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Governor of South Carolina
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Incumbent Henry McMaster since January 24, 2017
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Term length	Four years, renewable once consecutively
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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

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)	None	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)	Confederate Democrat	1860		W. W. Harllee
70			Milledge Luke Bonham (1813–1890)	December 18, 1862 – December 19, 1864 (term-limited)	Confederate Democrat	1862		Plowden Weston (died)
							Vacant
71			Andrew Gordon Magrath (1813–1893)	December 19, 1864 – May 28, 1865 (arrested and removed)	Confederate Democrat	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)	None	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 (did not run)	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 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

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. Christopher Gadsden was elected in 1782, but declined, so the legislature then chose Mathews.
8. Represented the Democratic-Republican Party
9. 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.
10. Magrath was arrested by Union forces soon after the American Civil War ended; he was released seven months later.
11. The 1876 election was very close, and two governments emerged, one run by Chamberlain, the other by Hampton. The dispute ended in April 1877 with Hampton and the Democratic Party taking control of the state.
12. 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.
13. Simpson resigned, having been elected Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court.
14. Thompson resigned, having been appointed United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
15. Sheppard lost the Democratic nomination to John Peter Richardson III.
16. Blease resigned, citing no reason.
17. Cooper resigned, having been appointed to the Federal Farm Loan Board.
18. Maybank resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.
19. ^ 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.
20. Johnston resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.
21. Williams lost the Democratic nomination to Strom Thurmond.
22. Russell resigned so that his successor would appoint him to the United States Senate.
23. ^ Represented the Democratic Party
24. Represented the Republican Party
25. Haley resigned, having been appointed United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
26. McMaster's second full term began January 11, 2023, and will expire January 13, 2027; he will be term-limited.

References

General

• "Former South Carolina Governors". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
• Sobel, Robert (1978). Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. IV. Meckler Books. ISBN 9780930466008. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
• Kallenbach, Joseph Ernest (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Oceana Publications. ISBN 978-0-379-00665-0. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
• "Our Campaigns - Governor of South Carolina - History". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
• "Our Campaigns - Governor of South Carolina (CSA) - History". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

