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List of governors of South Carolina

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FieldValue
postGovernor
bodySouth Carolina
insigniaSeal of the Governor of South Carolina.svg
insigniasize150
insigniacaptionSeal of the Governor
incumbentHenry McMaster
incumbentsinceJanuary 24, 2017
styleHis Excellency
termlengthFour years, renewable once consecutively
website

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

South Carolina was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and was admitted as a state on May 23, 1788. 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, and was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861. 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.

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.

No.GovernorTerm in officePartyElectionLt. Governor31323133343536373538373940414237404344454647484950515253545556575859606162636465666768697071—72737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100—10198102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117
[[File:John Rutledge color painting.jpg75px]]Nonpartisan politician}};"John Rutledge
(1739–1800)
–
March 6, 1778
(resigned)None1776Nonpartisan politician}};"
[[File:Rawlins Lowndes.jpg75px]]Rawlins Lowndes
(1721–1800)
–
January 9, 1779
(did not run)None1778
[[File:John Rutledge color painting.jpg75px]]John Rutledge
(1739–1800)
–
January 31, 1782
(term-limited)None1779
[[File:John Mathews (South Carolina Governor).jpg75px]]John Mathews
(1744–1802)
–
February 5, 1783
(did not run)None1782
[[File:No image.svg75px]]Benjamin Guerard
(1740–1788)
–
February 10, 1785
(term-limited)None1783
Vacant
Nonpartisan politician}};"
[[File:William Moultrie portrait.jpg75px]]William Moultrie
(1730–1805)
–
February 21, 1787
(term-limited)None1785
[[File:Thomas Pinckney.jpg75px]]Thomas Pinckney
(1750–1828)
–
January 26, 1789
(term-limited)None1787
[[File:Charles Pinckney.jpg75px]]Charles Pinckney
(1757–1824)
–
December 5, 1792
(term-limited)None1789
1791
[[File:William Moultrie portrait.jpg75px]]Federalist Party (United States)}};"William Moultrie
(1730–1805)
–
December 17, 1794
(term-limited)Federalist1792
[[File:Arnoldus Vanderhorst (South Carolina Governor).jpg75px]]Arnoldus Vanderhorst
(1748–1815)
–
December 8, 1796
(term-limited)Federalist1794Federalist Party (United States)}};"
[[File:Charles Pinckney.jpg75px]]Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"Charles Pinckney
(1757–1824)
–
December 19, 1798
(term-limited)Democratic-
Republican1796Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"
[[File:Edward Rutledge.jpg75px]]Federalist Party (United States)}};"Edward Rutledge
(1749–1800)
–
January 23, 1800
(died in office)Federalist1798
[[File:JohnDrayton.JPG75px]]Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"John Drayton
(1766–1822)
–
December 8, 1802
(term-limited)Democratic-
RepublicanSucceeded from
lieutenant
governorVacant
1800Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"
[[File:James Burchill Richardson.jpg75px]]James Burchill Richardson
(1770–1836)
–
December 7, 1804
(term-limited)Democratic-
Republican1802
[[File:SECNAVY Paul Hamilton.jpg75px]]Paul Hamilton
(1762–1816)
–
December 9, 1806
(resigned)Democratic-
Republican1804
[[File:Charles Pinckney.jpg75px]]Charles Pinckney
(1757–1824)
–
December 10, 1808
(term-limited)Democratic-
Republican1806
[[File:JohnDrayton.JPG75px]]John Drayton
(1766–1822)
–
December 10, 1810
(term-limited)Democratic-
Republican1808
[[File:Henry-middleton.jpg75px]]Henry Middleton
(1770–1846)
–
December 10, 1812
(term-limited)Democratic-
Republican1810
[[File:Joseph Alston.jpg75px]]Joseph Alston
(1779–1816)
–
December 10, 1814
