Political party strength in South Carolina
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The following table indicates the parties of elected officials in the U.S. state of South Carolina:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- Treasurer
- Comptroller General
- Superintendent of Education
- Adjutant General (no longer elected after 2014; appointed by governor beginning in 2019)[1]
- Commissioner of Agriculture
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
Bold indicates present office holders.
1776–1864[]
Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | ||||||||
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Governor | Lt. Governor | Sec. of State | Atty. Gen. | Comptroller | Adj. Gen. | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | ||
1776 | John Rutledge (I)[a][b] | Henry Laurens (I) | [?] | Alexander Moultrie | no such office | [?] | [?] | no such offices | ||||
1777 | (I) | |||||||||||
1778 | Rawlins Lowndes (I)[a][c] | |||||||||||
1779 | John Rutledge (I)[d] | Thomas Bee (I) | Pierce Butler | |||||||||
1780 | Christopher Gadsden (I) | |||||||||||
1781 | ||||||||||||
1782 | John Mathews (I)[d] | Richard Hutson (I) | ||||||||||
1783 | Benjamin Guerard (I)[d] | Richard Beresford (I) | ||||||||||
1784 | William Moultrie (I) | |||||||||||
1785 | William Moultrie (I)[d] | (I) | ||||||||||
1786 | ||||||||||||
1787 | Thomas Pinckney (F)[d] | (F) | Peter Freneau (DR) | |||||||||
1788 | ||||||||||||
1789 | Charles Pinckney (F)[d] | Alexander Gillon (F) | [?] | [?] | Pierce Butler (PA) | Ralph Izard (PA) | 3AA, 2PA | Washington (I) | ||||
1790 | [?] | |||||||||||
1791 | Isaac Holmes (F) | 3PA, 2AA | ||||||||||
1792 | William Moultrie (F) | James Ladson (F) | John Julius Pringle | Laurence Manning | Pierce Butler (AA) | |||||||
1793 | 5AA, 1PA | Washington (I) | ||||||||||
1794 | Arnoldus Vanderhorst (F) | Lewis Morris (F) | Pierce Butler (DR) | 4AA, 2PA | ||||||||
1795 | Stephen Ravenel | Jacob Read (F) | 4DR, 2AA | |||||||||
1796 | Charles Pinckney (DR) | Robert Anderson (DR) | ||||||||||
1797 | John Hunter (DR) | 3DR, 3F | Jefferson (DR) | |||||||||
1798 | Edward Rutledge (F)[e] | John Drayton (DR) | ||||||||||
1799 | Isaac Motte Dart | Charles Pinckney (DR) | 5F, 1DR | |||||||||
1800 | John Drayton (DR) | Richard Winn (DR) | Paul Hamilton (DR) | |||||||||
1801 | John E. Colhoun (DR) | 3DR, 3F | Jefferson (DR) | |||||||||
1802 | James Burchill Richardson (DR) | Ezekiel Pickens (DR) | Thomas Sumter (DR) | |||||||||
1803 | Daniel Elliott Huger | Pierce Butler (DR) | 6DR, 2F | |||||||||
1804 | Paul Hamilton (DR) | Thomas Sumter Jr. (DR) | Thomas Lee | DR maj. | DR maj. | |||||||
1805 | John Baylis Earle | John Gaillard (DR) | 8DR | Jefferson/ Clinton (DR) | ||||||||
1806 | Charles Pinckney (DR) | John Hopkins (DR) | ||||||||||
1807 | ||||||||||||
1808 | John Drayton (DR) | (DR) | Langdon Cheves (DR) | |||||||||
1809 | Madison/ Clinton (DR) | |||||||||||
