] to the ].{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1423–1424}}}}
|rowspan=2|]
| rowspan="2" |] |rowspan="2"|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|rowspan=2|{{dts|December 4, 1890}}<br/>–<br/>December 4, 1894<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
| rowspan="2" |4 years
|] |]
|{{sortname|Eugene|Gary}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
| nowrap | Eugene Gary
| rowspan=2 |
|- style="height:5em"
|] |]
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Washington Hodges|Timmerman|nolink=1}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=2|Washington Hodges Timmerman
!scope="row"|85
|-
|data-sort-value="Evans, John"|]
|85
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1863–1942)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1424–1425}}<ref name="nga-evans">{{Cite web |title=John Gary Evans |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-gary-evans/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|]
|{{dts|December 4, 1894}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1894-12-07 |title=Evans Is Governor |page=1 |work=The Gaffney Ledger |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gaffney-ledger-evans-inaugurated-dec/127580765/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 18, 1897<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|]
|]
|{{dts|December 4, 1894}}<br/>–<br/>January 18, 1897<br>
<small>(Not a candidate for reelection)</small>
|2 years
|] |]
|
|- style="height:2em;" |- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=2| 86 !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|86
|rowspan=2|] |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Ellerbe, William"|]
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1862–1899)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1425}}<ref name="nga-ellerbe">{{Cite web |title=William Haselden Ellerbe |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-haselden-ellerbe/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 18, 1897}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1897-01-20 |title=Governor Ellerbe |page=1 |work=The Times and Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-and-democrat-ellerbe-inaugurat/127580843/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>June 2, 1899<br>{{small|(died in office)}}
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2|] |rowspan="2"|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|rowspan=2|{{dts|January 18, 1897}}<br/>–<br/>June 2, 1899<br>
<small>(Died)</small>
| rowspan="2" |2.5 years
|] |]
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Miles Benjamin|McSweeney}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2|
|-style="height:2em"
|] |]
|- style="height:2em;" |- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=2|87 !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|87
|rowspan=2|] |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="McSweeney, Miles"|]
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1855–1909)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1426}}<ref name="nga-mcsweeney">{{Cite web |title=Miles Benjamin McSweeney |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/miles-benjamin-mcsweeney/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|June 2, 1899}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1899-06-07 |title=Gov. Ellerbe Dead |page=1 |work=The Intelligencer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-intelligencer-elerby-dead-mcs-gov/30196530/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 21, 1903<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2|] |rowspan="2"|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Succeeded from<br>lieutenant<br>governor}}
|rowspan=2|{{dts|June 2, 1899}}<br/>–<br/>January 20, 1903<br>
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Robert B.|Scarborough}}
<small>(Not a candidate for reelection)</small>
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="2" |3.5 years
|style="background:#EEEEEE"|<small>Succeeded from<br>Lieutenant<br>Governor</small>
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2|
|-style="height:2em"
|] |]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|88
|-style="height:2em"
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Heyward, Duncan"|]
| rowspan =2 | 88
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1864–1943)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1426–1427}}<ref name="nga-heyward">{{Cite web |title=Duncan Clinch Heyward |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/duncan-clinch-heyward/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
| rowspan=2 | ]
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 21, 1903}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1903-01-28 |title=Our New Governor |page=4 |work=The Intelligencer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-intelligencer-heyward-inaugurated-ja/127581225/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 15, 1907<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
| rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
| rowspan=2 |]
| rowspan="2" |]
| rowspan=2 | {{dts|January 20, 1903}}<br/>–<br/>January 15, 1907<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
| rowspan="2" |4 years
|] |]
|{{sortname|James H.|Tillman}}
| rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
| nowrap | ]
| rowspan=2 |
|- style="height:2em" |- style="height:2em"
|] |]
|John Sloan |{{sortname|John|Sloan}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
| rowspan=2 |89 !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|89
| rowspan=2 |] |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Ansel, Martin"|]
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1850–1945)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1427–1428}}<ref name="nga-ansel">{{Cite web |title=Martin Frederick Ansel |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/martin-frederick-ansel/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
| rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 15, 1907}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1907-01-17 |title=Martin F. Ansel Is Now Chief Executive |page=8 |work=The County Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-county-record-ansel-inaugurated-janu/127581307/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 17, 1911<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
| rowspan=2 |]
| rowspan=2 |] |rowspan="2"|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|]
| rowspan=2 |{{dts|January 15, 1907}}<br/>–<br/>January 17, 1911<br>
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Thomas Gordon|McLeod}}
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="2" |4 years
| ]
| rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
| rowspan=2 |]
|rowspan=2 |
|-
|] |]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|rowspan=2|90 !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|90
|rowspan=2|] |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Blease, Coleman"|]
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1868–1942)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1428}}<ref name="nga-blease">{{Cite web |title=Coleman Livingston Blease |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/coleman-livingston-blease/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 17, 1911}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1911-01-19 |title=Takes Reins |page=1 |work=The Times and Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-and-democrat-blease-inaugurate/127581400/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 14, 1915<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Blease resigned, citing no reason.<ref name="blease-resigns">{{Cite news |date=1915-01-14 |title=Gov. Blease Resigns and Lieut. Gov. Chas. Smith Succeeds Him |page=1 |work=The Columbia Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbia-record-smith-succeeds-bleas/127581576/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref>}}
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2|] |rowspan="2"|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|rowspan=2|{{dts|January 17, 1911}}<br/>–<br/>January 14, 1915<br>
<small>(Resigned)</small>{{efn|Resigned to avoid attending the gubernatorial inauguration of ]}}
| rowspan="2" |4 years
|] |]
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Charles Aurelius|Smith}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2|
|-style="height:5em;"
|] |]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
!scope="row"|91
|91
|] |data-sort-value="Smith, Charles"|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1861–1916)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1429}}<ref name="nga-smith">{{Cite web |title=Charles A. Smith |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/charles-a-smith/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|January 14, 1915}}<ref name="blease-resigns" /><br/>–<br/>January 19, 1915<br>{{small|(successor took office)}}
|]
|] |]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Succeeded from<br>lieutenant<br>governor}}
|{{dts|January 14, 1915}}<br/>–<br/>January 19, 1915<br>
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
<small>(Not a candidate for election)</small>
|- style="height:2em;"
|5 days
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|92
|style="background:#EEEEEE"|<small>Succeeded from<br>Lieutenant<br>Governor</small>
