List of governors of South Carolina

Governor of South Carolina
Governor of South Carolina
	Seal of the Governor
	Incumbent; Henry McMaster; since January 24, 2017
Style	His Excellency
Term length	Four years, renewable once consecutively

This is a list of South Carolina governors. The current governor of South Carolina is Henry McMaster who has been in office since January 24, 2017. South Carolina governors are counted only once; therefore, Joseph West, for instance, a colonial governor who served three non-consecutive terms, is considered the 2nd Governor of South Carolina, not the 2nd, 4th, and 7th.

Colonial period (1670–1775)[]

Statehood period (1776–present)[]

Presidents under the Articles of Confederation[]

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

Parties

No party (2)

#	President		Took Office	Left Office	Vice President	Party	Notes
31		John Rutledge	March 26, 1776	March 5, 1778	Henry Laurens	No party	1st time, Resigned^[a]
32		Rawlins Lowndes	March 6, 1778	January 9, 1779	James Parsons	No party	British prisoner during Revolutionary War

Governors under the Articles of Confederation[]

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

Parties

Independent (4) Federalist (2)

Governors of the State of South Carolina (1779 to 1792)
No.		Party	Term in office	Lieutenant Governor		Notes
-	John Rutledge	Independent	January 9, 1779 – January 31, 1782		Thomas Bee	2nd time
-	John Rutledge	Independent	January 9, 1779 – January 31, 1782		Christopher Gadsden	2nd time
33	John Mathews	Independent	January 31, 1782 – February 4, 1783		Richard Hutson
34	Benjamin Guerard	Independent	February 4, 1783 – February 11, 1785		Richard Beresford
				Vacant
					William Moultrie
35	William Moultrie	Independent	February 11, 1785 – February 20, 1787		Charles Drayton	1st time
36	Thomas Pinckney	Federalist	February 20, 1787 – January 26, 1789		Thomas Gadsden
37	Charles Pinckney	Federalist	January 26, 1789 – December 5, 1792		Alexander Gillon	1st time

Governors under the Constitution of 1790[]

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

Parties

Federalist (3) Democratic-Republican (15) Nullifier (Democratic) (3) Democratic (14) Confederate Democrat (3) Unionist Democrat (1)