1810 | Henry Middleton (DR) | Samuel Farrow (DR) | John Smythe Richardson Sr. | |||||||||
1811 | Daniel James Ravenel | John Taylor (DR) | ||||||||||
1812 | Joseph Alston (DR) | Eldred Simkins (DR) | ||||||||||
1813 | 9DR | Madison/ Gerry (DR) | ||||||||||
1814 | David Rogerson Williams (DR) | (DR) | ||||||||||
1815 | 8DR, 1F | |||||||||||
1816 | Andrew Pickens (DR) | John Alfred Cuthbert (DR) | ||||||||||
1817 | George Warren Cross | William Smith (DR) | 9DR | Monroe/ Tompkins (DR) | ||||||||
1818 | John Geddes (DR) | (DR) | Robert Y. Hayne (DR) | |||||||||
1819 | Beaufort Taylor Watts | John S. Cogdell | ||||||||||
1820 | Thomas Bennett Jr. (DR) | (DR) | ||||||||||
1821 | Thomas Lee | Monroe/ Tompkins (DR) | ||||||||||
1822 | John Lyde Wilson (DR) | Henry Bradley (DR) | James L. Petigru | Benjamin T. Elmore | ||||||||
1823 | Robert Y. Hayne (DR) | |||||||||||
1824 | Richard Irvine Manning I (DR) | (DR) | ||||||||||
1825 | Robert Y. Hayne (J) | John Gaillard (J) | 9J | Jackson/ Calhoun (DR) | ||||||||
1826 | John Taylor (DR) | (DR) | Alexander Speer | William Harper (J) | ||||||||
1827 | Robert Starke | William Smith (J) | ||||||||||
1828 | Stephen Decatur Miller (N) | Thomas Williams (D) | D maj. | D maj. | ||||||||
1829 | Jackson/ Calhoun (D) | |||||||||||
1830 | James Hamilton Jr. (N) | Patrick Noble (D) | Henry Pendleton Taylor | Hugh S. Legaré | Thomas Harrison | |||||||
1831 | Samuel Hammond (D) | Robert Y. Hayne (N) | Stephen Decatur Miller (N) | 6J, 3N | ||||||||
1832 | Robert Y. Hayne (N) | (D) | Robert Rhett (D) | N maj. | N maj. | |||||||
1833 | John C. Calhoun (N) | vacant | 7N, 2J | Floyd/ Lee (DN) | ||||||||
1834 | George McDuffie (N) | Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook (D) | William Laval | William C. Preston (N) | 8N, 1J | |||||||
1835 | 6N, 2J, 1NR | |||||||||||
1836 | Pierce Mason Butler (D) | William Porcher DuBose (D) | Benjamin H. Saxon | Henry Bailey | James Jones | D maj. | D maj. | |||||
1837 | John C. Calhoun (D) | William C. Preston (W) | 5N, 3D, 1W | Mangum/ Tyler (W) | ||||||||
1838 | Patrick Noble (D)[e] | Barnabas Kelet Henagan (D) | William Edward Hayne | |||||||||
1839 | Maximillan LaBorde | 8D, 1W | ||||||||||
1840 | Barnabas Kelet Henagan (D)[f] | vacant | ||||||||||
1841 | John Peter Richardson II (D) | (D) | James Willis Cantey | Van Buren (D) | ||||||||
1842 | James Henry Hammond (D) | Isaac Donnom Witherspoon (D) | William Laval | |||||||||
1843 | Robert Quash Pinckney | Daniel Elliott Huger (D) | George McDuffie (D) | 7D | ||||||||
1844 | William Aiken Jr. (D) | (D) | ||||||||||
1845 | John C. Calhoun (D) | Polk/ Dallas (D) | ||||||||||
1846 | David Johnson (D) | William Cain (D) | William C. Balck | |||||||||
1847 | Barnabas Kelet Henagan (D) | Andrew Butler (D) | ||||||||||
1848 | Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook (D) | William Henry Gist (D) | Isaac W. Hayne | |||||||||
1849 | Cass/ Butler (D) | |||||||||||