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Manning, Richard 3"|]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1859–1931)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1429–1430}}<ref name="nga-manning-richard-3">{{Cite web |title=Richard Irvine Manning III |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/richard-irvine-manning-iii/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|''Vacant''
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 19, 1915}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1915-01-19 |title=Manning Took Oath As the Governor of South Carolina at Noon Today |page=1 |work=The Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-manning-inaugurated-january-1/127581738/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 21, 1919<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|Shortest term<br>
|rowspan="2"|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
Not elected
|-
|rowspan=2|92
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2|{{dts|January 19, 1915}}<br/>–<br/>January 21, 1919<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
| rowspan="2" |4 years
|] |]
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan=2|] |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Andrew|Bethea}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=2|
|-
|] |]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|93
|-style="height:2em"
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Cooper, Robert"|]
|rowspan=2|93
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1874–1953)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1430–1431}}<ref name="nga-cooper">{{Cite web |title=Robert Archer Cooper |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-archer-cooper/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 21, 1919}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1919-01-22 |title=Robert A. Cooper Became Governor at 1:05 Yesterday |page=1 |work=The Greenville News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenville-news-cooper-inaugurated-j/127581795/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>May 20, 1922<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Cooper resigned, having been appointed to the ].{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1430–1431}}}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|rowspan=2|]
| rowspan="2" |]
|rowspan=2|{{dts|January 21, 1919}}<br/>–<br/>May 20, 1922<br>
<small>(Resigned)</small>{{efn|Resigned to accept position on the ]}}
| rowspan="2" |3.25 years
|] |]
|{{sortname|J. T.|Lyles|nolink=1}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
| J.T. Lyles
| rowspan=2 |
|- style="height:2em" |- style="height:2em"
|] |]
|] |{{sortname|Wilson Godfrey|Harvey}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
!scope="row"|94
|94
|] |data-sort-value="Harvey, Wilson"|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1866–1932)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1431}}<ref name="nga-harvey">{{Cite web |title=Wilson Godfrey Harvey |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/wilson-godfrey-harvey/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|May 20, 1922}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1922-05-20 |title=New Governor Is Inaugurated at Noon Today |page=1 |work=The Columbia Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbia-record-harvey-succeeds-coop/127581888/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 16, 1923<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|]
|] |]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Succeeded from<br>lieutenant<br>governor}}
|{{dts|May 20, 1922}}<br/>–<br/>January 16, 1923<br>
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
<small>(Not a candidate for election)</small>
|- style="height:2em;"
|1.75 years
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|95
|style="background:#EEEEEE"|<small>Succeeded from<br>Lieutenant<br>Governor</small>
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="McLeod, Thomas"|]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1868–1932)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1432}}<ref name="nga-mcleod">{{Cite web |title=Thomas Gordon McLeod |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-gordon-mcleod/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|''Vacant''
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 16, 1923}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1923-01-17 |title=McLeod Takes Oath As Chief Executive |page=1 |work=The State |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-mcleod-inaugurated-january-16/127581950/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 18, 1927<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|Not elected
|rowspan="2"|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|-
|rowspan=2|95
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2|{{dts|January 16, 1923}}<br/>–<br/>January 18, 1927<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
| rowspan="2" |4 years
|] |]
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan=2|E.B. Jackson |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|E. B.|Jackson|nolink=1}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=2|
|-
|] |]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|rowspan=2|96 !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|96
|rowspan=2|] |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Richards, John"|]
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1864–1941)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1432–1433}}<ref name="nga-richards">{{Cite web |title=John Gardiner Richards |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-gardiner-richards/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 18, 1927}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1927-01-19 |title=John G. Richards Takes Office As Governor of S.C. |page=1 |work=The Press and Standard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-press-and-standard-richards-inaugura/127581986/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 20, 1931<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|Under the 1926 constitution, governors were ineligible to succeed themselves.{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=528}}|name=limits-1926}}
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2|] |rowspan="2"|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|rowspan="2"|]
|rowspan=2|{{dts|January 18, 1927}}<br/>–<br/>January 20, 1931<br>
|{{sortname|Thomas Bothwell|Butler}}<br>{{small|(died)}}
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=2|4 years
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|rowspan=2|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
!scope="row"|97
|]<br>
|data-sort-value="Blackwood, Ibra"|]
<small>(Died)</small>
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1878–1936)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1433–1434}}<ref name="nga-blackwood">{{Cite web |title=Ibra Charles Blackwood |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/ibra-charles-blackwood/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|First elected to four-year term{{efn|Beginning with the election of 1926, governors were elected to a four year term. Governors were unable to serve more than one consecutive term until the election of 1978.}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1931}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1931-01-21 |title=Inauguration of Governor Marked Yesterday at Capitol |page=1 |work=The Press and Standard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-press-and-standard-blackwood-inaugur/127582049/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 15, 1935<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1926}}
|-style="height:3em"
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" colspan="2" | ''Vacant''
|-
|97
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 20, 1931}}<br/>–<br/>January 15, 1935<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|4 years
|] |]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|James Sheppard |{{sortname|James|Sheppard|James O. Sheppard}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|
!scope="row"|98
|-
|data-sort-value="Johnston, Olin"|]
|98
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1896–1965)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1434}}<ref name="nga-johnston">{{Cite web |title=Olin De Witt Talmadge Johnston |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/olin-de-witt-talmadge-johnston/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|]
|{{dts|January 15, 1935}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1935-01-15 |title=Olin D. Johnston Is Inaugurated As New Governor |page=1 |work=The Item |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-item-johnson-inaugurated-january-15/127582194/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 17, 1939<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1926}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 15, 1935}}<br/>–<br/>January 17, 1939<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|4 years
|] |]
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Joseph Emile|Harley}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=2 | ]
!scope="row"|99
|''1st time''
|data-sort-value="Maybank, Burnet"|]
|-
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1899–1954)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1435}}<ref name="nga-maybank">{{Cite web |title=Burnet Rhett Maybank |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/burnet-rhett-maybank/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|99