Governors of the State of South Carolina (1790 to 1865)
No.		Party	Term in office	Lieutenant Governor		Notes
-	William Moultrie	Federalist	December 5, 1792 – December 17, 1794		James Ladson	2nd time
38	Arnoldus Vanderhorst	Federalist	December 17, 1794 – December 8, 1796		Lewis Morris
-	Charles Pinckney	Democratic-Republican	December 8, 1796 – December 18, 1798		Robert Anderson	2nd time
39	Edward Rutledge	Federalist	December 18, 1798 – January 23, 1800		John Drayton	Died in office
40	John Drayton	Democratic-Republican	January 23, 1800 – December 8, 1802	Vacant		1st time
40	John Drayton	Democratic-Republican	January 23, 1800 – December 8, 1802		Richard Winn	1st time
41	James Burchill Richardson	Democratic-Republican	December 8, 1802 – December 7, 1804		Ezekiel Pickens
42	Paul Hamilton	Democratic-Republican	December 7, 1804 – December 9, 1806		Thomas Sumter, Jr.
-	Charles Pinckney	Democratic-Republican	December 9, 1806 – December 10, 1808		John Hopkins	3rd time
-	John Drayton	Democratic-Republican	December 10, 1808 – December 8, 1810		Frederick Nance	2nd time
43	Henry Middleton	Democratic-Republican	December 8, 1810 – December 10, 1812		Samuel Farrow
44	Joseph Alston	Democratic-Republican	December 10, 1812 – December 10, 1814		Eldred Simkins
45	David Rogerson Williams	Democratic-Republican	December 10, 1814 – December 5, 1816		Robert Creswell
46	Andrew Pickens	Democratic-Republican	December 5, 1816 – December 8, 1818		John A. Cuthbert
47	John Geddes	Democratic-Republican	December 8, 1818 – December 7, 1820		William Youngblood
48	Thomas Bennett, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	December 7, 1820 – December 7, 1822		William Pinckney
49	John Lyde Wilson	Democratic-Republican	December 7, 1822 – December 3, 1824		Henry Bradley
50	Richard Irvine Manning I	Democratic-Republican	December 3, 1824 – December 9, 1826		William Bull
51	John Taylor	Democratic-Republican	December 9, 1826 – December 6, 1828		James Witherspoon
52	Stephen Decatur Miller	Nullifier (Democratic)	December 6, 1828 – December 9, 1830		Thomas Williams
53	James Hamilton, Jr.	Nullifier (Democratic)	December 9, 1830 – December 10, 1832		Patrick Noble
54	Robert Young Hayne	Nullifier (Democratic)	December 10, 1832 – December 9, 1834		Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
55	George McDuffie	Democratic	December 9, 1834 – December 10, 1836		Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook
56	Pierce Mason Butler	Democratic	December 10, 1836 – December 7, 1838		William DuBose
57	Patrick Noble	Democratic	December 7, 1838 – April 7, 1840		Barnabas Kelet Henagan	Died in office
58	Barnabas Kelet Henagan	Democratic	April 7, 1840 – December 9, 1840	Vacant		Not elected
59	John Peter Richardson II	Democratic	December 9, 1840 – December 8, 1842		William K. Clowney
60	James Henry Hammond	Democratic	December 8, 1842 – December 7, 1844		Isaac D. Witherspoon
61	William Aiken, Jr.	Democratic	December 7, 1844 – December 8, 1846		J.F. Ervin
62	David Johnson	Democratic	December 8, 1846 – December 12, 1848		William Cain
63	Whitemarsh B. Seabrook	Democratic	December 12, 1848 – December 13, 1850		William Henry Gist
64	John Hugh Means	Democratic	December 13, 1850 – December 9, 1852		Joshua John Ward
65	John Lawrence Manning	Democratic	December 9, 1852 – December 11, 1854		James Irby
66	James Hopkins Adams	Democratic	December 11, 1854 – December 9, 1856		Richard de Treville
67	Robert F.W. Allston	Democratic	December 9, 1856 – December 10, 1858		Gabriel Cannon
68	William Henry Gist	Democratic	December 10, 1858 – December 14, 1860		M. E. Carn
69	Francis Wilkinson Pickens	Confederate Democrat	December 14, 1860 – December 17, 1862		W.W. Harllee
70	Milledge Luke Bonham	Confederate Democrat	December 17, 1862 – December 18, 1864		Plowden Weston
70	Milledge Luke Bonham	Confederate Democrat	December 17, 1862 – December 18, 1864	Vacant
71	Andrew Gordon Magrath	Confederate Democrat	December 18, 1864 – May 25, 1865		Robert McCaw	Overthrown and imprisoned by the Union Army
Vacant			May 25, 1865 – June 30, 1865	State government dissolved until reestablished by United States federal government
72	Benjamin Franklin Perry	Unionist Democrat	June 30, 1865 – November 29, 1865	Office of Lieutenant Governor temporarily abolished		Not elected; appointed by President Andrew Johnson

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

Democratic (35) Republican (9) No party (1)