(term-limited)Democratic-
Republican1812
[[File:David Rogerson Williams (South Carolina Governor).jpg75px]]David Rogerson Williams
(1776–1830)
–
December 5, 1816
(term-limited)Democratic-
Republican1814
[[File:Francis Wilkinson Pickens (cropped).jpg75px]]Andrew Pickens
(1779–1838)
–
December 8, 1818
(term-limited)Democratic-
Republican1816
[[File:No image.svg75px]]John Geddes
(1777–1828)
–
December 7, 1820
(term-limited)Democratic-
Republican1818
[[File:Thomas Bennett Jr.PNG75px]]Thomas Bennett Jr.
(1781–1865)
–
December 9, 1822
(term-limited)Democratic-
Republican1820
[[File:John Lyde Wilson.jpg75px]]John Lyde Wilson
(1784–1849)
–
December 3, 1824
(term-limited)Democratic-
Republican1822
[[File:Richard Irvine Manning I.jpg75px]]Richard Irvine Manning I
(1789–1836)
–
December 11, 1826
(term-limited)Democratic-
Republican1824
[[File:John Taylor South Carolina governor.jpg75px]]John Taylor
(1770–1832)
–
December 10, 1828
(term-limited)Democratic-
Republican1826
[[File:Stephen Decatur Miller.jpg75px]]Nullifier Party (United States)}};"Stephen Decatur Miller
(1787–1838)
–
December 9, 1830
(term-limited)Nullifier1828Nullifier Party (United States)}};"
[[File:James Hamilton, Jr.jpg75px]]James Hamilton Jr.
(1786–1857)
–
December 11, 1832
(term-limited)Nullifier1830
[[File:Robert Y Hayne.jpg75px]]Robert Y. Hayne
(1791–1839)
–
December 11, 1834
(term-limited)Nullifier1832
[[File:George-McDuffie.jpg75px]]Democratic Party (United States)}};"George McDuffie
(1790–1851)
–
December 10, 1836
(term-limited)Democratic1834Democratic Party (United States)}};"
[[File:Pierce Mason Butler.jpg75px]]Pierce Mason Butler
(1798–1847)
–
December 10, 1838
(term-limited)Democratic1836
[[File:Patrick Noble.jpg75px]]Patrick Noble
(1787–1840)
–
April 7, 1840
(died in office)Democratic1838
[[File:No image.svg75px]]Barnabas Kelet Henagan
(1798–1855)
–
December 10, 1840
(did not run)DemocraticSucceeded from
lieutenant
governorVacant
[[File:John Peter Richardson II.jpg75px]]John Peter Richardson II
(1801–1864)
–
December 10, 1842
(term-limited)Democratic1840Democratic Party (United States)}};"
[[File:J.H. Hammond, Senator from South Carolina, LCCN2010649189 (cropped).jpg75px]]James H. Hammond
(1807–1864)
–
December 10, 1844
(term-limited)Democratic1842
[[File:William Aiken.jpg75px]]William Aiken Jr.
(1806–1887)
–
December 10, 1846
(term-limited)Democratic1844
[[File:David Johnson (governor).jpg75px]]David Johnson
(1782–1855)
–
December 14, 1848
(term-limited)Democratic1846
[[File:Gov-seabrook.jpg75px]]Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook
(1793–1855)
–
December 16, 1850
(term-limited)Democratic1848
[[File:JohnHughMeans (cropped).JPG75px]]John Hugh Means
(1812–1862)
–
December 13, 1852
(term-limited)Democratic1850
[[File:John-lawrence-manning.jpg75px]]John Lawrence Manning
(1816–1889)
–
December 13, 1854
(term-limited)Democratic1852
[[File:Portrait of Governor James Hopkins Adams of South Carolina.jpg75px]]James Hopkins Adams
(1812–1861)
–
December 11, 1856
(term-limited)Democratic1854
[[File:Allston portrait by Flagg small.jpg75px]]Robert Francis Withers Allston
(1801–1864)
–
December 13, 1858
(term-limited)Democratic1856
[[File:William Henry Gist.jpg75px]]William Henry Gist
(1807–1874)
–
December 17, 1860
(term-limited)Democratic1858
[[File:Francis Wilkinson Pickens (cropped).jpg75px]]Francis Wilkinson Pickens
(d. 1869)
–
December 18, 1862
(term-limited)Democratic1860
[[File:Hon. Milledge L. Bonham, S.C - NARA - 528412 (cropped) (cropped).jpg75px]]Milledge Luke Bonham
(1813–1890)
–
December 19, 1864
(term-limited)Democratic1862
(died)
Vacant
[[File:Andrew Gordon Magrath.jpg75px]]Andrew Gordon Magrath
(1813–1893)
–
May 28, 1865