|{{dts|January 17, 1939}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1939-01-18 |title=Governor Maybank for Progressive Regime |page=1 |work=The Greenville News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenville-news-maybank-inaugurated/127582256/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>November 4, 1941<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Maybank resigned, having been ] to the ].{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1435}}}}
|]
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!scope="row"|100
|{{dts|January 17, 1939}}<br/>–<br/>November 4, 1941<br>
|data-sort-value="Harley, Joseph"|]
<small>(Resigned)</small>{{efn|Resigned to become ]}}
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1880–1942)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1435–1436}}<ref name="nga-harley">{{Cite web |title=Joseph Emile Harley |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/joseph-emile-harley/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|2.5 years
|{{dts|November 4, 1941}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1941-11-04 |title=Barnwell Attorney Is Sworn In Succeeding Senator-Elect |page=1 |work=The Herald |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-harley-succeeds-maybank/127582478/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>February 27, 1942<br>{{small|(died in office)}}
|rowspan=4|]
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Succeeded from<br>lieutenant<br>governor}}
|
|rowspan="3" colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|-
|- style="height:2em;"
|100
!scope="row"|—
|]
|colspan="3"|''Vacant''
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|''{{dts|February 27, 1942}}<br />&ndash;<br />March 2, 1942''
|]
|—
|]
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Office vacant<br />after death}}{{efn|name=harley-jefferies}}
|{{dts|November 4, 1941}}<br/>–<br/>February 27, 1942<br>
|- style="height:2em;"
<small>(Died)</small>
!scope="row"|101
|4 months
|data-sort-value="Jefferies, Richard"|]
|rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="11" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan=3|''Vacant''
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1889–1964)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1436–1437}}<ref name="nga-jefferies">{{Cite web |title=Richard Manning Jeffries |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/richard-manning-jeffries/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|Not elected
|{{dts|March 2, 1942}}{{efn|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,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1942-03-03 |title=Jefferies Takes Oath As Governor of SC |page=1 |work=The State |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-jefferies-inaugurated-march-2/127582868/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref> unsure if he wanted to leave his Senate duties.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1942-03-02 |title=S.C. Is Without Leader For Third Day As Jefferies Ponders Move |page=1 |work=The Index-Journal |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-index-journal-s-c-is-without-leade/127582787/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref>|name=harley-jefferies}}<br/>–<br/>January 19, 1943<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|-
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|-
|style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Succeeded from<br>president<br>pro tempore<br>of the Senate}}
|colspan=5| ''Vacant''
|- style="height:2em;"
|{{dts|February 27, 1942}}<br/>–<br/>March 2, 1942
!scope="row"|''98''
| -
|data-sort-value="Johnston, Olin"|]
|
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1896–1965)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1434}}<ref name="nga-johnston" />
|-
|{{dts|January 19, 1943}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1943-01-20 |title=Johnston Envisions Dry South Carolina in Inaugural Talk |page=1 |work=The Greenville News |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenville-news-johnston-inaugurated/127585071/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 2, 1945<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Johnston resigned, having been ] to the ].{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1434}}}}
|101
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|March 2, 1942}}<br/>–<br/>January 19, 1943<br>
<small>(Not a candidate for election)</small>
|8 months
|Not elected
|-
|98
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 19, 1943}}<br/>–<br/>January 2, 1945<br>
<small>(Resigned)</small>{{efn|Resigned to become ]}}<ref name="uoqvzm">{{cite web |date=17 October 2011 |title=Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston |url=http://library.sc.edu/scpc/Johnston.pdf |access-date=2015-02-26}}</ref>
|2 years
(6 years total)
|] |]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|] |{{sortname|Ransome Judson|Williams}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|''2nd time''<br>
!scope="row"|102
|-
|data-sort-value="Williams, Ransome"|]
|102
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1892–1970)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1437}}<ref name="nga-williams-ransome">{{Cite web |title=Ransome Judson Williams |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/ransome-judson-williams/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|]
|{{dts|January 2, 1945}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wood |first=Reginald L. |date=1945-01-03 |title=Williams Takes Oath As Governor of This State |page=2 |work=The Greenville News |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenville-news-williams-succeeds-jo/127585258/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 21, 1947<br>{{small|(lost nomination)}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|]
|style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Succeeded from<br>lieutenant<br>governor}}
|]
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|{{dts|January 2, 1945}}<br/>–<br/>January 21, 1947<br>
|- style="height:2em;"
<small>(Not a candidate for election)</small>
!scope="row"|103
|2 years
|data-sort-value="Thurmond, Strom"|]
|style="background:#EEEEEE"|<small>Succeeded from<br>Lieutenant<br>Governor</small>
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1902–2003)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1437–1438}}<ref name="nga-thurmond">{{Cite web |title=James Strom Thurmond |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-strom-thurmond/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|January 21, 1947}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Freeman |first=Wayne |date=1947-01-22 |title=Thurmond Inaugural Is Brilliant |page=1 |work=The Greenville News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenville-news-thurmond-inaugurated/127585323/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 16, 1951<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1926}}
|''Vacant''
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|Not elected
|-
|103
|]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 21, 1947}}<br/>–<br/>January 16, 1951<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|4 years
|] |]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan=2|] |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|George Bell|Timmerman Jr.}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|
!scope="row"|104
|-
|data-sort-value="Byrnes, James"|]
|104
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1882–1972)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1438–1439}}<ref name="nga-byrnes">{{Cite web |title=James Francis Byrnes |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-francis-byrnes/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|]
|{{dts|January 16, 1951}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lavisky |first=Saul |date=1951-01-17 |title=Crowd and Good Weather Brightened 'Byrnes Day' |page=4 |work=The Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-byrnes-inaugurated-january-16/127585396/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 18, 1955<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1926}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 16, 1951}}<br/>–<br/>January 18, 1955<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|4 years
|] |]
|- style="height:2em;"
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
!scope="row"|105
|
|data-sort-value="Timmerman, George"|]
|-
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1912–1994)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1439–1440}}<ref name="nga-timmerman">{{Cite web |title=George Bell Timmerman |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/george-bell-timmerman/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|105
|{{dts|January 18, 1955}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Duncan |first=Alderman |date=1955-01-19 |title=New Governor Out to Retain 'Way of Life' |page=1 |work=The Greenville News |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenville-news-timmerman-george-be/25796186/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 20, 1959<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1926}}
|]
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 18, 1955}}<br/>–<br/>January 15, 1959<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|4 years
