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State of South Carolina
Governors
List of South Carolina State Governors
| Name | Held Office | Political Party |
| John Rutledge | Jan 9, 1779
Jan 31, 1782 | No Party Affiliation |
| Rawlins Lowndes | Mar 6, 1778
Jan 9, 1779 | No Party Affiliation |
| John Mathews | Jan 31, 1782
Feb 4, 1783 | No Party Affiliation |
| Benjamin Guerard | Feb 4, 1783
Feb 11, 1785 | No Party Affiliation |
| William Moultrie | Dec 5, 1792
Dec 17, 1794 | Federalist |
| Thomas Pinckney | Feb 20, 1787
Jan 26, 1789 | Federalist |
| Charles Pinckney | Dec 9, 1806
Dec 10, 1808 | Democratic-Republican |
| Arnoldus Vanderhorst | Dec 17, 1794
Dec 8, 1796 | Federalist |
| Edward Rutledge | Dec 18, 1798
Jan 23, 1800 | Federalist |
| John Drayton | Dec 10, 1808
Dec 8, 1810 | Democratic-Republican |
| James Burchill Richardson | Dec 8, 1802
Dec 7, 1804 | Democratic-Republican |
| Paul Hamilton | Dec 7, 1804
Dec 9, 1806 | Democratic-Republican |
| Henry Middleton | Dec 8, 1810
Dec 10, 1812 | Democratic-Republican |
| Joseph Alston | Dec 10, 1812
Dec 10, 1814 | Democratic-Republican |
| David Rogerson Williams | Dec 10, 1814
Dec 5, 1816 | Democratic-Republican |
| Andrew Pickens | Dec 5, 1816
Dec 8, 1818 | Democratic-Republican |
| John Geddes | Dec 8, 1818
Dec 7, 1820 | Democratic-Republican |
| Thomas Bennett, Jr. | Dec 7, 1820
Dec 7, 1822 | Democratic-Republican |
| John Lyde Wilson | Dec 7, 1822
Dec 3, 1824 | Democratic-Republican |
| Richard Irvine Manning I | Dec 3, 1824
Dec 9, 1826 | Democratic-Republican |
| John Taylor | Dec 9, 1826
Dec 10, 1828 | Democratic-Republican |
| Stephen Decatur Miller | Dec 10, 1828
Dec 9, 1830 | Democrat (Nullifier) |
| James Hamilton, Jr. | Dec 9, 1830
Dec 10, 1832 | Democrat (Nullifier) |
| Robert Young Hayne | Dec 10, 1832
Dec 9, 1834 | Democrat (Nullifier) |
| George McDuffie | Dec 9, 1834
Dec 10, 1836 | Democrat |
| Pierce Mason Butler | Dec 10, 1836
Dec 7, 1838 | Democrat |
| Patrick Noble | Dec 7, 1838
April 7, 1840 | Democrat |
| Barnabas Kelet Henagan | April 7, 1840
Dec 9, 1840 | Democrat |
| John Peter Richardson II | Dec 9, 1840
Dec 8, 1842 | Democrat |
| James Henry Hammond | Dec 8, 1842
Dec 7, 1844 | Democrat |
| William Aiken, Jr. | Dec 7, 1844
Dec 8, 1846 | Democrat |
| David Johnson | Dec 8, 1846
Dec 12, 1848 | Democrat |
| Whitemarsh B. Seabrook | Dec 12, 1848
Dec 13, 1850 | Democrat |
| John Hugh Means | Dec 13, 1850
Dec 9, 1852 | Democrat |
| John Lawrence Manning | Dec 9, 1852
Dec 11, 1854 | Democrat |
| James Hopkins Adams | Dec 11, 1854
Dec 9, 1856 | Democrat |
| Robert F.W. Allston | Dec 9, 1856
Dec 10, 1858 | Democrat |
| William Henry Gist | Dec 10, 1858
Dec 14, 1860 | Democrat |
| Francis Wilkinson Pickens | Dec 14, 1860
Dec 17, 1862 | Democrat |
| Milledge Luke Bonham | Dec 17, 1862
Dec 18, 1864 | Democrat |
| Andrew Gordon Magrath | Dec 18, 1864
May 25, 1865 | Democrat |
| Benjamin Franklin Perry | June 30, 1865