(arrested and removed)Democratic1864Democratic Party (United States)}};"
Vacant*
–
June 30, 1865*Office vacated
after civil warVacant
[[File:Benjamin Franklin Perry.jpg75px]]Nonpartisan politician}};"Benjamin Franklin Perry
(1805–1886)
–
November 29, 1865
(did not run)Provisional governor
appointed by President
[[File:James Lawrence Orr - Brady-Handy (3x4).jpg75px]]Democratic Party (United States)}};"James Lawrence Orr
(1822–1873)
–
July 9, 1868
(did not run)Democratic1865Nonpartisan politician}};"
[[File:Robert Kingston Scott - Brady-Handy.jpg75px]]Republican Party (United States)}};"Robert Kingston Scott
(1826–1900)
–
December 3, 1872
(did not run)Republican1868Republican Party (United States)}};"
1870
[[File:Franklin J. Moses, Jr.jpg75px]]Franklin J. Moses Jr.
(1838–1906)
–
December 1, 1874
(lost nomination)Republican1872
[[File:Daniel Henry Chamberlain.jpg75px]]Daniel Henry Chamberlain
(1835–1907)
–
April 11, 1877
(lost election)Republican1874
1876
[[File:Wade Hampton III - Brady-Handy.jpg75px]]Democratic Party (United States)}};"Wade Hampton III
(1818–1902)
–
February 26, 1879
(resigned)DemocraticDemocratic Party (United States)}};"
1878
[[File:William Dunlap Simpson.jpg75px]]William Dunlap Simpson
(1823–1890)
–
September 1, 1880
(resigned)DemocraticSucceeded from
lieutenant
governorVacant
[[File:Thomas Bothwell Jeter.jpg75px]]Thomas Bothwell Jeter
(1827–1883)
–
November 30, 1880
(successor took office)DemocraticSucceeded from
president
pro tempore
of the Senate
[[File:Johnson Hagood.jpg75px]]Johnson Hagood
(1829–1898)
–
December 5, 1882
(did not run)Democratic1880Democratic Party (United States)}};"
[[File:Hugh Smith Thompson, Governor of South Carolina.jpg75px]]Hugh Smith Thompson
(1836–1904)
–
July 10, 1886
(resigned)Democratic1882
1884
[[File:John Calhoun Sheppard.jpg75px]]John Calhoun Sheppard
(1850–1931)
–
November 30, 1886
(lost nomination)DemocraticSucceeded from
lieutenant
governorVacant
[[File:John Peter Richardson III, Governor of South Carolina.jpg75px]]John Peter Richardson III
(1831–1899)
–
December 4, 1890
(did not run)Democratic1886Democratic Party (United States)}};"
1888
[[File:Tillman crop.jpg75px]]Benjamin Tillman
(1847–1918)
–
December 4, 1894
(did not run)Democratic1890
1892
[[File:John Gary Evans.jpg75px]]John Gary Evans
(1863–1942)
–
January 18, 1897
(did not run)Democratic1894
[[File:William H Ellerbe.jpg75px]]William Haselden Ellerbe
(1862–1899)
–
June 2, 1899
(died in office)Democratic1896
1898
[[File:Miles Benjamin McSweeney.jpg75px]]Miles Benjamin McSweeney
(1855–1909)
–
January 21, 1903
(did not run)DemocraticSucceeded from
lieutenant
governor
1900
[[File:Duncan Clinch Heyward.jpg75px]]Duncan Clinch Heyward
(1864–1943)
–
January 15, 1907
(did not run)Democratic1902
1904
[[File:Martin Frederick Ansel.jpg75px]]Martin Frederick Ansel
(1850–1945)
–
January 17, 1911
(did not run)Democratic1906
1908
[[File:Coleman L Blease (cropped).jpg75px]]Cole L. Blease
(1868–1942)
–
January 14, 1915
(resigned)Democratic1910
1912
[[File:Charles Aurelius Smith.jpg75px]]Charles Aurelius Smith
(1861–1916)
–
January 19, 1915
(successor took office)DemocraticSucceeded from
lieutenant
governorVacant
[[File:Richard Irvine Manning III circa 1915.jpg75px]]Richard Irvine Manning III
(1859–1931)
–
January 21, 1919
(did not run)Democratic1914Democratic Party (United States)}};"
1916
[[File:Robert Archer Cooper (South Carolina Governor).jpg75px]]Robert Archer Cooper
(1874–1953)
–
May 20, 1922
(resigned)Democratic1918
1920
[[File:Wilson Godfrey Harvey.jpg75px]]Wilson Godfrey Harvey
(1866–1932)
–
January 16, 1923
(did not run)DemocraticSucceeded from
lieutenant
governorVacant
[[File:ThomasGordonMcLeod.jpg75px]]Thomas Gordon McLeod
(1868–1932)
–
January 18, 1927