|] |]
|{{sortname|Fritz|Hollings}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!scope="row"|106
|
|data-sort-value="Hollings, Fritz"|]
|-
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1922–2019)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1440–1441}}<ref name="nga-hollings">{{Cite web |title=Ernest Frederick Hollings |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/ernest-frederick-hollings/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|106
|{{dts|January 20, 1959}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1959-01-21 |title=Hollings Is Inaugurated As State's Eightieth Governor |page=1 |work=The Times and Democrat |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-and-democrat-hollings-inaugura/127585474/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 15, 1963<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1926}}
|]
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 20, 1959}}<br/>–<br/>January 15, 1963<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|4 years
|] |]
|{{sortname|Burnet R.|Maybank Jr.}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!scope="row"|107
|
|data-sort-value="Russell, Donald"|]
|-
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1906–1998)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1441}}<ref name="nga-russell">{{Cite web |title=Donald Stuart Russell |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/donald-stuart-russell/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|107
|{{dts|January 15, 1963}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wickenberg |first=Charles H. |date=1963-01-16 |title=Russell Takes Office; Urges Better Schools |page=1 |work=The State |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-russell-inaugurated-january-15/127585549/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>April 22, 1965<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Russell resigned so that his successor would appoint him to the ].{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1441}}}}
|]
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 15, 1963}}<br/>–<br/>April 22, 1965<br>
<small>(Resigned)</small>{{efn|Resigned to become ]}}<ref name="Bioguide">{{cite web |date= |title=Russell, Donald Stuart (1906–1998) |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000525 |access-date=26 December 2017 |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}}</ref>
|2.5 years
|] |]
|{{sortname|Robert Evander|McNair}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|108
|
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="McNair, Robert"|]
|-
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1923–2007)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1441–1442}}<ref name="nga-mcnair">{{Cite web |title=Robert Evander McNair |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-evander-mcnair/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|-style="height:2em"
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|April 22, 1965}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1965-04-23 |title=Gov. McNair Inaugurated; Appoints Russell to Senate |page=1 |work=The Greenville News |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenville-news-mcnair-succeeds-russ/127585682/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 19, 1971<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1926}}
|rowspan=2|108
|rowspan=2|] |rowspan="2"|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Succeeded from<br>lieutenant<br>governor}}
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|rowspan=2|]
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="2" |]
|rowspan=2|{{dts|April 22, 1965}}<br/>–<br/>January 19, 1971<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
| rowspan="2" |5.5 years
|style="background:#EEEEEE"|<small>Succeeded from<br>Lieutenant<br>Governor</small>
|nowrap style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|&nbsp;
|
|rowspan=2|''Vacant''
|-style="height:2em"
|] |]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |rowspan="7" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|] |{{sortname|John C.|West}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|109 !scope="row"|109
|] |data-sort-value="West, John"|]
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1922–2004)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1442–1443}}<ref name="nga-west">{{Cite web |title=John Carl West |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-carl-west/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|January 19, 1971}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Milkie |first=Joyce W. |date=1971-01-20 |title=Pomp, Ceremony and Just Plain Cold |page=1 |work=The Times and Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-and-democrat-west-inaugurated/127585771/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 15, 1975<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|Under a 1981 amendment to the constitution, governors are ineligible to be elected for more than two successive terms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=S.C. Const. art. II, § 2 |url=http://www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu/Search/results.aspx?srch=1&state=%27SC%27&CID=206&art=4&sec=3&amd=&key=&Yr= |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu}}</ref>|name=limits-1981}}
|]
|] |]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|{{dts|January 19, 1971}}<br/>–<br/>January 21, 1975<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|4 years
|] |]
|{{sortname|Earle|Morris Jr.}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!scope="row"|110
|
|data-sort-value="Edwards, James"|]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|110
|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1927–2014)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1443–1444}}<ref name="nga-edwards">{{Cite web |title=James Burrows Edwards |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-burrows-edwards/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|]
|{{dts|January 15, 1975}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1975-01-15 |title=Sworn In As S.C.'s 86th Chief Executive |page=1 |work=The Columbia Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbia-record-edwards-inaugurated/127585848/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 10, 1979<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1981}}
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=533–536}}
|]
|]
|{{dts|January 21, 1975}}<br/>–<br/>January 10, 1979<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
|4 years
|] |]
|{{sortname|W. Brantley|Harvey Jr.}}{{efn|Represented the ]|name=lt-dem}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|111
|
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Riley, Richard"|]
|-
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|-style="height:2em"
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1933)}}<br><ref name="nga-riley">{{Cite web |title=Richard Wilson Riley |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/richard-wilson-riley/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|111
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 10, 1979}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Surratt |first=W. Clark |date=1979-01-11 |title=Gov. Riley Outlines Plans on S.C. Future |page=1A |work=The State |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-riley-inaugurated-january-10/127585900/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 14, 1987<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1981}}
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |rowspan="2"|]<ref name="nga-riley" />
|rowspan=2|]
| rowspan="2" |]
|rowspan=2|{{dts|January 10, 1979}}<br/>–<br/>January 14, 1987<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
| rowspan="2" |8 years
|] |]
|{{sortname|Nancy|Stevenson}}
|nowrap style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
| ]
|rowspan=2 | First elected to two consecutive 4-year terms
|-style="height:2em"
|] |]
|{{sortname|Michael R.|Daniel}}
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|]
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|112
|-
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Campbell, Carroll"|]
|rowspan=2|112
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{Small|(1940–2005)}}<br><ref name="nga-campbell">{{Cite web |title=Carroll A. Campbell |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/carroll-a-campbell/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 14, 1987}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Adams |first=Jerry |date=1987-01-15 |title=Campbell: S.C. Should Be 'State of Opportunity' |page=1A |work=The State |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-campbell-inaugurated-january-1/127585928/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 11, 1995<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1981}}
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2|] |rowspan="2"|]<ref name="nga-campbell" />
|rowspan=2|{{dts|January 14, 1987}}<br/>–<br/>January 11, 1995<br>
<small>(Term limited)</small>
| rowspan="2" |8 years
|] |]
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Nick|Theodore}}{{efn|name=lt-dem}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=2| ]
|rowspan=2|
|-
|] |]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|113 !scope="row"|113
|] |data-sort-value="Beasley, David"|]