1850 | John Hugh Means (D) | Joshua John Ward (D) | James B. McCully | Franklin H. Elmore (D) | ||||||||
Robert Woodward Barnwell (D) | ||||||||||||
1851 | Benjamin Perry | Robert Rhett (D) | ||||||||||
1852 | John Lawrence Manning (D) | (D) | William F. De Saussure (D) | |||||||||
1853 | Josiah J. Evans (D) | 6D | Pierce/ King (D) | |||||||||
1854 | James Hopkins Adams (D) | (D) | John D. Ashmore (D) | Richard Gill Mills Dunovant | ||||||||
1855 | James Patterson | |||||||||||
1856 | Robert Francis Withers Allston (D) | (D) | ||||||||||
1857 | vacant | Buchanan/ Breckinridge (D) | ||||||||||
1858 | William Henry Gist (D) | M. E. Carn (D) | Thomas J. Pickens | Arthur P. Hayne (D) | James Henry Hammond (D) | |||||||
1859 | Isaac Hayne Means | James Chesnut Jr. (D) | ||||||||||
1860 | Francis Wilkinson Pickens (D) | (D) | ||||||||||
1861 | States Rights Gist (D) | [?] | [?] | vacant | vacant | vacant | Breckinridge/ Lane (SD) | |||||
1862 | Milledge Luke Bonham (D) | (D) | James A. Black | Wilmot Gibbes De Saussure | ||||||||
1863 | W. R. Huntt | Albert Creswell Garlington | ||||||||||
1864 | Andrew Gordon Magrath (D)[g] | (D) | ||||||||||
Year | Governor | Lt. Governor | Sec. of State | Atty. Gen. | Comptroller | Adj. Gen. | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Electoral votes |
Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress |
1865–present[]
Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||||||
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Governor | Lt. Governor | Sec. of State | Atty. Gen. | Treasurer | Comptroller | Supt. of Ed. | Adj. Gen. | Comm. of Ag. | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | ||
1865 | Benjamin Franklin Perry (D)[h] | vacant | W. R. Huntt | Isaac W. Hayne | William Hood | James A. Black | no such office | Albert Creswell Garlington | no such office[i] | 31NP | 124NP | vacant | vacant | vacant | ineligible to participate |
1866 | James Lawrence Orr (NP)[j] | (NP) | Simon L. Leaphart | ||||||||||||
1867 | Ellison Capers (D) | S. L. Leaphart | |||||||||||||
1868 | Robert Kingston Scott (R) | Lemuel Boozer (R) | Francis Lewis Cardozo (R) | Daniel Henry Chamberlain (R) | Niles G. Parker | John L. Neagle | Justus K. Jillson (R) | Thomas J. Robertson (R) | Frederick A. Sawyer (R) | 4R | |||||
1869 | Franklin J. Moses Jr. (R) | 25R, 6D | 110R, 14D | Grant/ Colfax (R) | |||||||||||
1870 | Alonzo J. Ransier (R) | ||||||||||||||
1871 | 26R, 5D | 100R, 24D | |||||||||||||
1872 | Franklin J. Moses Jr. (R) | Richard Howell Gleaves (R) | Henry E. Hayne (R) | Samuel Wickliff Melton | Francis Lewis Cardozo (R) | Solomon L. Hoge (R) | Henry William Purvis | ||||||||
1873 | 25R, 8D | 101R, 23D | John J. Patterson (R) | 5R | Grant/ Wilson (R) | ||||||||||
1874 | Daniel Henry Chamberlain (R)[k] | Thomas C. Dunn | |||||||||||||
1875 | 26R, 7C | 91R, 33C | |||||||||||||
1876 | Wade Hampton III (D)[b] | William Dunlap Simpson (D) | Robert Moorman Sims | William Stone | Johnson Hagood (D) | Edwin Warren Moïse | |||||||||