Specific

1. "Ratification of the Constitution by the State of South Carolina; May 23, 1788". The Avalon Project at Yale Law School. 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 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. "Rawlins Lowndes". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
10. Kallenbach p. 535
11. "John Mathews". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
12. Kallenbach p. 535
13. "Benjamin Guerard". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
14. "Article clipped from Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser". Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser. April 3, 1783. p. 2. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
15. ^ Sobel p. 1388
16. ^ "William Moultrie". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
17. "Moultrie proclaimed governor February 14". 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. "Pinckney proclaimed governor February 21". The Independent Gazetteer. March 9, 1787. p. 2. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
20. ^ Sobel pp. 1387–1388
21. ^ "Charles Pinckney". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
22. "Pinckney inaugurated January 26". Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser. February 23, 1789. p. 2. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
23. ^ Sobel p. 1389
24. "Arnoldus Vandershorst". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
25. "1796 1229 John hunter Esq US Senator". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 29, 1796. p. 2. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
26. Sobel pp. 1389–1390
27. "Edward Rutledge". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
28. "Rutledge inaugurated December 19". The North American. January 15, 1799. p. 3. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
29. ^ Sobel pp. 1390–1391
30. ^ "John Drayton". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
31. ^ Sobel p. 1391
32. "James Burchill Richardson". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
33. ^ Sobel pp. 1391–1392
34. "Paul Hamilton". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
35. "Hamilton resigned". Virginia Argus. December 26, 1806. p. 3. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
36. "Governor of the State of South Carolina - Paul Hamilton". www.carolana.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
37. "Election Returns - Paul Hamilton et al". The Charleston Daily Courier. October 22, 1806. p. 3. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
38. "Hamilton submits resignation". The Charleston Daily Courier. December 8, 1806. p. 2. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
39. "Drayton inaugurated December 10". The Charleston Daily Courier. December 17, 1808. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
40. Sobel pp. 1392–1393
41. "Henry Middleton". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
42. "Election of Henry Middleton, 20 Dec 1810". The Charleston Daily Courier. December 20, 1810. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
43. ^ Sobel p. 1393
44. "Joseph Alston". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
45. ^ Sobel p. 1394
46. "David Rogerson Williams". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
47. ^ Sobel pp. 1394–1395
48. "Andrew Pickens". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
49. Sobel p. 1395
50. "Geddes John". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
51. "Geddes elected December 8". The Charleston Daily Courier. December 12, 1818. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
52. Sobel p. 1396
53. "Thomas Bennett". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
54. "Bennett elected December 7". The Evening Post. December 20, 1820. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
55. Sobel pp. 1396–1397
56. "John Lyde Wilson". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
57. "Wilson inaugurated December 9". The Charleston Mercury. December 19, 1822. p. 1. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
58. Sobel pp. 1397–1398
59. "Richard Irvine Manning". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
60. "Manning elected December 3". The Charleston Daily Courier. December 7, 1824. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
61. Sobel p. 1398
62. "John Taylor". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
63. "Taylor inaugurated December 11". The Charleston Daily Courier. December 15, 1826. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
64. Sobel pp. 1398–1399
65. "Stephen Decatur Miller". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
66. "Miller inaugurated December 10". The Charleston Mercury. December 15, 1828. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
67. Sobel pp. 1399–1400
68. "James Jr. Hamilton". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
69. "Hamilton elected December 9". The Charleston Mercury. December 14, 1830. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
70. Sobel pp. 1400–1401
71. "Robert Young Hayne". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
72. "Hayne inaugurated December 11". The Charleston Daily Courier. December 14, 1832. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
73. Sobel pp. 1401–1402
74. "George McDuffie". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
75. "McDuffie inaugurated December 11". The Charleston Mercury. December 15, 1834. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
76. ^ Sobel p. 1402
77. "Pierce Mason Butler". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
78. Sobel p. 1403
79. "Patrick Noble". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
80. "Noble inaugurated December 10". Edgefield Advertiser. December 27, 1838. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
81. Sobel pp. 1403–1404
82. "Barnabas Kelet Henagan". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
83. "Henagan succeeds Nobel April 7". The Charleston Daily Courier. April 13, 1840. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
84. Sobel p. 1404
85. "John Peter Richardson II". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
86. "Richardson inaugurated December 10". Edgefield Advertiser. December 17, 1840. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
87. Sobel p. 1405
88. "James Henry Hammond". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
89. "Hammond inaugurated December 10". The Charleston Daily Courier. December 12, 1842. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
90. Sobel pp. 1405–1406
91. "William Aiken". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