|''']'''<br>{{small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1957)}}<br><ref name="nga-beasley">{{Cite web |title=David M. Beasley |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/david-m-beasley/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|January 11, 1995}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bandy |first=Lee |date=1995-01-12 |title=GOP's Beasley Takes Oath As 113th Governor |page=1 |work=The State |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-beasley-inaugurated-january-11/127585956/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 13, 1999<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|]
|] |]<ref name="nga-beasley" />
|{{dts|January 11, 1995}}<br/>–<br/>January 13, 1999<br>
<small>(Lost reelection)<ref name="Key Races of 1998">{{cite news |title=S. Carolina Incumbent in Unexpected Tussle |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces98/stories/sc093098.htm |url-status=live |access-date=May 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816092638/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces98/stories/sc093098.htm |archive-date=August 16, 2000}}</ref></small>
|4 years
|] |]
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Bob|Peeler}}{{efn|Represented the ]|name=lt-rep}}
|rowspan=2 | ]
|- style="height:2em;"
|
!scope="row"|114
|-
|data-sort-value="Hodges, Jim"|]
|114
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|]
|''']'''<br>{{small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1956)}}<br><ref name="nga-hodges">{{Cite web |title=Jim Hodges |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/jim-hodges/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|January 13, 1999}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1999-01-14 |title=Hodges Takes Oath |page=1 |work=The State |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-hodges-inaugurated-january-13/127585976/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 15, 2003<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|]
|] |]<ref name="nga-hodges" />
|{{dts|January 13, 1999}}<br/>–<br/>January 15, 2003<br>
<small>(Lost reelection)<ref name="Sanford defeats Hodges">{{cite web |author=Sheinin, Aaron |date=November 5, 2002 |title=Sanford defeats Hodges to become next S.C. governor |url=http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/4397180.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021116002713/http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/4397180.htm |archive-date=November 16, 2002 |work=The State}}</ref></small>
|4 years
|] |]
|- style="height:2em;"
|
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|115
|-
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Sanford, Mark"|]
|rowspan=2|115
|rowspan="9" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan="2"|''']'''<br>{{small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1960)}}<br><ref name="nga-sanford">{{Cite web |title=Mark Sanford |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/mark-sanford/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 15, 2003}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sheinin |first=Aaron |last2=Harris |first2=Kenneth A. |date=2003-01-16 |title='Forward... With Each Other' |page=1 |work=The State |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-sanford-inaugurated-january-15/127586003/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 12, 2011<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1981}}
|rowspan=2|]
|rowspan=2|] |rowspan="2"|]<ref name="nga-sanford" />
|rowspan=2|{{dts|January 15, 2003}}<br/>–<br/>January 12, 2011<br>
<small>(Term Limited)</small>
| rowspan="2" |8 years
|] |]
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|André|Bauer}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=2| ]
|rowspan=2|
|-
|] |]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|rowspan=4|116 !rowspan="4" scope="rowgroup"|116
|rowspan=4|] |rowspan="4" data-sort-value="Haley, Nikki"|]
|rowspan="4"|''']'''<br>{{small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1972)}}<br><ref name="nga-haley">{{Cite web |title=Nikki R. Haley |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/nikki-r-haley/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|rowspan=4 style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="4"|{{dts|January 12, 2011}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davenport |first=Jim |date=2011-01-13 |title=Haley Sworn In |page=1 |work=The Island Packet |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-island-packet-haley-inaugurated-janu/127586059/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>January 24, 2017<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Haley resigned, having been confirmed as ].<ref name="mcmaster-haley" />}}
|rowspan=4 |]
| rowspan="4" |] |rowspan="4"|]<ref name="nga-haley" />
|rowspan="3"|]
|rowspan=4|{{dts|January 12, 2011}}<br/>–<br/>January 24, 2017<br>
|{{sortname|Ken|Ard|dab=politician}}
<small>(Resigned)</small>{{efn|Resigned to become ]}}<ref>{{cite web |date=January 24, 2017 |title=South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley wins easy confirmation as UN ambassador |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/south-carolina-gov-nikki-haley-confirmed-un-ambassador-n711701 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414205930/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/south-carolina-gov-nikki-haley-confirmed-un-ambassador-n711701 |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |access-date=2021-04-14 |publisher=NBC News}}</ref>
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="4" |6 years
|{{sortname|Glenn F.|McConnell}}
|rowspan=3|]
|- style="height:2em;"
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|]
|{{sortname|Yancey|McGill}}{{efn|name=lt-dem}}
|rowspan=4 |First female governor<br>
|- style="height:2em;"
First minority governor
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|-
|] |]
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp; |rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|] |{{sortname|Henry|McMaster}}
|- style="height:3em;" |- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=3 | 117 !rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|117
|rowspan=3| ] |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="McMaster, Henry"|]
|rowspan="3"|''']'''<br>{{small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1947)}}<br><ref name="nga-mcmaster">{{Cite web |title=Henry McMaster |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/henry-mcmaster/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=]}}</ref>
|rowspan=3 style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 24, 2017}}<ref name="mcmaster-haley">{{Cite news |last=Self |first=Jamie |date=2017-01-25 |title=Haley Gets UN Post; McMaster Is Governor |page=A1 |work=The State |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-mcmaster-succeeds-haley-januar/127586101/ |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br/>–<br/>Incumbent{{efn|McMaster's second full term began January 11, 2023, and ] January 13, 2027; he will be term-limited.}}
|rowspan=3|]
| rowspan="3" |] |rowspan="3"|]<ref name="nga-mcmaster" />
|style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Succeeded from<br>lieutenant<br>governor}}
|rowspan=3| {{dts|January 24, 2017}}<br/>–<br/>Incumbent{{efn|McMaster's second full term began on January 11, 2023 and will expire January 13, 2027; he will be term-limited}}
|{{sortname|Kevin L.|Bryant}}
|bgcolor="#F2F2CE" rowspan="3" | {{age in years and days|2017|01|24}}{{efn|As of {{FULLDATE}}}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|style="background:#EEEEEE"|<small>Succeeded from<br>Lieutenant<br>Governor</small>
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|]
|rowspan=3 | <!--To become longest-serving on January 24, 2025-->
|-
|] |]
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Pamela|Evette}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan=2 |]
|-
||] ||]
|} |}

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==See also== ==See also==
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==References== ==References==
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* {{Cite web |title=Former South Carolina Governors |url=https://www.nga.org/former-governors/south-carolina/ |access-date=June 17, 2023 |publisher=National Governors Association}}
* {{Cite book |last=Sobel |first=Robert |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldire0004unse/ |title=Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. IV |publisher=Meckler Books |year=1978 |isbn=9780930466008 |access-date=June 13, 2023}}
* {{Cite book |last=Dubin |first=Michael J. |url=http://archive.org/details/unitedstatesgube0000dubi |title=United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County |date=2003 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-1439-0}}
* {{Cite book |last=Dubin |first=Michael J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYJAIOabIPgC |title=United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County |date=2014 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-5646-8 |language=en}}
* {{Cite book |last=Kallenbach |first=Joseph Ernest |url=http://archive.org/details/americanstategov0000kall |title=American State Governors, 1776-1976 |date=1977 |publisher=Oceana Publications |isbn=978-0-379-00665-0 |access-date=September 23, 2023}}
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Henry McMaster
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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.