Nov 29, 1865 | Unionist Democrat |
| Lawrence Orr | Nov 29, 1865
July 6, 1868 | No Party Affiliation |
| Robert Kingston Scott | July 6, 1868
Dec 7, 1872 | Republican |
| Franklin J. Moses, Jr. | Dec 7, 1872
Dec 1, 1874 | Republican |
| Daniel Henry Chamberlain | Dec 1, 1874
Dec 14, 1876 | Republican |
| Wade Hampton III | Dec 14, 1876
Feb 26, 1879 | Democrat |
| William Dunlap Simpson | Feb 26, 1879
Sep 1, 1880 | Democrat |
| Thomas Bothwell Jeter | Sep 1, 1880
Nov 30, 1880 | Democrat |
| Johnson Hagood | Nov 30, 1880
Dec 1, 1882 | Democrat |
| Hugh Smith Thompson | Dec 1, 1882
Jul 10, 1886 | Democrat |
| John Calhoun Sheppard | July 10, 1886
Nov 30, 1886 | Democrat |
| John Peter Richardson III | Nov 30, 1886
Dec 4, 1890 | Democrat |
| Benjamin Ryan Tillman | Dec 4, 1890
Dec 4, 1894 | Democrat |
| John Gary Evans | Dec 4, 1894
Jan 18, 1897 | Democrat |
| William Haselden Ellerbe | Jan 18, 1897
June 2, 1899 | Democrat |
| Miles Benjamin McSweeney | Jun 2, 1899
Jan 20, 1903 | Democrat |
| Duncan Clinch Heyward | Jan 20, 1903
Jan 15, 1907 | Democrat |
| Martin Frederick Ansel | Jan 15, 1907
Jan 17, 1911 | Democrat |
| Coleman Livingston Blease | Jan 17, 1911
Jan 14, 1915 | Democrat |
| Charles Aurelius Smith | Jan 14, 1915
Jan 19, 1915 | Democrat |
| Richard Irvine Manning III | Jan 19, 1915
Jan 21, 1919 | Democrat |
| Robert Archer Cooper | Jan 21, 1919
May 20, 1922 | Democrat |
| Wilson Godfrey Harve | May 20, 1922
Jan 16, 1923 | Democrat |
| Thomas Gordon McLeod | Jan 16, 1923
Jan 18, 1927 | Democrat |
| John Gardiner Richards, Jr. | Jan 18, 1927
Jan 20, 1931 | Democrat |
| Ibra Charles Blackwood | Jan 20, 1931
Jan 15, 1935 | Democrat |
| Olin D. Johnston | Jan 19, 1943
Jan 2, 1945 | Democrat |
| Burnett R. Maybank | Jan 17, 1939
Nov 4, 1941 | Democrat |
| Joseph Emile Harley | Nov 4, 1941
Feb 27, 1942 | Democrat |
| Richard Manning Jefferies | Feb 27, 1942
Jan 19, 1943 | Democrat |
| Ransome Judson Williams | Jan 2, 1945
Jan 21, 1947 | Democrat |
| Strom Thurmond | Jan 21, 1947
Jan 16, 1951 | Democrat |
| James Francis Byrnes | Jan 16, 1951
Jan 18, 1955 | Democrat |
| George Bell Timmerman, Jr. | Jan 18, 1955
Jan 20, 1959 | Democrat |
| Ernest "Fritz" Hollings | Jan 20, 1959
Jan 15, 1963 | Democrat |
| Donald Stuart Russell | Jan 15, 1963
Apr 22, 1965 | Democrat |
| Robert Evander McNair | Apr 22, 1965
Jan 19, 1971 | Democrat |
| John C. West | Jan 19, 1971
Jan 21, 1975 | Democrat |
| James Burrows Edwards | Jan 21, 1975
Jan 10, 1979 | Republican |
| Richard Wilson Riley | Jan 10, 1979
Jan 14, 1987 | Democrat |
| Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. | Jan 14, 1987
Jan 11, 1995 | Republican |
| David Muldrow Beasley | Jan 11, 1995
Jan 13, 1999 | Republican |
| James Hovis Hodges | Jan 13, 1999
Jan 15, 2003 | Democrat |
| Mark Sanford | Jan 15, 2003
Jan 12, 2011 | Republican |
| Nikki Haley | Jan 12, 2011
Incumbent | Republican |
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