List of Governors of South Carolina
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Contents
Proprietary Period (1670-1719)
| Name | Term | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| William Sayle | 1670-1671 | |
| Joseph West | 1671-1672 | (chosen by the council) |
| Sir John Yeamans | 1672 - 1674 | |
| Joseph West | 1674 - 1682 | |
| Joseph Morton | 1682 - 1684 | |
| Richard Kyrle | 1684 | |
| Robert Quarry | 1684 - 1685 | (chosen by the council) |
| Joseph West | 1685 | |
| Joseph Morton | 1685 - 1686 | |
| James Colleton | 1686 - 1690 | |
| Seth Sothell | 1690 - 1692 | |
| Philip Ludwell | 1692 - 1693 | |
| Thomas Smith | 1693 - 1694 | |
| Joseph Blake | 1694 | (chosen by the council) |
| John Archdale | 1694 - 1696 | |
| Joseph Blake | 1696 - 1700 | |
| James Moore | 1700 - 1703 | (chosen by the council) |
| Sir Nathaniel Johnson | 1703 - 1708 | |
| Edward Tynte | 1709 - 1710 | |
| Robert Gibbes | 1710 - 1711 | (chosen by the council) |
| Charles Craven | 1711 - 1716 | |
| Robert Daniell | 1716 - 1717 | (deputy-governor) |
| Robert Johnson | 1717 - 1719 |
Royal Period (1719-1776)
| Name | Term | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| James Moore | 1719 - 1721 | (elected by the people) |
| Sir Francis Nicholson | 1721 - 1725 | |
| Arthur Middleton | 1725 - 1729 | (president of the council and acting governor) |
| Robert Johnson | 1729 - 1735 | |
| Thomas Broughton | 1735 - 1737 | (lieutenant-governor) |
| William Bull | 1737 - 1743 | (president of tile council, lieutenant-governor) |
| James Glen | 1743 - 1756 | |
| William Henry Lyttleton | 1756 - 1760 | |
| Thomas Boone | 1761 - 1764 | |
| William Bull II | 1764 - 1766 | (lieutenant-governor) |
| Lord Charles Greville Montagu | 1766 - 1773 | (Bull continued as Lt. Governor) |
| William Bull II | 1773 - 1775 | |
| Lord William Campbell | 1775 - 1776 |
Statehood Period (1776 to Present)
| Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Rutledge (as President) | 1776 | 1778 | No party |
| Rawlins Lowndes (as President) | 1778 | 1779 | No party |
| John Rutledge | 1779 | 1782 | No party |
| John Mathews | 1782 | 1783 | No party |
| Benjamin Guerard | 1783 | 1785 | No party |
| William Moultrie | 1785 | 1787 | No party |
| Thomas Pinckney | 1787 | 1789 | Federalist |
| Charles Pinckney | 1789 | 1792 | Federalist |
| William Moultrie | 1792 | 1797 | No party |
| Arnoldus Vanderhorst | 1794 | 1796 | Federalist |
| Charles Pinckney | 1796 | 1798 | Federalist |
| Edward Rutledge | 1798 | 1800 | Federalist |
| John Drayton | 1800 | 1802 | No party |
| James Burchill Richardson | 1802 | 1804 | No party |
| 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 Jr. | 1820 | 1822 | Democratic-Republican |
| John Lyde Wilson | 1822 | 1824 | Democratic-Republican |
| Richard Irvine Manning I | 1824 | 1826 | Democratic-Republican |
| John Taylor | 1826 | 1828 | Democratic-Republican |
| Stephen Decatur Miller | 1828 | 1830 | Democrat |
| James Hamilton Jr. | 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 |
| Barnabus Kelet Henagan | 1840 | 1840 | Democrat |
| John Peter Richardson | 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 | Unionist Democrat |
| James Lawrence Orr | 1865 | 1868 | Conservative |
| Edward R.S. Canby | 1868 | 1868 | No party |
| Robert Kingston Scott | 1868 | 1872 | Republican |
| Franklin J. Moses Jr. | 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 | 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 F. Ansel | 1907 | 1911 | Democrat |
| Coleman L. 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 D. Johnston | 1935 | 1939 | Democrat |
| Burnett R. Maybank | 1939 | 1941 | Democrat |
| Joseph Emile Harley | 1941 | 1942 | Democrat |
| Richard Manning Jefferies | 1942 | 1943 | Democrat |
| Olin D. Johnston | 1943 | 1945 | Democrat |
| Ransome Judson Williams | 1945 | 1947 | Democrat |
| Strom Thurmond | 1947 | 1951 | Democrat |
| James Francis Byrnes | 1951 | 1955 | Democrat |
| George Bell Timmerman | 1955 | 1959 | Democrat |
| Ernest "Fritz" Hollings | 1959 | 1963 | Democrat |
| Donald Stuart Russell | 1963 | 1965 | Democrat |
| Robert Evander McNair | 1965 | 1971 | Democrat |
| John C. West | 1971 | 1975 | Democrat |
| James Burrows Edwards | 1975 | 1979 | Republican |
| Richard Wilson Riley | 1979 | 1987 | Democrat |
| Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. | 1987 | 1995 | Republican |
| David Muldrow Beasley | 1995 | 1999 | Republican |
| James Hovis Hodges | 1999 | 2003 | Democrat |
| Mark Sanford | 2003 | present | Republican |
See also
External links
[List of South Carolina Governors in Chronological Order]
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