Governors of South Carolina

This is a list of the Governors of South Carolina. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence from the British Crown during the American Revolution. The colony was originally named in honor of King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland, as Carolus is Latin for Charles. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union and was a founding state of the Confederate States of America. According to an estimate by the United States Census Bureau, the state's population in 2008 was 4,479,800 and ranked 24th among the U.S. states.

Succession	Governor	Party	In Office
120	Mark Sanford	Republican	1/15/2003 - Present
119	James Hovis Hodges	Democrat	1/13/1999 - 1/15/2003
118	David Muldrow Beasley	Republican	1/11/1995 - 1/13/1999
117	Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.	Republican	1/14/1987 - 1/11/1995
116	Richard Wilson Riley	Democrat	1/10/1979 - 1/14/1987
115	James Burrows Edwards	Republican	1/21/1975 - 1/10/1979
114	John C. West	Democrat	1/19/1971 - 1/21/1975
113	Robert Evander McNair	Democrat	4/22/1965 - 1/19/1971
112	Donald Stuart Russell	Democrat	1/15/1963 - 4/22/1965
111	Ernest "Fritz" Hollings	Democrat	1/20/1959 - 1/15/1963
110	George Bell Timmerman, Jr.	Democrat	1/18/1955 - 1/20/1959
109	James Francis Byrnes	Democrat	1/16/1951 - 1/18/1955
108	Strom Thurmond	Democrat	1/21/1947 - 1/16/1951
107	Ransome Judson Williams	Democrat	1/2/1945 - 1/21/1947
106	Olin D. Johnston	Democrat	1/19/1943 - 1/2/1945
105	Richard Manning Jefferies	Democrat	2/27/1942 - 1/19/1943
104	Joseph Emile Harley	Democrat	11/4/1941 - 2/27/1942
103	Burnett R. Maybank	Democrat	1/17/1939 - 11/4/1941
102	Olin D. Johnston	Democrat	1/15/1935 - 1/17/1939
101	Ibra Charles Blackwood	Democrat	1/20/1931 - 1/15/1935
100	John Gardiner Richards, Jr.	Democrat	1/18/1927 - 1/20/1931
99	Thomas Gordon McLeod	Democrat	1/16/1923 - 1/18/1927
98	Wilson Godfrey Harvey	Democrat	5/20/1922 - 1/16/1923
97	Robert Archer Cooper	Democrat	1/21/1919 - 5/20/1922
96	Richard Irvine Manning III	Democrat	1/19/1915 - 1/21/1919
95	Charles Aurelius Smith	Democrat	1/14/1915 - 1/19/1915
94	Coleman Livingston Blease	Democrat	1/17/1911 - 1/14/1915
93	Martin Frederick Ansel	Democrat	1/15/1907 - 1/17/1911
92	Duncan Clinch Heyward	Democrat	1/20/1903 - 1/15/1907
91	Miles Benjamin McSweeney	Democrat	6/2/1899 - 1/20/1903
90	William Haselden Ellerbe	Democrat	1/18/1897 - 6/2/1899
89	John Gary Evans	Democrat	12/4/1894 - 1/18/1897
88	Benjamin Ryan Tillman	Democrat	12/4/1890 - 12/4/1894
87	John Peter Richardson III	Democrat	11/30/1886 - 12/4/1890
86	John Calhoun Sheppard	Democrat	7/10/1886 - 11/30/1886
85	Hugh Smith Thompson	Democrat	12/1/1882 - 7/10/1886
84	Johnson Hagood	Democrat	11/30/1880 - 12/1/1882
83	Thomas Bothwell Jeter	Democrat	9/1/1880 - 11/30/1880
82	William Dunlap Simpson	Democrat	2/26/1879 - 9/1/1880
81	Wade Hampton III	Democrat	12/14/1876 - 2/26/1879
80	Daniel Henry Chamberlain	Republican	12/1/1874 - 12/14/1876