Governors

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. 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, and was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861. 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.

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.

Governors of the State of South Carolina
No. Governor Term in office Party Election Lt. Governor
31   John Rutledge
(1739–1800)
 March 26, 1776
–
March 6, 1778
(resigned) 		None 1776   Henry Laurens
32 Rawlins Lowndes
(1721–1800)
 March 6, 1778
–
January 9, 1779
(did not run) 		None 1778 James Parsons
31 John Rutledge
(1739–1800)
 January 9, 1779
–
January 31, 1782
(term-limited) 		None 1779 Thomas Bee
Christopher Gadsden
33 John Mathews
(1744–1802)
 January 31, 1782
–
February 5, 1783
(did not run) 		None 1782 Richard Hutson
34 Benjamin Guerard
(1740–1788)
 February 5, 1783
–
February 10, 1785
(term-limited) 		None 1783 Richard Beresford
Vacant
William Moultrie
35 William Moultrie
(1730–1805)
 February 10, 1785
–
February 21, 1787
(term-limited) 		None 1785 Charles Drayton
36 Thomas Pinckney
(1750–1828)
 February 21, 1787
–
January 26, 1789
(term-limited) 		None 1787 Thomas Gadsden
37 Charles Pinckney
(1757–1824)
 January 26, 1789
–
December 5, 1792
(term-limited) 		None 1789 Alexander Gillon
1791
35 William Moultrie
(1730–1805)
 December 5, 1792
–
December 17, 1794
(term-limited) 		Federalist 1792 James Ladson
38 Arnoldus Vanderhorst
(1748–1815)
 December 17, 1794
–
December 8, 1796
(term-limited) 		Federalist 1794 Lewis Morris
37 Charles Pinckney
(1757–1824)
 December 8, 1796
–
December 19, 1798
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1796 Robert Anderson
39 Edward Rutledge
(1749–1800)
 December 19, 1798
–
January 23, 1800
(died in office) 		Federalist 1798 John Drayton
40 John Drayton
(1766–1822)
 January 23, 1800
–
December 8, 1802
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
1800 Richard Winn
41 James Burchill Richardson
(1770–1836)
 December 8, 1802
–
December 7, 1804
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1802 Ezekiel Pickens
42 Paul Hamilton
(1762–1816)
 December 7, 1804
–
December 9, 1806
(resigned) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1804 Thomas Sumter Jr.
37 Charles Pinckney
(1757–1824)
 December 9, 1806
–
December 10, 1808
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1806 John Hopkins
40 John Drayton
(1766–1822)
 December 10, 1808
–
December 10, 1810
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1808 Frederick Nance
43 Henry Middleton
(1770–1846)
 December 10, 1810
–
December 10, 1812
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1810 Samuel Farrow
44 Joseph Alston
(1779–1816)
 December 10, 1812
–
December 10, 1814
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1812 Eldred Simkins
45 David Rogerson Williams
(1776–1830)
 December 10, 1814
–
December 5, 1816
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1814 Robert Creswell
46 Andrew Pickens
(1779–1838)
 December 5, 1816
–
December 8, 1818
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1816 John A. Cuthbert
47 John Geddes
(1777–1828)
 December 8, 1818
–
December 7, 1820
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1818 William Youngblood
48 Thomas Bennett Jr.
(1781–1865)
 December 7, 1820
–
December 9, 1822
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1820 William Pinckney
49 John Lyde Wilson
(1784–1849)
 December 9, 1822
–
December 3, 1824
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1822 Henry Bradley
50 Richard Irvine Manning I
(1789–1836)
 December 3, 1824
–
December 11, 1826
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1824 William A. Bull
51 John Taylor
(1770–1832)
 December 11, 1826
–
December 10, 1828
(term-limited) 		Democratic-
Republican 		1826 James Witherspoon
52 Stephen Decatur Miller
(1787–1838)
 December 10, 1828
–
December 9, 1830
(term-limited) 		Nullifier 1828 Thomas Williams
53 James Hamilton Jr.
(1786–1857)
 December 9, 1830
–
December 11, 1832
(term-limited) 		Nullifier 1830 Patrick Noble
54 Robert Y. Hayne
(1791–1839)
 December 11, 1832
–
December 11, 1834
(term-limited) 		Nullifier 1832 Charles Cotesworth Pinckney II
55 George McDuffie
(1790–1851)
 December 11, 1834
–
December 10, 1836
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1834 Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook
56 Pierce Mason Butler
(1798–1847)
 December 10, 1836
–
December 10, 1838
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1836 William DuBose
57 Patrick Noble
(1787–1840)
 December 10, 1838
–
April 7, 1840
(died in office) 		Democratic 1838 Barnabas Kelet Henagan
58 Barnabas Kelet Henagan
(1798–1855)
 April 7, 1840
–
December 10, 1840
(did not run) 		Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
59 John Peter Richardson II
(1801–1864)
 December 10, 1840
–
December 10, 1842
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1840 William K. Clowney
60 James H. Hammond
(1807–1864)
