List of governors of South Carolina

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, who is also the longest serving governor in South Carolina's history.

Governors

Template:For South Carolina was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and was admitted as a state on May 23, 1788.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861.<ref>Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America Template:Webarchive, accessed July 8, 2015</ref> 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.<ref>Act authorizing readmission on ratification of 14th amendment: Template:Usstat. Proclamation of South Carolina's ratification: Template:Usstat.</ref>

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.Template:Sfn

Governors of the State of South Carolina

Template:Abbr	GovernorTemplate:Efn			Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. GovernorTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn
31	File:John Rutledge color painting.jpg	rowspan="12" style="background:Template:Party color;"|	John Rutledge Template:Small <ref name="nga-rutledge-john">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="statelist">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> – March 6, 1778 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	NoneTemplate:Sfn	1776	rowspan="6" style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
32	File:Rawlins Lowndes.jpg	Rawlins Lowndes Template:Small <ref name="nga-lowndes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="statelist" /> – January 9, 1779 Template:Small	NoneTemplate:Sfn	1778Template:Efn	Template:Sortname
31	File:John Rutledge color painting.jpg	John Rutledge Template:Small <ref name="nga-rutledge-john" />	Template:Dts<ref name="statelist" /> – January 31, 1782 Template:SmallTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn	NoneTemplate:Sfn	1779	Template:Sortname
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33	File:John Mathews (South Carolina Governor).jpg	John Mathews Template:Small <ref name="nga-mathews">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="statelist" /> – February 5, 1783 Template:Small	NoneTemplate:Sfn	1782Template:Efn	Template:Sortname
34	File:No image.svg	Benjamin Guerard Template:Small <ref name="nga-guerard">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – February 10, 1785 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	NoneTemplate:Sfn	1783	Template:Sortname
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			rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
35	File:William Moultrie portrait.jpg	William Moultrie Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-moultrie">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – February 21, 1787 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	NoneTemplate:Sfn	1785	Template:Sortname
36	File:Thomas Pinckney.jpg	Thomas Pinckney Template:Small <ref name="nga-pinckney-thomas">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 26, 1789 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	NoneTemplate:Sfn	1787	Template:Sortname
37	File:Charles Pinckney.jpg	Charles Pinckney Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-pinckney-charles">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 5, 1792 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	NoneTemplate:Sfn	1789	Template:Sortname
			1791
35	File:William Moultrie portrait.jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	William Moultrie Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-moultrie" />	Template:DtsTemplate:Sfn – December 17, 1794 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	FederalistTemplate:Sfn	1792	Template:Sortname
38	File:Arnoldus Vanderhorst (South Carolina Governor).jpg	Arnoldus Vanderhorst Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-vanderhorst">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Sfn – December 8, 1796 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	FederalistTemplate:Sfn	1794	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
37	File:Charles Pinckney.jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Charles Pinckney Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-pinckney-charles" />	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 19, 1798 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1796	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
39	File:Edward Rutledge.jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Edward Rutledge Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-rutledge-edward">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 23, 1800 Template:Small	FederalistTemplate:Sfn	1798	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
40	File:JohnDrayton.JPG	rowspan="15" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	John Drayton Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-drayton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Sfn – December 8, 1802 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
		1800		rowspan="14" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|			Template:Sortname
41	File:James Burchill Richardson.jpg	James Burchill Richardson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-richardson-james">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Sfn – December 7, 1804 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1802	Template:Sortname
42	File:SECNAVY Paul Hamilton.jpg	Paul Hamilton Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hamilton-paul">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Sfn – December 9, 1806 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1804	Template:Sortname
37	File:Charles Pinckney.jpg	Charles Pinckney Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-pinckney-charles" />	Template:DtsTemplate:Sfn – December 10, 1808 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1806	Template:Sortname
40	File:JohnDrayton.JPG	John Drayton Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-drayton" />	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 10, 1810 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1808	Template:Sortname
43	File:Henry-middleton.jpg	Henry Middleton Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-middleton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 10, 1812 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1810	Template:Sortname
44	File:Joseph Alston.jpg	Joseph Alston Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-alston">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Sfn – December 10, 1814 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1812	Template:Sortname
45	File:David Rogerson Williams (South Carolina Governor).jpg	David Rogerson Williams Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-williams-david">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Sfn – December 5, 1816 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1814	Template:Sortname