(did not run)Democratic1922Democratic Party (United States)}};"
1924
[[File:John Gardiner Richards, Jr..jpg75px]]John Gardiner Richards Jr.
(1864–1941)
–
January 20, 1931
(term-limited)Democratic1926
(died)
Vacant
[[File:Ibra Charles Blackwood (SC).png75px]]Ibra Charles Blackwood
(1878–1936)
–
January 15, 1935
(term-limited)Democratic1930Democratic Party (United States)}};"
[[File:JOHNSTON, OLIN D. GOVERNOR LCCN2016862698 (cropped).jpg75px]]Olin D. Johnston
(1896–1965)
–
January 17, 1939
(term-limited)Democratic1934
[[File:Burnet R. Maybank.jpg75px]]Burnet R. Maybank
(1899–1954)
–
November 4, 1941
(resigned)Democratic1938
[[File:Joseph Emile Harley.jpg75px]]Joseph Emile Harley
(1880–1942)
–
February 27, 1942
(died in office)DemocraticSucceeded from
lieutenant
governorVacant
Vacant*
–
March 2, 1942*—Office vacant
after death
[[File:Richard Manning Jefferies.jpg75px]]Democratic Party (United States)}};"Richard Manning Jefferies
(1889–1964)
–
January 19, 1943
(did not run)DemocraticSucceeded from
president
pro tempore
of the Senate
[[File:JOHNSTON, OLIN D. GOVERNOR LCCN2016862698 (cropped).jpg75px]]Olin D. Johnston
(1896–1965)
–
January 2, 1945
(resigned)Democratic1942Democratic Party (United States)}};"
[[File:Ransome J. Williams (South Carolina Governor).jpg75px]]Ransome Judson Williams
(1892–1970)
–
January 21, 1947
(lost nomination)DemocraticSucceeded from
lieutenant
governorVacant
[[File:Governor Strom Thurmond.jpg75px]]Strom Thurmond
(1902–2003)
–
January 16, 1951
(term-limited)Democratic1946Democratic Party (United States)}};"
[[File:James F. Byrnes cph.3c32232.jpg75px]]James F. Byrnes
(1882–1972)
–
January 18, 1955
(term-limited)Democratic1950
[[File:SC Gov. George Timmerman (cropped).jpg75px]]George Bell Timmerman Jr.
(1912–1994)
–
January 20, 1959
(term-limited)Democratic1954
[[File:Fritz Hollings (SC).png75px]]Fritz Hollings
(1922–2019)
–
January 15, 1963
(term-limited)Democratic1958
[[File:DonaldRussell.jpg75px]]Donald S. Russell
(1906–1998)
–
April 22, 1965
(resigned)Democratic1962
[[File:An undated portrait of South Carolina Governor Robert E. McNair.jpg75px]]Robert Evander McNair
(1923–2007)
–
January 19, 1971
(term-limited)DemocraticSucceeded from
lieutenant
governorVacant
1966Democratic Party (United States)}};"
[[File:Gov. John C. West portrait.jpg75px]]John C. West
(1922–2004)
–
January 15, 1975
(term-limited)Democratic1970
[[File:U.S. Secretary of Energy James Edwards of South Carolina.jpg75px]]Republican Party (United States)}};"James B. Edwards
(1927–2014)
–
January 10, 1979
(term-limited)Republican1974
[[File:Portrait of SC Governor Dick Riley.jpg75px]]Democratic Party (United States)}};"Richard Riley
(b. 1933)
–
January 14, 1987
(term-limited)Democratic1978
1982
[[File:Campbell, Carroll (cropped).jpg75px]]Republican Party (United States)}};"Carroll A. Campbell Jr.
(1940–2005)
–
January 11, 1995
(term-limited)Republican1986
1990
[[File:GovernorBeasley.JPG75px]]David Beasley
(b. 1957)
–
January 13, 1999
(lost election)Republican1994Republican Party (United States)}};"
[[File:Portrait of Jim Hodges.jpg75px]]Democratic Party (United States)}};"Jim Hodges
(b. 1956)
–
January 15, 2003
(lost election)Democratic1998
[[File:Mark Sanford, Official Portrait, 113th Congress (cropped).jpg75px]]Republican Party (United States)}};"Mark Sanford
(b. 1960)
–
January 12, 2011
(term-limited)Republican2002
2006
[[File:Official Photo of SC Governor Nikki Haley (cropped).jpg75px]]Nikki Haley
(b. 1972)
–
January 24, 2017
(resigned)Republican2010
Democratic Party (United States)}};"
2014Republican Party (United States)}};"
[[File:Governor Henry McMaster.jpg75px]]Henry McMaster
(b. 1947)
–
IncumbentRepublicanSucceeded from
lieutenant
governor
2018
2022