79	Franklin J. Moses, Jr.	Republican	12/7/1872 - 12/1/1874
78	Robert Kingston Scott	Republican	7/6/1868 - 12/7/1872
77	James Lawrence Orr	No party	11/29/1865 - 7/6/1868
76	Benjamin Franklin Perry	Unionist Democrat	6/30/1865 - 11/29/1865
75	Andrew Gordon Magrath	Democrat	12/18/1864 - 5/25/1865
74	Milledge Luke Bonham	Democrat	12/17/1862 - 12/18/1864
73	Francis Wilkinson Pickens	Democrat	12/14/1860 - 12/17/1862
72	William Henry Gist	Democrat	12/10/1858 - 12/14/1860
71	Robert F.W. Allston	Democrat	12/9/1856 - 12/10/1858
70	James Hopkins Adams	Democrat	12/11/1854 - 12/9/1856
69	John Lawrence Manning	Democrat	12/9/1852 - 12/11/1854
68	John Hugh Means	Democrat	12/13/1850 - 12/9/1852
67	Whitemarsh B. Seabrook	Democrat	12/12/1848 - 12/13/1850
66	David Johnson	Democrat	12/8/1846 - 12/12/1848
65	William Aiken, Jr.	Democrat	12/7/1844 - 12/8/1846
64	James Henry Hammond	Democrat	12/8/1842 - 12/7/1844
63	John Peter Richardson II	Democrat	12/9/1840 - 12/8/1842
62	Barnabas Kelet Henagan	Democrat	04/7/1840 - 12/9/1840
61	Patrick Noble	Democrat	12/7/1838 - 04/7/1840
60	Pierce Mason Butler	Democrat	12/10/1836 - 12/7/1838
59	George McDuffie	Democrat	12/9/1834 - 12/10/1836
58	Robert Young Hayne	Democrat (Nullifier)	12/10/1832 - 12/9/1834
57	James Hamilton, Jr.	Democrat (Nullifier)	12/9/1830 - 12/10/1832
56	Stephen Decatur Miller	Democrat (Nullifier)	12/10/1828 - 12/9/1830
55	John Taylor	Democratic-Republican	12/9/1826 - 12/10/1828
54	Richard Irvine Manning I	Democratic-Republican	12/3/1824 - 12/9/1826
53	John Lyde Wilson	Democratic-Republican	12/7/1822 - 12/3/1824
52	Thomas Bennett, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	12/7/1820 - 12/7/1822
51	John Geddes	Democratic-Republican	12/8/1818 - 12/7/1820
50	Andrew Pickens	Democratic-Republican	12/5/1816 - 12/8/1818
49	David Rogerson Williams	Democratic-Republican	12/10/1814 - 12/5/1816
48	Joseph Alston	Democratic-Republican	12/10/1812 - 12/10/1814
47	Henry Middleton	Democratic-Republican	12/8/1810 - 12/10/1812
46	John Drayton	Democratic-Republican	12/10/1808 - 12/8/1810
45	Charles Pinckney	Democratic-Republican	12/9/1806 - 12/10/1808
44	Paul Hamilton	Democratic-Republican	12/7/1804 - 12/9/1806
43	James Burchill Richardson	Democratic-Republican	12/8/1802 - 12/7/1804
42	John Drayton	Democratic-Republican	1/23/1800 - 12/8/1802
41	Edward Rutledge	Federalist	12/18/1798 - 1/23/1800
40	Charles Pinckney	Democratic-Republican	12/8/1796 - 12/18/1798
39	Arnoldus Vanderhorst	Federalist	12/17/1794 - 12/8/1796
38	William Moultrie	Federalist	12/5/1792 - 12/17/1794
37	Charles Pinckney	Federalist	1/26/1789 - 12/5/1792
36	Thomas Pinckney	Federalist	2/20/1787 - 1/26/1789
35	William Moultrie	No party	2/11/1785 - 2/20/1787
34	Benjamin Guerard	No party	2/4/1783 - 2/11/1785
33	John Mathews	No party	1/31/1782 - 2/4/1783
32	John Rutledge	No party	1/9/1779 - 1/31/1782
31	Rawlins Lowndes	No party	3/6/1778 - 1/9/1779
30	John Rutledge	No party	3/26/1776 - 3/5/1778

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