 December 10, 1842
–
December 10, 1844
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1842 Isaac D. Witherspoon
61 William Aiken Jr.
(1806–1887)
 December 10, 1844
–
December 10, 1846
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1844 J. F. Ervin
62 David Johnson
(1782–1855)
 December 10, 1846
–
December 14, 1848
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1846 William Cain
63 Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook
(1793–1855)
 December 14, 1848
–
December 16, 1850
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1848 William Henry Gist
64 John Hugh Means
(1812–1862)
 December 16, 1850
–
December 13, 1852
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1850 Joshua John Ward
65 John Lawrence Manning
(1816–1889)
 December 13, 1852
–
December 13, 1854
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1852 James Irby
66 James Hopkins Adams
(1812–1861)
 December 13, 1854
–
December 11, 1856
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1854 Richard de Treville
67 Robert Francis Withers Allston
(1801–1864)
 December 11, 1856
–
December 13, 1858
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1856 Gabriel Cannon
68 William Henry Gist
(1807–1874)
 December 13, 1858
–
December 17, 1860
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1858 M. E. Carn
69 Francis Wilkinson Pickens
(d. 1869)
 December 17, 1860
–
December 18, 1862
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1860 W. W. Harllee
70 Milledge Luke Bonham
(1813–1890)
 December 18, 1862
–
December 19, 1864
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1862 Plowden Weston
(died)
Vacant
71 Andrew Gordon Magrath
(1813–1893)
 December 19, 1864
–
May 28, 1865
(arrested and removed) 		Democratic 1864 Robert McCaw
— Vacant May 28, 1865
–
June 30, 1865 		Office vacated
after civil war 		Vacant
72 Benjamin Franklin Perry
(1805–1886)
 June 30, 1865
–
November 29, 1865
(did not run) 		Provisional governor
appointed by President
73 James Lawrence Orr
(1822–1873)
 November 29, 1865
–
July 9, 1868
(did not run) 		Democratic 1865 William Dennison Porter
74 Robert Kingston Scott
(1826–1900)
 July 9, 1868
–
December 3, 1872
(did not run) 		Republican 1868 Lemuel Boozer
1870 Alonzo J. Ransier
75 Franklin J. Moses Jr.
(1838–1906)
 December 3, 1872
–
December 1, 1874
(lost nomination) 		Republican 1872 Richard Howell Gleaves
76 Daniel Henry Chamberlain
(1835–1907)
 December 1, 1874
–
April 11, 1877
(lost election) 		Republican 1874
1876
77 Wade Hampton III
(1818–1902)
 December 14, 1876
–
February 26, 1879
(resigned) 		Democratic William Dunlap Simpson
1878
78 William Dunlap Simpson
(1823–1890)
 February 26, 1879
–
September 1, 1880
(resigned) 		Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
79 Thomas Bothwell Jeter
(1827–1883)
 September 1, 1880
–
November 30, 1880
(successor took office) 		Democratic Succeeded from
president
pro tempore
of the Senate
80 Johnson Hagood
(1829–1898)
 November 30, 1880
–
December 5, 1882
(did not run) 		Democratic 1880 John Doby Kennedy
81 Hugh Smith Thompson
(1836–1904)
 December 5, 1882
–
July 10, 1886
(resigned) 		Democratic 1882 John Calhoun Sheppard
1884
82 John Calhoun Sheppard
(1850–1931)
 July 10, 1886
–
November 30, 1886
(lost nomination) 		Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
83 John Peter Richardson III
(1831–1899)
 November 30, 1886
–
December 4, 1890
(did not run) 		Democratic 1886 William L. Mauldin
1888
84 Benjamin Tillman
(1847–1918)
 December 4, 1890
–
December 4, 1894
(did not run) 		Democratic 1890 Eugene Gary
1892 Washington Hodges Timmerman
85 John Gary Evans
(1863–1942)
 December 4, 1894
–
January 18, 1897
(did not run) 		Democratic 1894
86 William Haselden Ellerbe
(1862–1899)
 January 18, 1897
–
June 2, 1899
(died in office) 		Democratic 1896 Miles Benjamin McSweeney
1898
87 Miles Benjamin McSweeney
(1855–1909)
 June 2, 1899
–
January 21, 1903
(did not run) 		Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Robert B. Scarborough
1900
88 Duncan Clinch Heyward
(1864–1943)
 January 21, 1903
–
January 15, 1907
(did not run) 		Democratic 1902 James H. Tillman
1904 John Sloan
89 Martin Frederick Ansel
(1850–1945)
 January 15, 1907
–
January 17, 1911
(did not run) 		Democratic 1906 Thomas Gordon McLeod
1908
90 Cole L. Blease
(1868–1942)
 January 17, 1911
–
January 14, 1915
(resigned) 		Democratic 1910 Charles Aurelius Smith
1912
91 Charles Aurelius Smith
(1861–1916)
 January 14, 1915
–
January 19, 1915
(successor took office) 		Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
92 Richard Irvine Manning III
(1859–1931)
 January 19, 1915
–
January 21, 1919
(did not run) 		Democratic 1914 Andrew Bethea
1916
93 Robert Archer Cooper
(1874–1953)
 January 21, 1919
–
May 20, 1922
(resigned) 		Democratic 1918 J. T. Lyles
1920 Wilson Godfrey Harvey
94 Wilson Godfrey Harvey
(1866–1932)
 May 20, 1922
–
January 16, 1923
(did not run) 		Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
95 Thomas Gordon McLeod
(1868–1932)
 January 16, 1923
–
January 18, 1927
(did not run) 		Democratic 1922 E. B. Jackson
1924
96 John Gardiner Richards Jr.
(1864–1941)
 January 18, 1927
–
January 20, 1931
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1926 Thomas Bothwell Butler
(died)
Vacant
97 Ibra Charles Blackwood
(1878–1936)
 January 20, 1931
–
January 15, 1935
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1930 James Sheppard
98 Olin D. Johnston
(1896–1965)
 January 15, 1935
–
January 17, 1939
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1934 Joseph Emile Harley
99 Burnet R. Maybank
(1899–1954)
 January 17, 1939
–
November 4, 1941
(resigned) 		Democratic 1938
100 Joseph Emile Harley
(1880–1942)
 November 4, 1941
–
February 27, 1942
(died in office) 		Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
— Vacant February 27, 1942
–
March 2, 1942 		— Office vacant
after death
101 Richard Manning Jefferies
(1889–1964)
 March 2, 1942
–
January 19, 1943
(did not run) 		Democratic Succeeded from
president
pro tempore
of the Senate
98 Olin D. Johnston
(1896–1965)
 January 19, 1943
–
January 2, 1945
(resigned) 		Democratic 1942 Ransome Judson Williams
102 Ransome Judson Williams
(1892–1970)
 January 2, 1945
–
January 21, 1947
(lost nomination) 		Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
103 Strom Thurmond
(1902–2003)
 January 21, 1947
–
January 16, 1951
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1946 George Bell Timmerman Jr.
104 James F. Byrnes
(1882–1972)
 January 16, 1951
–
January 18, 1955
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1950
105 George Bell Timmerman Jr.
(1912–1994)
 January 18, 1955
–
January 20, 1959
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1954 Fritz Hollings
106 Fritz Hollings
(1922–2019)
 January 20, 1959
–
January 15, 1963
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1958 Burnet R. Maybank Jr.