92. "Aiken inaugurated December 10". The Charleston Daily Courier. December 12, 1844. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
93. Sobel pp. 1406–1407
94. "David Johnson". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
95. "Johnson inaugurated December 10". Edgefield Advertiser. December 16, 1846. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
96. Sobel p. 1407
97. "Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
98. "Seabrook inaugurated December 14". The Charleston Daily Courier. December 15, 1848. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
99. Sobel pp. 1407–1408
100. "John Hugh Means". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
101. "Means inaugurated December 16". The Charleston Daily Courier. December 18, 1850. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
102. Sobel pp. 1408–1409
103. "John Laurence Manning". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
104. "Manning inaugurated December 13". The Charleston Daily Courier. December 16, 1852. p. 1. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
105. Sobel pp. 1409–1410
106. "James Hopkins Adams". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
107. "Adams inaugurated December 13q". Edgefield Advertiser. December 20, 1854. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
108. Sobel pp. 1410–1411
109. "Robert Francis Withers Allston". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
110. "Allston inaugurated December 11". Yorkville Enquirer. December 18, 1856. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
111. Sobel p. 1411
112. "William Henry Gist". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
113. "Gist inaugurated December 13". The Charleston Daily Courier. December 15, 1858. p. 1. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
114. Sobel pp. 1411–1412
115. "Francis Wilkinson Pickens". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
116. "Pickens inaugurated December 17". The Charleston Daily Courier. December 18, 1860. p. 1. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
117. Sobel pp. 1412–1413
118. "Milledge Luke Bonham". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
119. "Bonham inaugurated December 18". The Charleston Mercury. December 20, 1862. p. 1. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
120. ^ Sobel pp. 1413–1414
121. "Andrew Gordon MacGrath". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
122. "Magrath inaugurated December 19". The Charleston Mercury. December 22, 1864. p. 1. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
123. Sobel pp. 1414–1415
124. "Benjamin Franklin Perry". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
125. Presidential Proclamation No. 46, 30 June 1865, 13 Stat. 769, 770
126. Sobel p. 1415
127. "James Lawrence Orr". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
128. "Orr inaugurated November 29". The Daily Phoenix. November 30, 1865. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
129. Sobel p. 1416
130. "Robert Kingston Scott". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
131. "Scott inaugurated July 9". The Daily Phoenix. July 10, 1868. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
132. Sobel p. 1417
133. "Franklin J. Moses". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
134. "Moses inaugurated December 3". The Charleston Daily Courier. December 4, 1872. p. 1. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
135. ^ Sobel p. 1418
136. "Daniel Henry Chamberlain". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
137. "Chamberlain inaugurated December 1". The Daily Phoenix. December 2, 1874. p. 3. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
138. ^ Sobel pp. 1418–1419
139. "Wade Hampton III". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
140. "Hampton inaugurated December 16". The Pickens Sentinel. December 21, 1876. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
141. ^ "Simpson succeeds Hampton February 26". The News and Herald. March 4, 1879. p. 1. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
142. ^ Sobel pp. 1419–1420
143. "William Dunlap Simpson". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
144. Sobel p. 1420
145. "Thomas Bothwell Jeter". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
146. "Jeter succeeds Simpson". The Newberry Weekly Herald. September 8, 1880. p. 2. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
147. Sobel p. 1421
148. "Johnson Hagood". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
149. "Hagood inaugurated November 30". The News and Herald. December 2, 1880. p. 2. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
150. ^ Sobel pp. 1421–1422
151. "Hugh Smith Thompson". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
152. "Thompson inaugurated December 5". Union Times. December 15, 1882. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
153. ^ Sobel p. 1422
154. "John Calhoun Sheppard". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
155. "Sheppard succeeds Thompson July 10". The Watchman and Southron. July 13, 1886. p. 2. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
156. Sobel p. 1423
157. "John Peter Richardson". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
158. "Richardson inaugurated November 30". Yorkville Enquirer. December 8, 1886. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
159. Sobel pp. 1423–1424
160. "Benjamin Ryan Tillman". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
161. "Tillman inaugurated December 4". The Newberry Herald and News. December 11, 1890. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
162. Sobel pp. 1424–1425
163. "John Gary Evans". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
164. "Evans inaugurated December 4". The Gaffney Ledger. December 7, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
165. Sobel p. 1425
166. "William Haselden Ellerbe". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
167. "Ellerbe inaugurated January 18". The Times and Democrat. January 20, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
168. Sobel p. 1426
169. "Miles Benjamin McSweeney". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
170. "Elerby dead McS Gov". The Intelligencer. June 7, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
171. Sobel pp. 1426–1427
172. "Duncan Clinch Heyward". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
173. "Heyward inaugurated January 21". The Intelligencer. January 28, 1903. p. 4. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
174. Sobel pp. 1427–1428
175. "Martin Frederick Ansel". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
176. "Ansel inaugurated January 15". The County Record. January 17, 1907. p. 8. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