46	File:Francis Wilkinson Pickens (cropped).jpg	Andrew Pickens Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-pickens-andrew">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Sfn – December 8, 1818 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1816	Template:Sortname
47	File:No image.svg	John Geddes Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-geddes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 7, 1820 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1818	Template:Sortname
48	File:Thomas Bennett Jr.PNG	Thomas Bennett Jr. Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bennett">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 9, 1822 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1820	Template:Sortname
49	File:John Lyde Wilson.jpg	John Lyde Wilson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-wilson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 3, 1824 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1822	Template:Sortname
50	File:Richard Irvine Manning I.jpg	Richard Irvine Manning I Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-manning-richard-1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 11, 1826 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1824	Template:Sortname
51	File:John Taylor South Carolina governor.jpg	John Taylor Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-taylor">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 10, 1828 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1826	Template:Sortname
52	File:Stephen Decatur Miller.jpg	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Stephen Decatur Miller Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-miller">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 9, 1830 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	NullifierTemplate:Sfn	1828	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
53	File:James Hamilton, Jr.jpg	James Hamilton Jr. Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hamilton-james">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 11, 1832 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	NullifierTemplate:Sfn	1830	Template:Sortname
54	File:Robert Y Hayne.jpg	Robert Y. Hayne Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hayne">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 11, 1834 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	NullifierTemplate:Sfn	1832	Template:Sortname
55	File:George-McDuffie.jpg	rowspan="18" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	George McDuffie Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mcduffie">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 10, 1836 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1834	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
56	File:Pierce Mason Butler.jpg	Pierce Mason Butler Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-butler">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Sfn – December 10, 1838 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1836	Template:Sortname
57	File:Patrick Noble.jpg	Patrick Noble Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-noble">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – April 7, 1840 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1838	Template:Sortname
58	File:No image.svg	Barnabas Kelet Henagan Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-henagan">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 10, 1840 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
59	File:John Peter Richardson II.jpg	John Peter Richardson II Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-richardson-john-2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 10, 1842 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1840	rowspan="12" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
60	File:J.H. Hammond, Senator from South Carolina, LCCN2010649189 (cropped).jpg	James H. Hammond Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hammond">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 10, 1844 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1842	Template:Sortname
61	File:William Aiken.jpg	William Aiken Jr. Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-aiken">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 10, 1846 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1844	Template:Sortname
62	File:David Johnson (governor).jpg	David Johnson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-johnson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 14, 1848 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1846	Template:Sortname
63	File:Gov-seabrook.jpg	Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-seabrook">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 16, 1850 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1848	Template:Sortname
64	File:JohnHughMeans (cropped).JPG	John Hugh Means Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-means">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 13, 1852 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1850	Template:Sortname
65	File:John-lawrence-manning.jpg	John Lawrence Manning Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-manning-john">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 13, 1854 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1852	Template:Sortname
66	File:Portrait of Governor James Hopkins Adams of South Carolina.jpg	James Hopkins Adams Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-adams">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 11, 1856 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1854	Template:Sortname
67	File:Allston portrait by Flagg small.jpg	Robert Francis Withers Allston Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-allston">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 13, 1858 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1856	Template:Sortname
68	File:William Henry Gist.jpg	William Henry Gist Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-gist">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 17, 1860 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1858	Template:Sortname
69	File:Francis Wilkinson Pickens (cropped).jpg	Francis Wilkinson Pickens Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-pickens-francis">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 18, 1862 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1860	Template:Sortname
70	File:Hon. Milledge L. Bonham, S.C - NARA - 528412 (cropped) (cropped).jpg	Milledge Luke Bonham Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bonham">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 19, 1864 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1862	Template:Sortname Template:Small
			Vacant
71	File:Andrew Gordon Magrath.jpg	Andrew Gordon Magrath Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-magrath">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – May 28, 1865 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1864	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