1877 | James Conner (D) | S. L. Leaphart | Hugh Smith Thompson (D) | 18R, 15D | 65D, 59R | Matthew Butler (D) | 3R, 2D | Hayes/ Wheeler (R) | |||||||
1878 | LeRoy Franklin Youmans (D) | ||||||||||||||
1879 | William Dunlap Simpson (D)[f] | vacant | 28D, 5R | 121D, 3R | Wade Hampton III (D) | 5D | |||||||||
1880 | Thomas Bothwell Jeter (D) | John C. Coit | John Scoffing | (D) | |||||||||||
1881 | Johnson Hagood (D) | John Doby Kennedy (D) | J. P. Richardson | John Bratton (D) | Arthur Middleton Manigault | 33D, 2R | 120D, 4R | Hancock/ English (D) | |||||||
1882 | Hugh Smith Thompson (D)[b] | John Calhoun Sheppard (D) | James Nathan Lipscomb | Charles R. Miles | William E. Stoney | Asbury Coward | 3D, 2R | ||||||||
1883 | 118D, 6R | 6D, 1R | |||||||||||||
1884 | |||||||||||||||
1885 | Milledge Lipscomb Bonham Jr. | 32D, 3R | 119D, 5R | Cleveland/ Hendricks (D) | |||||||||||
1886 | John Calhoun Sheppard (D)[f] | vacant | William Zachariah Leitner | Joseph H. Earle (D) | John S. Verner | ||||||||||
1887 | John Peter Richardson III (D) | William Mauldin (D) | I. S. Bamberg | 33D, 2R | 120D, 4R | 7D | |||||||||
1888 | John Quitman Marshall | ||||||||||||||
1889 | E. R. McIver | 35D | 121D, 3R | 6D, 1R | Cleveland/ Thurman (D) | ||||||||||
1890 | Benjamin Tillman (D) | Eugene Gary (D) | James E. Tindal | Young J. Pope | William Haselden Ellerbe (D) | Hugh L. Farley | |||||||||
1891 | John L. McLaurin (D) | W. T. C. Bates | Mr. Moore (D) | 32D, 3R | 115D, 9R | John L. M. Irby (D) | 7D | ||||||||
1892 | Daniel A. Townshend | no such office[l] | |||||||||||||
1893 | Washington H. Timmerman (D) | 36D | 120D, 4R | 6D, 1R | Cleveland/ Stevenson (D) | ||||||||||
1894 | John Gary Evans (D) | Daniel Hollard Tompkins | William A. Barber | James W. Norton (D) | |||||||||||
1895 | John Gary Watts | 29D, 7ID | 104D, 17ID, 3R | Benjamin Tillman (D) | 7D | ||||||||||
1896 | 6D, 1R | ||||||||||||||
1897 | William Haselden Ellerbe (D)[e] | Miles Benjamin McSweeney (D) | W. H. Timmerman | Lafayette P. Epton | 36D | 123D, 1R | Joseph H. Earle (D) | 7D | Bryan/ Sewall (D) | ||||||
1898 | G. Duncan Bellinger Sr. | John L. McLaurin (D) | |||||||||||||
1899 | Miles Benjamin McSweeney (D) | Robert B. Scarborough (D) | Marion Reed Cooper | John P. Derham | Joseph W. Floyd | 41D | |||||||||
1900 | |||||||||||||||
1901 | James H. Tillman (D) | R. H. Jennings | Bryan/ Sewall (D) | ||||||||||||
1902 | U. X. Gunter Jr. | ||||||||||||||
1903 | Duncan Clinch Heyward (D) | (D) | (D) | Adolphus W. Jones | John D. Frost | 124D | Asbury Latimer (D) | ||||||||
1904 | (D) | ||||||||||||||
1905 | LeRoy Franklin Youmans (D) | Parker/ Davis (D) | |||||||||||||
1906 | D. C. Ray | ||||||||||||||
1907 | Martin Frederick Ansel (D) | Thomas Gordon McLeod (D) | (D) | J. Fraser Lyon | |||||||||||
1908 | Frank B. Gary (D) | ||||||||||||||
1909 | Ellison D. Smith (D) | Bryan/ Kern (D) | |||||||||||||
1910 | William W. Moore | ||||||||||||||
