List of South Carolina Governors
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This list includes all the governors of the US state of South Carolina .
South carolina
| Surname | Term of office | Political party |
|---|---|---|
| John Rutledge (as President) | 1776-1778 | |
| Rawlins Lowndes (as President) | 1778-1779 | |
| John Rutledge | 1779-1782 | independent |
| John Mathews | 1782-1783 | independent |
| Benjamin Guerard | 1783-1785 | independent |
| William Moultrie | 1785-1787 | independent |
| Thomas Pinckney | 1787-1788 | Federalist Party |
State of South Carolina
| Surname | Term of office | Political party |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Pinckney | 1788-1789 | Federalist Party |
| Charles Pinckney | 1789-1792 | Federalist Party |
| William Moultrie | 1792-1794 | independent |
| Arnoldus Vanderhorst | 1794-1796 | Federalist Party |
| Charles Pinckney | 1796-1798 | Federalist Party |
| Edward Rutledge | 1798-1800 | Federalist Party |
| John Drayton | 1800-1802 | independent |
| James Burchill Richardson | 1802-1804 | independent |
| Paul Hamilton | 1804-1806 | Democratic Republican |
| Charles Pinckney | 1806-1808 | Democratic Republican |
| John Drayton | 1808-1810 | Democratic Republican |
| Henry Middleton | 1810-1812 | Democratic Republican |
| Joseph Alston | 1812-1814 | Democratic Republican |
| David Rogerson Williams | 1814-1816 | Democratic Republican |
| Andrew Pickens | 1816-1818 | Democratic Republican |
| John Geddes | 1818-1820 | Democratic Republican |
| Thomas Bennett | 1820-1822 | Democratic Republican |
| John Lyde Wilson | 1822-1824 | Democratic Republican |
| Richard Irvine Manning | 1824-1826 | Democratic Republican |
| John Taylor | 1826-1828 | Democratic Republican |
| Stephen Decatur Miller | 1828-1830 | democrat |
| James Hamilton | 1830-1832 | democrat |
| Robert Young Hayne | 1832-1834 | democrat |
| George McDuffie | 1834-1836 | democrat |
| Pierce Mason Butler | 1836-1838 | democrat |
| Patrick Noble | 1838-1840 | democrat |
| Barnabas Kelet Henagan | 1840-1840 | democrat |
| John Peter Richardson Sr. | 1840-1842 | democrat |
| James Henry Hammond | 1842-1844 | democrat |
| William Aiken | 1844-1846 | democrat |
| David Johnson | 1846-1848 | democrat |
| Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook | 1848-1850 | democrat |
| John Hugh Means | 1850-1852 | democrat |
| John Lawrence Manning | 1852-1854 | democrat |
| James Hopkins Adams | 1854-1856 | democrat |
| Robert Francis Withers Allston | 1856-1858 | democrat |
| William Henry Gist | 1858-1860 | democrat |
| Francis Wilkinson Pickens | 1860-1862 | democrat |
| Milledge Luke Bonham | 1862-1864 | democrat |
| Andrew Gordon Magrath | 1864-1865 | democrat |
| Benjamin Franklin Perry | 1865-1865 | |
| James Lawrence Orr | 1865-1868 | Conservative party |
| Robert Kingston Scott | 1868-1872 | republican |
| Franklin Israel Moses | 1872-1874 | republican |
| Daniel Henry Chamberlain | 1874-1877 | republican |
| Wade Hampton III. | 1877-1879 | democrat |
| William Dunlap Simpson | 1879-1880 | democrat |
| Thomas Bothwell Jeter | 1880-1880 | democrat |
| Johnson Hagood | 1880-1882 | democrat |
| Hugh Smith Thompson | 1882-1886 | democrat |
| John Calhoun Sheppard | 1886-1886 | democrat |
| John Peter Richardson Jr. | 1886-1890 | democrat |
| Benjamin Ryan Tillman | 1890-1894 | democrat |
| John Gary Evans | 1894-1897 | democrat |
| William Haselden Ellerbe | 1897-1899 | democrat |
| Miles Benjamin McSweeney | 1899-1903 | democrat |
| Duncan Clinch Heyward | 1903-1907 | democrat |
| Martin Frederick Ansel | 1907-1911 | democrat |
| Coleman Livingston Blease | 1911-1915 | democrat |
| Charles Aurelius Smith | 1915-1915 | democrat |
| Richard Irvine Manning III | 1915-1919 | democrat |
| Robert Archer Cooper | 1919-1922 | democrat |
| Wilson Godfrey Harvey | 1922-1923 | democrat |
| Thomas Gordon McLeod | 1923-1927 | democrat |
| John Gardiner Richards | 1927-1931 | democrat |
| Ibra Charles Blackwood | 1931-1935 | democrat |
| Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston | 1935-1939 | democrat |
| Burnet Rhett Maybank | 1939-1941 | democrat |
| Joseph Emile Harley | 1941-1942 | democrat |
| Richard Manning Jefferies | 1942-1943 | democrat |
| Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston | 1943-1945 | democrat |
| Ransome Judson Williams | 1945-1947 | democrat |
| James Strom Thurmond | 1947-1951 | democrat |
| James Francis Byrnes | 1951-1955 | democrat |
| George Bell Timmerman | 1955-1959 | democrat |
| Ernest Frederick Hollings | 1959-1963 | democrat |
| Donald Stuart Russell | 1963-1965 | democrat |
| Robert Evander McNair | 1965-1971 | democrat |
| John Carl West | 1971-1975 | democrat |
| James Burrows Edwards | 1975-1979 | republican |
| Richard Wilson Riley | 1979-1987 | democrat |
| Carroll Ashmore Campbell Junior | 1987-1995 | republican |
| David Muldrow Beasley | 1995-1999 | republican |
| James Hovis Hodges | 1999-2003 | democrat |
| Marshall Clement Sanford | 2003-2011 | republican |
| Nimrata Randhawa Haley | 2011-2017 | republican |
| Henry Dargan McMaster | since 2017 | republican |
See also
- List of Lieutenant Governors of South Carolina
- List of United States Senators from South Carolina
- List of members of the US House of Representatives from South Carolina
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