Governors of the State of South Carolina (1865 to present)
No.	Governor		Party	Term in office	Election		Notes
73		James Lawrence Orr	No Party	November 26, 1865 – July 6, 1868	1865	W.D. Porter	First popularly elected governor
74		Robert Kingston Scott	Republican	July 6, 1868 – December 7, 1872	1868	Lemuel Boozer
74		Robert Kingston Scott	Republican	July 6, 1868 – December 7, 1872	1870	Alonzo J. Ransier
75		Franklin J. Moses, Jr.	Republican	December 7, 1872 – December 1, 1874	1872	Richard Howell Gleaves
76		Daniel Henry Chamberlain	Republican	December 1, 1874 – December 14, 1876	1874	Richard Howell Gleaves	Lost reelection in 1876 election, but refused to leave office
-	Disputed			December 14, 1876 – April 11, 1877	Disputed between Chamberlain and Wade Hampton III. Two governments were formed during this time. Main article: Disputed government of South Carolina of 1876-77
77		Wade Hampton III	Democratic	April 11, 1877 – September 26, 1879	1876	William Dunlap Simpson	Declared sole governor four months after taking office Resigned^[b]
77		Wade Hampton III	Democratic	April 11, 1877 – September 26, 1879	1878	William Dunlap Simpson
78		William Dunlap Simpson	Democratic	February 26, 1879 – September 1, 1880		Vacant	Not elected Resigned^[c]
79		Thomas Bothwell Jeter	Democratic	September 1, 1880 – November 30, 1880		Vacant	Not elected
80		Johnson Hagood	Democratic	November 30, 1880 – December 1, 1882	1880	John D. Kennedy
81		Hugh Smith Thompson	Democratic	December 1, 1882 – July 10, 1886	1882	John Calhoun Sheppard	Resigned^[d]
81		Hugh Smith Thompson	Democratic	December 1, 1882 – July 10, 1886	1884	John Calhoun Sheppard	Resigned^[d]
82		John Calhoun Sheppard	Democratic	July 10, 1886 – November 30, 1886	1884	Vacant	Not elected
83		John Peter Richardson III	Democratic	November 30, 1886 – December 4, 1890	1886	William Mauldin
83		John Peter Richardson III	Democratic	November 30, 1886 – December 4, 1890	1888	William Mauldin
84		Benjamin Ryan Tillman	Democratic	December 4, 1890 – December 4, 1894	1890	Eugene Gary
84		Benjamin Ryan Tillman	Democratic	December 4, 1890 – December 4, 1894	1892	W.H. Timmerman
85		John Gary Evans	Democratic	December 4, 1894 – January 18, 1897	1894	W.H. Timmerman
86		William Haselden Ellerbe	Democratic	January 18, 1897 – June 2, 1899	1896	Miles Benjamin McSweeney	Died in office
86		William Haselden Ellerbe	Democratic	January 18, 1897 – June 2, 1899	1898	Miles Benjamin McSweeney	Died in office
87		Miles Benjamin McSweeney	Democratic	June 2, 1899 – January 20, 1903	1898	Robert B. Scarborough
87		Miles Benjamin McSweeney	Democratic	June 2, 1899 – January 20, 1903	1900	Robert B. Scarborough
88		Duncan Clinch Heyward	Democratic	January 20, 1903 – January 15, 1907	1902	James Tillman
88		Duncan Clinch Heyward	Democratic	January 20, 1903 – January 15, 1907	1904	John Sloan
89		Martin Frederick Ansel	Democratic	January 15, 1907 – January 17, 1911	1906	Thomas Gordon McLeod
89		Martin Frederick Ansel	Democratic	January 15, 1907 – January 17, 1911	1908	Thomas Gordon McLeod
90		Coleman Livingston Blease	Democratic	January 17, 1911 – January 14, 1915	1910	Charles Aurelius Smith	Resigned^[e]
90		Coleman Livingston Blease	Democratic	January 17, 1911 – January 14, 1915	1912	Charles Aurelius Smith	Resigned^[e]
91		Charles Aurelius Smith	Democratic	January 14, 1915 – January 19, 1915	1912	Vacant	Shortest term Not elected
92		Richard Irvine Manning III	Democratic	January 19, 1915 – January 21, 1919	1914	Andrew Bethea
92		Richard Irvine Manning III	Democratic	January 19, 1915 – January 21, 1919	1916	Andrew Bethea
93		Robert Archer Cooper	Democratic	January 21, 1919 – May 20, 1922	1918	J.T. Lyles	Resigned^[f]
93		Robert Archer Cooper	Democratic	January 21, 1919 – May 20, 1922	1920	Wilson Godfrey Harvey	Resigned^[f]
94		Wilson Godfrey Harvey	Democratic	May 20, 1922 – January 16, 1923	1920	Vacant	Not elected
95		Thomas Gordon McLeod	Democratic	January 16, 1923 – January 18, 1927	1922	E.B. Jackson
95		Thomas Gordon McLeod	Democratic	January 16, 1923 – January 18, 1927	1924	E.B. Jackson
96		John Gardiner Richards, Jr.	Democratic	January 18, 1927 – January 20, 1931	1926	Thomas Bothwell Butler	First elected to four-year term^[g]
97		Ibra Charles Blackwood	Democratic	January 20, 1931 – January 15, 1935	1930	James Sheppard
98		Olin D. Johnston	Democratic	January 15, 1935 – January 17, 1939	1934	Joseph Emile Harley	1st time
99		Burnet R. Maybank	Democratic	January 17, 1939 – November 4, 1941	1938	Joseph Emile Harley	Resigned^[h]
100		Joseph Emile Harley	Democratic	November 4, 1941 – February 27, 1942		Vacant	Not elected Died in office
Vacant				February 27, 1942 – March 2, 1942
101		Richard Manning Jefferies	Democratic	March 2, 1942 – January 19, 1943			Not elected
98		Olin D. Johnston	Democratic	January 19, 1943 – January 2, 1945	1942	Ransome Judson Williams	2nd time Resigned^[i]
102		Ransome Judson Williams	Democratic	January 2, 1945 – January 21, 1947	1942	Vacant	Not elected
103		Strom Thurmond	Democratic	January 21, 1947 – January 16, 1951	1946	George Bell Timmerman, Jr.
104		James Francis Byrnes	Democratic	January 16, 1951 – January 18, 1955	1950	George Bell Timmerman, Jr.
105		George Bell Timmerman, Jr.	Democratic	January 18, 1955 – January 15, 1959	1954	Ernest Hollings
106		Ernest Hollings	Democratic	January 20, 1959 – January 15, 1963	1958	Burnet R. Maybank Jr.
107		Donald Stuart Russell	Democratic	January 15, 1963 – April 22, 1965	1962	Robert Evander McNair	Resigned^[j]
108		Robert Evander McNair	Democratic	April 22, 1965 – January 19, 1971	1962	Vacant
108		Robert Evander McNair	Democratic	April 22, 1965 – January 19, 1971	1966	John C. West
109		John C. West	Democratic	January 19, 1971 – January 21, 1975	1970	Earle Morris, Jr.
110		James B. Edwards	Republican	January 21, 1975 – January 10, 1979	1974	W. Brantley Harvey, Jr.
111		Richard Riley	Democratic	January 10, 1979 – January 14, 1987	1978	Nancy Stevenson	First elected to two consecutive 4-year terms
111		Richard Riley	Democratic	January 10, 1979 – January 14, 1987	1982	Michael R. Daniel	First elected to two consecutive 4-year terms
112		Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.	Republican	January 14, 1987 – January 11, 1995	1986	Nick Theodore
112		Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.	Republican	January 14, 1987 – January 11, 1995	1990	Nick Theodore
113		David Beasley	Republican	January 11, 1995 – January 13, 1999	1994	Bob Peeler	Lost reelection
114		Jim Hodges	Democratic	January 13, 1999 – January 15, 2003	1998	Bob Peeler	Lost reelection
115		Mark Sanford	Republican	January 15, 2003 – January 12, 2011	2002	André Bauer
115		Mark Sanford	Republican	January 15, 2003 – January 12, 2011	2006	André Bauer
116		Nikki Haley	Republican	January 12, 2011 – January 24, 2017	2010	Ken Ard	First female governor First minority governor Resigned^[k]
					2010	Glenn F. McConnell
					2014	J. Yancey McGill
						Henry McMaster
117		Henry McMaster	Republican	January 24, 2017 – Present		Kevin L. Bryant
117		Henry McMaster	Republican	January 24, 2017 – Present	2018	Pamela Evette