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72	File:Benjamin Franklin Perry.jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Benjamin Franklin Perry Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-perry">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Presidential Proclamation No. 46, 30 June 1865, Template:USStat, 770</ref> – November 29, 1865 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small
73	File:James Lawrence Orr - Brady-Handy (3x4).jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	James Lawrence Orr Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-orr">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – July 9, 1868 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1865	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
74	File:Robert Kingston Scott - Brady-Handy.jpg	rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Robert Kingston Scott Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-scott">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 3, 1872 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1868	rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
		1870		Template:Sortname
75	File:Franklin J. Moses, Jr.jpg	Franklin J. Moses Jr. Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-moses">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 1, 1874 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1872	Template:Sortname
76	File:Daniel Henry Chamberlain.jpg	Daniel Henry Chamberlain Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-chamberlain">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – April 11, 1877 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1874
			1876Template:Efn
77	File:Wade Hampton III - Brady-Handy.jpg	rowspan="37" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|		Wade Hampton III Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hampton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – February 26, 1879 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
		1878
78	File:William Dunlap Simpson.jpg	William Dunlap Simpson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-simpson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="hampton-resigns" /> – September 1, 1880 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
79	File:Thomas Bothwell Jeter.jpg	Thomas Bothwell Jeter Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-jeter">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – November 30, 1880 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small
80	File:Johnson Hagood.jpg	Johnson Hagood Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hagood">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 5, 1882 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1880	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
81	File:Hugh Smith Thompson, Governor of South Carolina.jpg	Hugh Smith Thompson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-thompson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – July 10, 1886 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1882	Template:Sortname
			1884
82	File:John Calhoun Sheppard.jpg	John Calhoun Sheppard Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-sheppard">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – November 30, 1886 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
83	File:John Peter Richardson III, Governor of South Carolina.jpg	John Peter Richardson III Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-richardson-john-3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 4, 1890 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1886	rowspan="15" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
			1888
84	File:Tillman crop.jpg	Benjamin Tillman Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-tillman">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 4, 1894 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1890	Template:Sortname
			1892			Template:Sortname
85	File:John Gary Evans.jpg	John Gary Evans Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-evans">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 18, 1897 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn		1894
86	File:William H Ellerbe.jpg	William Haselden Ellerbe Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-ellerbe">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – June 2, 1899 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1896	Template:Sortname
			1898
87	File:Miles Benjamin McSweeney.jpg	Miles Benjamin McSweeney Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mcsweeney">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 21, 1903 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Template:Sortname
			1900
88	File:Duncan Clinch Heyward.jpg	Duncan Clinch Heyward Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-heyward">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 15, 1907 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1902	Template:Sortname
			1904			Template:Sortname
89	File:Martin Frederick Ansel.jpg	Martin Frederick Ansel Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-ansel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 17, 1911 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1906	Template:Sortname
			1908
90	File:Coleman L Blease (cropped).jpg	Cole L. Blease Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-blease">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 14, 1915 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1910	Template:Sortname
			1912
91	File:Charles Aurelius Smith.jpg	Charles Aurelius Smith Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-smith">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="blease-resigns" /> – January 19, 1915 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
92	File:Richard Irvine Manning III circa 1915.jpg	Richard Irvine Manning III Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-manning-richard-3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 21, 1919 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1914	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
			1916
93	File:Robert Archer Cooper (South Carolina Governor).jpg	Robert Archer Cooper Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-cooper">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – May 20, 1922 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1918	Template:Sortname
			1920			Template:Sortname
94	File:Wilson Godfrey Harvey.jpg	Wilson Godfrey Harvey Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-harvey">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 16, 1923 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
95	File:ThomasGordonMcLeod.jpg	Thomas Gordon McLeod Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mcleod">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 18, 1927 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1922	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
			1924
96	File:John Gardiner Richards, Jr..jpg	John Gardiner Richards Jr. Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-richards">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 20, 1931 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1926	Template:Sortname Template:Small