1911 | Coleman Livingston Blease (D)[b] | Charles Aurelius Smith (D) | 44D | ||||||||||||
1912 | |||||||||||||||
1913 | Thomas H. Peeples (D) | S. T. Carter | Wilson/ Marshall (D) | ||||||||||||
1914 | |||||||||||||||
1915 | Charles Aurelius Smith (D)[f] | vacant | Carlton W. Sawyer | ||||||||||||
1916 | Richard Irvine Manning III (D) | (D) | |||||||||||||
1917 | (D)[e] | Wilson/ Marshall (D) | |||||||||||||
1918 | Samuel Wolfe | R. Lyles Osborne | (D) | Christie Benet (D) | |||||||||||
William P. Pollock (D) | |||||||||||||||
1919 | Robert Archer Cooper (D)[b] | (D) | (D) | 46D | Nathaniel B. Dial (D) | ||||||||||
1920 | Wilbert Sutherland | ||||||||||||||
1921 | Wilson Godfrey Harvey (D) | Walter E. Duncan | Cox/ Roosevelt (D) | ||||||||||||
1922 | Wilson Godfrey Harvey (D)[f] | vacant | |||||||||||||
1923 | Thomas Gordon McLeod (D) | (D) | |||||||||||||
1924 | (D)[e] | (D) | |||||||||||||
1925 | A. J. Beattie | Coleman Livingston Blease (D) | Davis/ Bryan (D) | ||||||||||||
1926 | Julian Haskell Scarborough | James C. Dozier | (D) | ||||||||||||
1927 | John Gardiner Richards Jr. (D) | (D) | |||||||||||||
1928 | |||||||||||||||
1929 | Smith/ Robinson (D) | ||||||||||||||
1930 | |||||||||||||||
1931 | Ibra Charles Blackwood (D) | James Sheppard (D) | James F. Byrnes (D) | ||||||||||||
1932 | |||||||||||||||
1933 | (D) | 6D | Roosevelt/ Garner (D) | ||||||||||||
1934 | E. P. Miller | ||||||||||||||
1935 | Olin D. Johnston (D) | Joseph Emile Harley (D) | |||||||||||||
1936 | |||||||||||||||
1937 | Roosevelt/ Garner (D) | ||||||||||||||
1938 | |||||||||||||||
1939 | Burnet R. Maybank (D)[b] | ||||||||||||||
1940 | (D)[e] | ||||||||||||||
1941 | Joseph Emile Harley (D)[f][e] | vacant | Alva M. Lumpkin (D) | Roosevelt/ Wallace (D) | |||||||||||
Roger C. Peace (D) | |||||||||||||||
1942 | Richard Manning Jefferies (D)[f] | Burnet R. Maybank (D) | |||||||||||||
1943 | Olin D. Johnston (D)[b] | Ransome Judson Williams (D) | Elridge C. Rhodes | ||||||||||||
1944 | Wilton E. Hall (D) | ||||||||||||||
1945 | Ransome Judson Williams (D)[f] | vacant | Olin D. Johnston (D) | Roosevelt/ Truman (D) | |||||||||||
1946 | |||||||||||||||
1947 | Strom Thurmond (D) | George Bell Timmerman Jr. (D) | |||||||||||||
1948 | |||||||||||||||
1949 | Thurmond/ Wright (Dix) | ||||||||||||||
1950 | (D)[f] | ||||||||||||||
1951 | James F. Byrnes (D) | (D) | (D) | ||||||||||||
1952 | |||||||||||||||
1953 | Stevenson/ Sparkman (D) | ||||||||||||||
1954 | Charles E. Daniel (D) | ||||||||||||||
Strom Thurmond (D) | |||||||||||||||
1955 | George Bell Timmerman Jr. (D) | Fritz Hollings (D) | |||||||||||||
1956 | (D) | Thomas A. Wofford (D) | |||||||||||||
1957 | Strom Thurmond (D) | Stevenson/ Kefauver (D) | |||||||||||||
1958 | |||||||||||||||
1959 | Fritz Hollings (D) | Burnet R. Maybank Jr. (D) | (D) | ||||||||||||
1960 | |||||||||||||||
1961 | Kennedy/ Johnson (D) | ||||||||||||||
1962 | 123D, 1R[m] | ||||||||||||||