107 Donald S. Russell
(1906–1998)
 January 15, 1963
–
April 22, 1965
(resigned) 		Democratic 1962 Robert Evander McNair
108 Robert Evander McNair
(1923–2007)
 April 22, 1965
–
January 19, 1971
(term-limited) 		Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
1966 John C. West
109 John C. West
(1922–2004)
 January 19, 1971
–
January 15, 1975
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1970 Earle Morris Jr.
110 James B. Edwards
(1927–2014)
 January 15, 1975
–
January 10, 1979
(term-limited) 		Republican 1974 W. Brantley Harvey Jr.
111 Richard Riley
(b. 1933)
 January 10, 1979
–
January 14, 1987
(term-limited) 		Democratic 1978 Nancy Stevenson
1982 Michael R. Daniel
112 Carroll A. Campbell Jr.
(1940–2005)
 January 14, 1987
–
January 11, 1995
(term-limited) 		Republican 1986 Nick Theodore
1990
113 David Beasley
(b. 1957)
 January 11, 1995
–
January 13, 1999
(lost election) 		Republican 1994 Bob Peeler
114 Jim Hodges
(b. 1956)
 January 13, 1999
–
January 15, 2003
(lost election) 		Democratic 1998
115 Mark Sanford
(b. 1960)
 January 15, 2003
–
January 12, 2011
(term-limited) 		Republican 2002 André Bauer
2006
116 Nikki Haley
(b. 1972)
 January 12, 2011
–
January 24, 2017
(resigned) 		Republican 2010 Ken Ard
Glenn F. McConnell
Yancey McGill
2014 Henry McMaster
117 Henry McMaster
(b. 1947)
 January 24, 2017
–
Incumbent 		Republican Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Kevin L. Bryant
2018 Pamela Evette
2022

See also

Notes

  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.
  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.
  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.
  7. ^ Under the 1778 constitution, governors were ineligible for the office for four years after the end of their term.
  8. Christopher Gadsden was elected in 1782, but declined, so the legislature then chose Mathews.
  9. ^ Under the 1790 constitution, governors were ineligible for the office for four years after the end of their term.
  10. Represented the Democratic-Republican Party
  11. Hamilton resigned near the end of his natural term, due to complaints about him running for a seat in the South Carolina legislature while still sitting as governor. Hamilton's resignation was submitted on December 1, but it does not appear to have taken effect until his successor was elected.
  12. ^ Under the 1861 constitution, governors were ineligible for the office for four years after the end of their term.
  13. Magrath was arrested by Union forces soon after the American Civil War ended; he was released seven months later.
  14. 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.
  15. Hampton resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate; some modern sources say he resigned after being wounded in a hunting accident, but the letter of resignation makes no mention of this.
  16. Simpson resigned, having been elected Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court.
  17. Thompson resigned, having been confirmed as United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
  18. Tillman was instead elected to the United States Senate.
  19. Blease resigned, citing no reason.
  20. Cooper resigned, having been appointed to the Federal Farm Loan Board.
  21. ^ Under the 1926 constitution, governors were ineligible to succeed themselves.
  22. Maybank resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.
  23. ^ 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, unsure if he wanted to leave his Senate duties.
  24. Johnston resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.
  25. Russell resigned so that his successor would appoint him to the United States Senate.
  26. ^ Under a 1981 amendment to the constitution, governors are ineligible to be elected for more than two successive terms.
  27. ^ Represented the Democratic Party
  28. Represented the Republican Party
  29. Haley resigned, having been confirmed as United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
  30. McMaster's second full term began January 11, 2023, and will expire January 13, 2027; he will be term-limited.

References

General
Specific
  1. "Ratification of the Constitution by the State of South Carolina; May 23, 1788". The Avalon Project at Yale Law School. Archived from the original on November 8, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  2. "Secession Ordinances of 13 Confederate States". University of Houston. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  3. Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America Archived 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 1977, pp. 527–533.
  6. ^ "John Rutledge". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  7. ^ Salley, Jr., A.S. "Governors of South Carolina 1670–2022" (PDF). South Carolina Legislature. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  8. ^ 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. ^ Kallenbach 1977, pp. 533–536.
  10. "Rawlins Lowndes". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  11. "1778 S.C. Const. art. VI". www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  12. "John Mathews". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  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. ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1388.
  16. ^ "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. ^ Sobel 1978, pp. 1387–1388.
  21. ^ "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. "1790 S.C. Const. art. II, § 2". www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  24. ^ Glashan 1979, p. 278.
  25. ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1389.
  26. "Arnoldus Vandershorst". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  27. "By This Day's Mails". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 29, 1796. p. 2. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  28. Sobel 1978, pp. 1389–1390.
  29. "Edward Rutledge". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  30. "Governor Rutledge's Speech". The North American. January 15, 1799. p. 3. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  31. ^ Sobel 1978, pp. 1390–1391.
  32. ^ "John Drayton". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  33. ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1391.
  34. "James Burchill Richardson". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  35. ^ Sobel 1978, pp. 1391–1392.
  36. "Paul Hamilton". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  37. "none". Virginia Argus. December 26, 1806. p. 3. Retrieved June 28, 2023. The Legislature of South Carolina, on the 9th instant, elected Charles Pinckney, Governor of that State, in the place of Paul Hamilton, resigned.
  38. "Governor of the State of South Carolina - Paul Hamilton". www.carolana.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  39. "Election Returns". The Charleston Daily Courier. October 22, 1806. p. 3. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  40. "Legislature of South-Carolina". The Charleston Daily Courier. December 8, 1806. p. 2. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  41. "Legislature of South-Carolina". The Charleston Daily Courier. December 17, 1808. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  42. Sobel 1978, pp. 1392–1393.
  43. "Henry Middleton". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  44. "Legislature of South-Carolina". The Charleston Daily Courier. December 20, 1810. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  45. ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1393.
  46. "Joseph Alston". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  47. ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1394.
  48. "David Rogerson Williams". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  49. ^ Sobel 1978, pp. 1394–1395.
  50. "Andrew Pickens". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  51. Sobel 1978, p. 1395.
  52. "Geddes John". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  53. "none". The Charleston Daily Courier. December 12, 1818. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023. The Hon. John Geddes was, on Tuesday last, elected Governor of this State.
  54. Sobel 1978, p. 1396.
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  247. "Sworn In As S.C.'s 86th Chief Executive". The Columbia Record. January 15, 1975. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
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  259. Davenport, Jim (January 13, 2011). "Haley Sworn In". The Island Packet. Associated Press. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
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