177. Sobel p. 1428
178. "Coleman Livingston Blease". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
179. "Blease inaugurated January 17". The Times and Democrat. January 19, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
180. ^ "Smith succeeds Blease January 14". The Columbia Record. January 14, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
181. Sobel p. 1429
182. "Charles A. Smith". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
183. Sobel pp. 1429–1430
184. "Richard Irvine Manning III". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
185. "Manning inaugurated January 19". The Herald. January 19, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
186. ^ Sobel pp. 1430–1431
187. "Robert Archer Cooper". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
188. "Cooper inaugurated January 21". The Greenville News. January 22, 1919. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
189. Sobel p. 1431
190. "Wilson Godfrey Harvey". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
191. "Harvey succeeds Cooper May 20". The Columbia Record. May 20, 1922. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
192. Sobel p. 1432
193. "Thomas Gordon McLeod". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
194. "McLeod inaugurated January 16". The State. January 17, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
195. Sobel pp. 1432–1433
196. "John Gardiner Richards". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
197. "Richards inaugurated January 18". The Press and Standard. January 19, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
198. Sobel pp. 1433–1434
199. "Ibra Charles Blackwood". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
200. "Blackwood inaugurated January 20". The Press and Standard. January 21, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
201. ^ Sobel p. 1434
202. ^ "Olin De Witt Talmadge Johnston". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
203. "Johnston inaugurated January 15". The Item. January 15, 1935. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
204. ^ Sobel p. 1435
205. "Burnet Rhett Maybank". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
206. "Maybank inaugurated January 17". The Greenville News. January 18, 1939. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
207. Sobel pp. 1435–1436
208. "Joseph Emile Harley". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
209. "Harley succeeds Maybank November 4". The Herald. November 4, 1941. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
210. Sobel pp. 1436–1437
211. "Richard Manning Jeffries". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
212. "Jefferies inaugurated March 2". The State. March 3, 1942. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
213. "S. C. Is Without Leader For Third Day As Jefferies Ponders Move". The Index-Journal. March 2, 1942. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
214. "Johnston inaugurated January 19". The Greenville News. January 20, 1943. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
215. Sobel p. 1437
216. "Ransome Judson Williams". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
217. "Williams succeeds Johnston January 2". The Greenville News. January 3, 1945. p. 2. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
218. Sobel pp. 1437–1438
219. "James Strom Thurmond". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
220. "Thurmond inaugurated January 21". The Greenville News. January 22, 1947. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
221. Sobel pp. 1438–1439
222. "James Francis Byrnes". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
223. "Byrnes inaugurated January 16". The Herald. January 17, 1951. p. 4. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
224. Sobel pp. 1439–1440
225. "George Bell Timmerman". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
226. "Timmerman, George Bell Jr". The Greenville News. January 19, 1955. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
227. Sobel pp. 1440–1441
228. "Ernest Frederick Hollings". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
229. "Hollings inaugurated January 20". The Times and Democrat. January 21, 1959. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
230. ^ Sobel p. 1441
231. "Donald Stuart Russell". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
232. "Russell inaugurated January 15". The State. January 16, 1963. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
233. Sobel pp. 1441–1442
234. "Robert Evander McNair". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
235. "McNair succeeds Russell April 22". The Greenville News. April 23, 1965. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
236. Sobel pp. 1442–1443
237. "John Carl West". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
238. "West inaugurated January 19". The Times and Democrat. January 20, 1971. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
239. Sobel pp. 1443–1444
240. "James Burrows Edwards". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
241. "Edwards inaugurated January 15". The Columbia Record. January 15, 1975. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
242. "Richard Wilson Riley". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
243. "Riley inaugurated January 10". The State. January 11, 1979. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
244. "Carroll A. Campbell". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
245. "Campbell inaugurated January 14". The State. January 15, 1987. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
246. "David M. Beasley". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
247. "Beasley inaugurated January 11". The State. January 12, 1995. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
248. "Jim Hodges". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
249. "Hodges inaugurated January 13". The State. January 14, 1999. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
250. "Mark Sanford". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
251. "Sanford inaugurated January 15". The State. January 16, 2003. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
252. "Nikki R. Haley". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
253. "Haley inaugurated January 12". The Island Packet. January 13, 2011. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
254. ^ "McMaster succeeds Haley January 24". The State. January 25, 2017. pp. A1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
255. "Henry McMaster". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 30, 2023.

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