1963 | Donald S. Russell (D)[b] | Robert Evander McNair (D) | 124D | ||||||||||||
1964 | Strom Thurmond (R) | ||||||||||||||
1965 | Robert Evander McNair (D) | vacant | 123D, 1R | 5D, 1R | Goldwater/ Miller (R) | ||||||||||
1966 | Grady Patterson (D)[n] | Donald S. Russell (D) | |||||||||||||
1967 | John C. West (D) | (D) | 43D, 6R, 1I | 107D, 17R | Fritz Hollings (D) | ||||||||||
1968 | |||||||||||||||
1969 | 47D, 3R | 119D, 5R | Nixon/ Agnew (R) | ||||||||||||
1970 | |||||||||||||||
1971 | John C. West (D) | Earle Morris Jr. (D) | (D) | 44D, 2R | 113D, 11R | ||||||||||
1972 | |||||||||||||||
1973 | 43D, 3R | 103D, 21R | 4D, 2R | ||||||||||||
1974 | |||||||||||||||
1975 | James B. Edwards (R) | W. Brantley Harvey Jr. (D) | 108D, 16R | 5D, 1R | |||||||||||
1976 | |||||||||||||||
Earle Morris Jr. (D) | |||||||||||||||
1977 | G. Bryan Patrick (R) | 42D, 4R | 112D, 12R | Carter/ Mondale (D) | |||||||||||
1978 | |||||||||||||||
1979 | Richard Riley (D) | Nancy Stevenson (D) | John Tucker Campbell (D) | Charlie G. Williams (D) | T. Eston Marchant (D) | 108D, 16R | 4D, 2R | ||||||||
1980 | |||||||||||||||
1981 | 39D, 7R | 4R, 2D | Reagan/ Bush (R) | ||||||||||||
1982 | |||||||||||||||
1983 | Michael R. Daniel (D) | Thomas T. Medlock (D) | Les Tindal (D) | 105D, 19R | 3D, 3R | ||||||||||
1984 | |||||||||||||||
1985 | 36D, 10R | 96D, 28R | |||||||||||||
1986 | |||||||||||||||
1987 | Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (R) | Nick Theodore (D) | 92D, 32R | 4D, 2R | |||||||||||
1988 | |||||||||||||||
1989 | 35D, 11R | 88D, 36R | Bush/ Quayle (R) | ||||||||||||
1990 | |||||||||||||||
Les Tindal (R) | |||||||||||||||
1991 | Jim Miles (R) | Barbara Nielsen (R) | 80D, 44R | ||||||||||||
1992 | |||||||||||||||
1993 | 30D, 16R | 74D, 50R | 3D, 3R | Bush/ Quayle (R) | |||||||||||
1994 | |||||||||||||||
1995 | David Beasley (R) | Bob Peeler (R) | Charlie Condon (R) | Richard Eckstrom (R) | Stan Spears (D) | 26D, 20R | 70R, 54D | 4R, 2D | |||||||
Stan Spears (R) | |||||||||||||||
1996 | |||||||||||||||
1997 | 25D, 21R | 71R, 53D | Dole/ Kemp (R) | ||||||||||||
1998 | |||||||||||||||
1999 | Jim Hodges (D) | Grady Patterson (D) | Jim Lander (D) | Inez Tenenbaum (D) | 67R, 57D | ||||||||||
2000 | |||||||||||||||
2001 | 25R, 21D | 71R, 53D | Bush/ Cheney (R) | ||||||||||||
2002 | |||||||||||||||
2003 | Mark Sanford (R) | André Bauer (R) | Mark Hammond (R) | Henry McMaster (R) | Richard Eckstrom (R) | Charles Sharpe (R) | 26R, 20D | 73R, 51D | Lindsey Graham (R) | ||||||
2004 | |||||||||||||||
Hugh Weathers (R) | |||||||||||||||
2005 | 74R, 50D | Jim DeMint (R) | |||||||||||||
2006 | |||||||||||||||
2007 | Thomas Ravenel (R)[b] | Jim Rex (D) | 73R, 51D | ||||||||||||
Ken Wingate (R)[o] | 26R, 19D | ||||||||||||||
Converse Chellis (R)[p] | 27R, 19D | ||||||||||||||
2008 | |||||||||||||||
2009 | McCain/ Palin (R) | ||||||||||||||
2010 | |||||||||||||||
2011 | Nikki Haley (R)[q] | Ken Ard (R) | Alan Wilson (R) | Curtis Loftis (R) | Mick Zais (R) | Robert Livingston (R)[r] | 76R, 48D | 5R, 1D | |||||||