Timeline of recent party control[]

The timeline below depicts the party control of the governorship since 1970.

Party affiliation[]

Number of governors of South Carolina by party affiliation^[l]
Party	Governors
Democratic	49
Democratic-Republican	13
Republican	9
Independent	6
Federalist	5
Nullifier	3
Confederate Democrat	3
Unionist Democrat^[m]	1

Other high offices held[]

This is a table of congressional seats, other federal offices, other governorships, and other high offices held by governors after leaving office. All representatives and senators mentioned represented South Carolina except where noted. *denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.

Governor	Gubernatorial term	U.S. Congress		Other offices held
Governor	Gubernatorial term	House	Senate	Other offices held
John Rutledge	1776–1778 1779–1782			Delegate to Philadelphia Convention and signer of the United States Constitution; Associate and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Thomas Pinckney	1787–1789	H		United States Minister to Great Britain
Charles Pinckney	1789–1792 1796–1798 1806–1808	H	S	Delegate to Philadelphia Convention and signer of the United States Constitution; United States Minister to Spain
Paul Hamilton	1804–1806			United States Secretary of the Navy
Henry Middleton	1810–1812	H		United States Minister to Russia
David Rogerson Williams	1814–1816	H
Richard Irvine Manning I	1824–1826	H
John Taylor	1826–1828	H	S
Stephen Decatur Miller	1828–1830	H	S
James Hamilton, Jr.	1830–1832	H
Robert Y. Hayne	1832–1834		S
George McDuffie	1834–1836	H	S
John Peter Richardson II	1840–1842	H
James Henry Hammond	1842–1844	H	S
William Aiken, Jr.	1844–1846	H
Francis Wilkinson Pickens	1860–1862	H		United States Minister to Russia
Milledge Luke Bonham	1862–1864	H		Confederate Representative
James Lawrence Orr	1865–1868	H		Confederate Senator; United States Minister to Russia; Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Wade Hampton III	1877–1879		S*	United States Railroad Commissioner
William Dunlap Simpson	1879–1880			Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court
Hugh Smith Thompson	1882–1886			United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury*; United States Civil Service Commissioner
Benjamin Tillman	1890–1894		S
Coleman Livingston Blease	1911–1915		S
Olin D. Johnston	1935–1939 1943–1945		S*
Burnet R. Maybank	1939–1941		S*
Strom Thurmond	1947–1951		S
James F. Byrnes	1951–1955	H	S	Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; United States Secretary of State
Ernest Hollings	1959–1963		S
Donald S. Russell	1963–1965		S*
John C. West	1971–1975			United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
James B. Edwards	1975–1979			United States Secretary of Energy
Richard Riley	1979–1987			United States Secretary of Education
Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.	1987–1995	H
David Beasley	1995-1999			Executive Director of the World Food Programme^[1]
Mark Sanford	2003–2011	H
Nikki Haley	2011–2017			United States Ambassador to the United Nations*

