| Governor's Name | State | Time in Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gov. Nikki R. Haley | South Carolina |
2011 - 2017 |
Republican |
| Gov. Mark Sanford | South Carolina |
2003 - 2011 |
Republican |
| Gov. Jim Hodges | South Carolina |
1999 - 2003 |
Democratic |
| Gov. David M. Beasley | South Carolina |
1995 - 1999 |
Republican |
| Gov. Carroll A. Campbell | South Carolina |
1987 - 1995 |
Republican |
| Gov. Richard Wilson Riley | South Carolina |
1979 - 1987 |
Democratic |
| Gov. James Burrows Edwards | South Carolina |
1975 - 1979 |
Republican |
| Gov. John Carl West | South Carolina |
1971 - 1975 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Robert Evander McNair | South Carolina |
1965 - 1971 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Donald Stuart Russell | South Carolina |
1963 - 1965 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Ernest Frederick Hollings | South Carolina |
1959 - 1963 |
Democratic |
| Gov. George Bell Timmerman | South Carolina |
1955 - 1959 |
Democratic |
| Gov. James Francis Byrnes | South Carolina |
1951 - 1955 |
Democratic |
| Gov. James Strom Thurmond | South Carolina |
1947 - 1951 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Ransome Judson Williams | South Carolina |
1945 - 1947 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Olin De Witt Talmadge Johnston | South Carolina |
1943 - 1945 1935 - 1939 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Richard Manning Jeffries | South Carolina |
1942 - 1943 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Joseph Emile Harley | South Carolina |
1941 - 1942 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Burnet Rhett Maybank | South Carolina |
1939 - 1941 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Ibra Charles Blackwood | South Carolina |
1931 - 1935 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Gardiner Richards | South Carolina |
1927 - 1931 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Thomas Gordon McLeod | South Carolina |
1923 - 1927 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Wilson Godfrey Harvey | South Carolina |
1922 - 1923 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Robert Archer Cooper | South Carolina |
1919 - 1922 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Richard Irvine Manning III | South Carolina |
1915 - 1919 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Charles A. Smith | South Carolina |
1915 - 1915 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Coleman Livingston Blease | South Carolina |
1911 - 1915 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Martin Frederick Ansel | South Carolina |
1907 - 1911 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Duncan Clinch Heyward | South Carolina |
1903 - 1907 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Miles Benjamin McSweeney | South Carolina |
1899 - 1903 |
Democratic |
| Gov. William Haselden Ellerbe | South Carolina |
1897 - 1899 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Gary Evans | South Carolina |
1894 - 1897 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Benjamin Ryan Tillman | South Carolina |
1890 - 1894 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Peter Richardson | South Carolina |
1886 - 1890 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Calhoun Sheppard | South Carolina |
1886 - 1886 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Hugh Smith Thompson | South Carolina |
1882 - 1886 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Johnson Hagood | South Carolina |
1880 - 1882 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Thomas Bothwell Jeter | South Carolina |
1880 - 1880 |
Democratic |
| Gov. William Dunlap Simpson | South Carolina |
1879 - 1880 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Wade Hampton III | South Carolina |
1876 - 1879 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Daniel Henry Chamberlain | South Carolina |
1874 - 1876 |
Republican |
| Gov. Franklin J. Moses | South Carolina |
1872 - 1874 |
Republican |
| Gov. Robert Kingston Scott | South Carolina |
1868 - 1872 |
Republican |
| Gov. Edward R. S. Canby | South Carolina |
1868 - 1868 |
|
| Gov. James Lawrence Orr | South Carolina |
1865 - 1868 |
Conservative |
| Gov. Benjamin Franklin Perry | South Carolina |
1865 - 1865 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Andrew Gordon MacGrath | South Carolina |
1864 - 1865 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Milledge Luke Bonham | South Carolina |
1862 - 1864 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Francis Wilkinson Pickens | South Carolina |
1860 - 1862 |
|
| Gov. William Henry Gist | South Carolina |
1858 - 1860 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Robert Francis Withers Allston | South Carolina |
1856 - 1858 |
Democratic |
| Gov. James Hopkins Adams | South Carolina |
1854 - 1856 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Laurence Manning | South Carolina |
1852 - 1854 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Hugh Means | South Carolina |
1850 - 1852 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook | South Carolina |
1848 - 1850 |
Democratic |
| Gov. David Johnson | South Carolina |
1846 - 1848 |
Democratic |
| Gov. William Aiken | South Carolina |
1844 - 1846 |
Democratic |
| Gov. James Henry Hammond | South Carolina |
1842 - 1844 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Peter Richardson II | South Carolina |
1840 - 1842 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Barnabas Kelet Henagan | South Carolina |
1840 - 1840 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Patrick Noble | South Carolina |
1838 - 1840 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Pierce Mason Butler | South Carolina |
1836 - 1838 |
Democratic |
| Gov. George McDuffie | South Carolina |
1834 - 1836 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Robert Young Hayne | South Carolina |
1833 - 1834 |
Democratic |
| Gov. James Jr. Hamilton | South Carolina |
1830 - 1832 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Stephen Decatur Miller | South Carolina |
1828 - 1830 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Taylor | South Carolina |
1826 - 1828 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Richard Irvine Manning | South Carolina |
1824 - 1826 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. John Lyde Wilson | South Carolina |
1822 - 1824 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Thomas Bennett | South Carolina |
1820 - 1822 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Geddes John | South Carolina |
1818 - 1820 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Andrew Pickens | South Carolina |
1816 - 1818 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. David Rogerson Williams | South Carolina |
1814 - 1816 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Joseph Alston | South Carolina |
1812 - 1814 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Henry Middleton | South Carolina |
1810 - 1812 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. John Drayton | South Carolina |
1808 - 1810 1800 - 1802 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Charles Pinckney | South Carolina |
1806 - 1808 1796 - 1798 1789 - 1792 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Paul Hamilton | South Carolina |
1804 - 1806 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. James Burchill Richardson | South Carolina |
1802 - 1804 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Edward Rutledge | South Carolina |
1798 - 1800 |
Federalist |
| Gov. Arnoldus Vandershorst | South Carolina |
1794 - 1796 |
Federalist |
| Gov. Thomas Pinckney | South Carolina |
1787 - 1789 |
Federalist |
| Gov. William Moultrie | South Carolina |
1785 - 1794 |
Federalist |
| Gov. Benjamin Guerard | South Carolina |
1783 - 1785 |
|
| Gov. John Mathews | South Carolina |
1782 - 1783 |
|
| Gov. John Rutledge | South Carolina |
1779 - 1782 1776 - 1778 |
|
| Gov. Rawlins Lowndes | South Carolina |
1778 - 1779 |
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