2012 | |||||||||||||||
Glenn F. McConnell (R) [b] | |||||||||||||||
2013 | 28R, 18D | 78R, 46D | Tim Scott (R) | 6R, 1D | Romney/ Ryan (R) | ||||||||||
2014 | |||||||||||||||
Yancey McGill (D) | |||||||||||||||
2015 | Henry McMaster (R) | Molly Spearman (R) | 28R, 17D 1V[s] | ||||||||||||
2016 | 28R, 18D[t] | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Henry McMaster (R) | Kevin L. Bryant (R) | 80R, 44D | Trump/ Pence (R) | |||||||||||
2018 | |||||||||||||||
2019 | Pamela Evette (R) | appointed[u] | 27R, 19D | 5R, 2D | |||||||||||
2020 | |||||||||||||||
2021 | 30R, 16D | 81R, 43D | 6R, 1D | Trump/ Pence (R) | |||||||||||
2022 | |||||||||||||||
Year | Governor | Lt. Governor | Sec. of State | Atty. Gen. | Treasurer | Comptroller | Supt. of Ed. | Adj. Gen. | Comm. of Ag. | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Electoral votes |
Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress |
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- ^ a b President under the Articles of Confederation chosen by the General Assembly.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Resigned.
- ^ Imprisoned by British during American Revolution.
- ^ a b c d e f Governor under the Articles of Confederation chosen by the General Assembly.
- ^ a b c d e f g Died in office.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Assumed office following death or resignation of predecessor.
- ^ Deposed by the Union Army.
- ^ Appointed by President Andrew Johnson.
- ^ The Department of Agriculture was established in 1879. [2]
- ^ First popularly-elected Governor.
- ^ Claimed governorship following 1876 election.
- ^ Responsibilities originally housed at the Department of Agriculture were transferred to other state agencies from 1891–1904.
- ^ Charles Boineau was elected in Richmond County in a special election as the first Republican to win election to the House since 1900.[3]
- ^ First elected in a special election.
- ^ Appointed on an interim basis by Governor Mark Sanford.
- ^ Elected by state legislature to fill vacancy.
- ^ Resigned January 24, 2017 upon confirmation as United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
- ^ Last elected Adjutant General, retired on January 17, 2019.
- ^ State Senator Clementa C. Pinckney was assassinated in June 2015.
- ^ Margie Bright Matthews succeeded Pinckney.
- ^ Adjutant General became an appointed position in 2019.
See also[]
- Government and politics in South Carolina
- Politics of South Carolina
- Elections in South Carolina
References[]
- ^ "South Carolina Adjutant General". BallotPedia. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ Subcommittee Study of the Department of Agriculture (July 28, 2017), pg. 9.
- ^ "South Caroliniana Library - University Libraries | University of South Carolina". sc.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
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