Living former governors of South Carolina[]

As of August 2021, there are five former governors currently living, the oldest being Richard Riley (served 1979–1987, born 1933). The most recent governor to die was Ernest F. Hollings (served 1959–1963, born 1922), on April 6, 2019.^[2] The most recently serving governor to die was Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (served 1987–1995, born 1940) on December 7, 2005.

Governor	Party	Gubernatorial term	Birth
Richard Riley	Democratic	1979–1987	(1933-01-02) January 2, 1933 (age 88)
David Beasley	Republican	1995–1999	(1957-02-26) February 26, 1957 (age 64)
Jim Hodges	Democratic	1999–2003	(1956-11-19) November 19, 1956 (age 64)
Mark Sanford	Republican	2003–2011	(1960-05-28) May 28, 1960 (age 61)
Nikki Haley	Republican	2011–2017	(1972-01-20) January 20, 1972 (age 49)

Notes[]

^ The South Carolina legislature proposed a new constitution in 1778. Rutledge vetoed it, stating that it moved the state dangerously close to a direct democracy, which Rutledge believed was only a step away from total anarchy. When the legislature overrode his veto, Rutledge resigned.
^ Resigned to become United States Senator
^ Resigned to become Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court
^ Resigned to become Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under the Grover Cleveland administration.
^ Resigned to avoid attending the gubernatorial innaguration of Richard Manning
^ Resigned to accept position on the Federal Farm Loan Board
^ 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.
^ Resigned to become United States Senator
^ Resigned to become United States Senator
^ Resigned to become United States Senator
^ Resigned to become United States Ambassador to the United Nations
^ This table begins in 1776 with John Rutledge, the 31st governor. This table does not include governors from the colonial period from 1670-1776 when there were no organized parties in South Carolina. This table does not count governors twice; for example, Olin Johnson, who served two non-consecutive terms, is counted as one Democrat.
^ Not elected; appointed by President Andrew Johnson after the Civil War.

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 1, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Former SC Governor, U.S. Senator Ernest F. 'Fritz' Hollings dies at 97". Retrieved April 6, 2019.

External links[]

[1] The South Carolina legislature proposed a new constitution in 1778. Rutledge vetoed it, stating that it moved the state dangerously close to a direct democracy, which Rutledge believed was only a step away from total anarchy. When the legislature overrode his veto, Rutledge resigned.

[2] Resigned to become United States Senator

[3] Resigned to become Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court

[4] Resigned to become Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under the Grover Cleveland administration.

[5] Resigned to avoid attending the gubernatorial innaguration of Richard Manning

[6] Resigned to accept position on the Federal Farm Loan Board

[7] 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.

[8] Resigned to become United States Senator

[9] Resigned to become United States Senator

[10] Resigned to become United States Senator

[11] Resigned to become United States Ambassador to the United Nations

[12] This table begins in 1776 with John Rutledge, the 31st governor. This table does not include governors from the colonial period from 1670-1776 when there were no organized parties in South Carolina. This table does not count governors twice; for example, Olin Johnson, who served two non-consecutive terms, is counted as one Democrat.

[13] Not elected; appointed by President Andrew Johnson after the Civil War.

[14] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 1, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[15] "Former SC Governor, U.S. Senator Ernest F. 'Fritz' Hollings dies at 97". Retrieved April 6, 2019.

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