This list provides comprehensive information about the governors of South Carolina. It includes details about when they served, which political party they belonged to, and the specific elections they won. The list is conveniently available in multiple file formats, including MS Excel, CSV, PDF, and a compressed file that contains all the formats.
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S.No.,Governor,Term in Office,Duration,Party,Election1,Henry McMaster,"January 24, 2017–Incumbent","6years, 124days",Republican,"20222018 Succeeded fromLieutenantGovernor"2,Nikki Haley,"January 12, 2011–January 24, 2017(Resigned)",6 years,Republican,"20142010"3,Mark Sanford,"January 15, 2003–January 12, 2011(Term Limited)",8 years,Republican,"20062002"4,Jim Hodges,"January 13, 1999–January 15, 2003(Lost reelection)",4 years,Democratic,19985,David Beasley,"January 11, 1995–January 13, 1999(Lost reelection)",4 years,Republican,19946,"Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.","January 14, 1987–January 11, 1995(Term limited)",8 years,Republican,"19901986"7,Richard Riley,"January 10, 1979–January 14, 1987(Term limited)",8 years,Democratic,"19821978"8,James B. Edwards,"January 21, 1975–January 10, 1979(Term limited)",4 years,Republican,19749,John C. West,"January 19, 1971–January 21, 1975(Term limited)",4 years,Democratic,197010,Robert Evander McNair,"April 22, 1965–January 19, 1971(Term limited)",5.5 years,Democratic,"1966Succeeded fromLieutenantGovernor"11,Donald Stuart Russell,"January 15, 1963–April 22, 1965(Resigned)",1.5 years,Democratic,196212,Ernest F. Hollings,"January 20, 1959–January 15, 1963(Term limited)",4 years,Democratic,195813,"George Bell Timmerman, Jr.","January 18, 1955–January 15, 1959(Term limited)",4 years,Democratic,195414,James Francis Byrnes,"January 16, 1951–January 18, 1955(Term limited)",4 years,Democratic,195015,Strom Thurmond,"January 21, 1947–January 16, 1951(Term limited)",4 years,Democratic,194616,Ransome Judson Williams,"January 2, 1945–January 21, 1947(Not a candidate for election)",2 years,Democratic,"Succeeded fromLieutenantGovernor"17,Olin D. Johnston,"January 19, 1943–January 2, 1945(Resigned)",2 years (6 years total),Democratic,194218,Richard Manning Jefferies,"March 2, 1942–January 19, 1943(Not a candidate for election)",8 months,Democratic,193819,Vacant,"February 27, 1942–March 2, 1942",-,-,193820,Joseph Emile Harley,"November 4, 1941–February 27, 1942(Died)",4 months,Democratic,193821,Burnet R. Maybank,"January 17, 1939–November 4, 1941(Resigned)",2.5 years,Democratic,193822,Olin D. Johnston,"January 15, 1935–January 17, 1939(Term limited)",4 years,Democratic,193423,Ibra Charles Blackwood,"January 20, 1931–January 15, 1935(Term limited)",4 years,Democratic,193024,"John Gardiner Richards, Jr.","January 18, 1927–January 20, 1931(Term limited)",4 years,Democratic,192625,Thomas Gordon McLeod,"January 16, 1923–January 18, 1927(Term limited)",4 years,Democratic,"19241922"26,Wilson Godfrey Harvey,"May 20, 1922–January 16, 1923(Not a candidate for election)",1.75 years,Democratic,"Succeeded fromLieutenantGovernor"27,Robert Archer Cooper,"January 21, 1919–May 20, 1922(Resigned)",3.25 years,Democratic,"19201918"28,Richard Irvine Manning III,"January 19, 1915–January 21, 1919(Term limited)",4 years,Democratic,"19161914"29,Charles Aurelius Smith,"January 14, 1915–January 19, 1915(Not a candidate for election)",5 days,Democratic,"Succeeded fromLieutenantGovernor"30,Coleman Livingston Blease,"January 17, 1911–January 14, 1915(Resigned)",4 years,Democratic,"19121910"31,Martin Frederick Ansel,"January 15, 1907–January 17, 1911(Term limited)",4 years,Democratic,"19081906"32,Duncan Clinch Heyward,"January 20, 1903–January 15, 1907(Term limited)",4 years,Democratic,"19041902"33,Miles Benjamin McSweeney,"June 2, 1899–January 20, 1903(Not a candidate for reelection)",3.5 years,Democratic,"1900Succeeded fromLieutenantGovernor"34,William Haselden Ellerbe,"January 18, 1897–June 2, 1899(Died)",2.5 years,Democratic,"18981896"35,John Gary Evans,"December 4, 1894–January 18, 1897(Not a candidate for reelection)",2 years,Democratic,189436,Benjamin Ryan Tillman,"December 4, 1890–December 4, 1894(Term limited)",4 years,Democratic,"18921890"37,John Peter Richardson III,"November 30, 1886–December 4, 1890(Term limited)",4 years,Democratic,"18881886"38,John Calhoun Sheppard,"July 10, 1886–November 30, 1886(Not a candidate for election)",5 months,Democratic,"Succeeded fromLieutenantGovernor"39,Hugh Smith Thompson,"December 1, 1882–July 10, 1886(Resigned)",3.5 years,Democratic,"18841882"40,Johnson Hagood,"November 30, 1880–December 1, 1882(Not a candidate for reelection)",2 years,Democratic,188041,Thomas Bothwell Jeter,"September 1, 1880–November 30, 1880(Not a candidate for election)",3 months,Democratic,187842,William Dunlap Simpson,"February 26, 1879–September 1, 1880(Resigned)",1.5 years,Democratic,187843,Wade Hampton III,"April 11, 1877–September 26, 1879(Resigned)",2.5 years,Democratic,"18781876"44,Disputed,"December 14, 1876– April 11, 1877",-,-,"Disputed between Chamberlain and Wade Hampton III. Two governments were formed during this time."45,Daniel Henry Chamberlain,"December 1, 1874–December 14, 1876(Lost reelection)",2 years,Republican,187446,"Franklin J. Moses, Jr.","December 7, 1872–December 1, 1874(Lost renomination)",2 years,Republican,187247,Robert Kingston Scott,"July 6, 1868–December 7, 1872(Term limited)",4.5 years,Republican,"18701868"48,James Lawrence Orr,"November 26, 1865–July 6, 1868(Not candidate for election)",2.5 years,No Party,1865,,,,,https://www.downloadexcelfiles.com/,,,,,
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