			Vacant
97	File:Ibra Charles Blackwood (SC).png	Ibra Charles Blackwood Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-blackwood">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 15, 1935 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1930	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
98	File:JOHNSTON, OLIN D. GOVERNOR LCCN2016862698 (cropped).jpg	Olin D. Johnston Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-johnston">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 17, 1939 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1934	Template:Sortname
99	File:Burnet R. Maybank.jpg	Burnet R. Maybank Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-maybank">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – November 4, 1941 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1938
100	File:Joseph Emile Harley.jpg	Joseph Emile Harley Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-harley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – February 27, 1942 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
—	Vacant			Template:Dts – March 2, 1942	—	Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
101	File:Richard Manning Jefferies.jpg	rowspan="11" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Richard Manning Jefferies Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-jefferies">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – January 19, 1943 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn			Template:Small
98	File:JOHNSTON, OLIN D. GOVERNOR LCCN2016862698 (cropped).jpg	Olin D. Johnston Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-johnston" />	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 2, 1945 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1942	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
102	File:Ransome J. Williams (South Carolina Governor).jpg	Ransome Judson Williams Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-williams-ransome">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 21, 1947 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
103	File:Governor Strom Thurmond.jpg	Strom Thurmond Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-thurmond">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 16, 1951 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1946	rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
104	File:James F. Byrnes cph.3c32232.jpg	James F. Byrnes Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-byrnes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 18, 1955 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1950
105	File:SC Gov. George Timmerman (cropped).jpg	George Bell Timmerman Jr. Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-timmerman">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 20, 1959 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1954	Template:Sortname
106	File:Fritz Hollings (SC).png	Fritz Hollings Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hollings">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 15, 1963 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1958	Template:Sortname
107	File:DonaldRussell.jpg	Donald S. Russell Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-russell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – April 22, 1965 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1962	Template:Sortname
108	File:An undated portrait of South Carolina Governor Robert E. McNair.jpg	Robert Evander McNair Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mcnair">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 19, 1971 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
			1966			rowspan="7" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
109	File:Gov. John C. West portrait.jpg	John C. West Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-west">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 15, 1975 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1970	Template:Sortname
110	File:U.S. Secretary of Energy James Edwards of South Carolina.jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	James B. Edwards Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-edwards">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 10, 1979 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1974	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
111	File:Portrait of SC Governor Dick Riley.jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Richard Riley Template:Small <ref name="nga-riley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 14, 1987 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic<ref name="nga-riley" />	1978	Template:Sortname
		1982		Template:Sortname
112	File:Campbell, Carroll (cropped).jpg	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Template:Small <ref name="nga-campbell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 11, 1995 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-campbell" />	1986	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
		1990
113	File:GovernorBeasley.JPG	David Beasley Template:Small <ref name="nga-beasley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 13, 1999 Template:Small	Republican<ref name="nga-beasley" />	1994	rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
114	File:Portrait of Jim Hodges.jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Jim Hodges Template:Small <ref name="nga-hodges">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 15, 2003 Template:Small	Democratic<ref name="nga-hodges" />	1998
115	File:Mark Sanford, Official Portrait, 113th Congress (cropped).jpg	rowspan="9" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Mark Sanford Template:Small <ref name="nga-sanford">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 12, 2011 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-sanford" />	2002	Template:Sortname
		2006
116	File:Official Photo of SC Governor Nikki Haley (cropped).jpg	Nikki Haley Template:Small <ref name="nga-haley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 24, 2017 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-haley" />	2010	Template:Sortname
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			2014			rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
117	File:Governor Henry McMaster.jpg	Henry McMaster Template:Small <ref name="nga-mcmaster">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="mcmaster-haley">Template:Cite news</ref> – IncumbentTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-mcmaster" />	Template:Small	Template:Sortname
			2018			Template:Sortname
			2022

See also

• List of South Carolina state legislatures

References

General

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External links

• Office of the Governor of South Carolina
• SCIway List of South Carolina Governors in Chronological Order
• "South Carolina's Colonial Governors" Preservation Society Halsey Map