Notes

References

;General

; Specific

References

  1. "Ratification of the Constitution by the State of South Carolina; May 23, 1788". The Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
  2. "Secession Ordinances of 13 Confederate States". [[University of Houston]].
  3. [http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/19conf/19conf.html#p1 Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America] {{webarchive. link. (August 20, 2016 , accessed July 8, 2015)
  4. Act authorizing readmission on ratification of 14th amendment: {{usstat. 15. 73. Proclamation of South Carolina's ratification: {{usstat. 15. 704.
  5. "John Rutledge". [[National Governors Association]].
  6. Salley, Jr., A.S.. "Governors of South Carolina 1670–2022". [[South Carolina Legislature]].
  7. Flanders, Henry. [https://books.google.com/books?id=eEQEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA551 ''The Lives and Times of the Chief Justices of the United States Supreme Court''], pp. 551–552. Philadelphia: [[J. B. Lippincott & Co.]], 1874 at [[Google Books]].
  8. "Rawlins Lowndes". [[National Governors Association]].
  9. "1778 S.C. Const. art. VI".
  10. "John Mathews". [[National Governors Association]].
  11. "Benjamin Guerard". [[National Governors Association]].
  12. (1783-04-03). "South Carolina". Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser.
  13. "William Moultrie". [[National Governors Association]].
  14. (1785-03-10). "Charleston, (S.C.)". Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser.
  15. "Thomas Pinckney". [[National Governors Association]].
  16. (1787-03-09). "American Intelligence". The Independent Gazetteer.
  17. "Charles Pinckney". [[National Governors Association]].
  18. (1789-02-23). "America". Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser.
  19. "1790 S.C. Const. art. II, § 2".
  20. "Arnoldus Vandershorst". [[National Governors Association]].
  21. (1796-12-29). "By This Day's Mails". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  22. "Edward Rutledge". [[National Governors Association]].
  23. (1799-01-15). "Governor Rutledge's Speech". The North American.
  24. "John Drayton". [[National Governors Association]].
  25. "James Burchill Richardson". [[National Governors Association]].
  26. "Paul Hamilton". [[National Governors Association]].
  27. (1806-12-26). "none". Virginia Argus.
  28. "Governor of the State of South Carolina - Paul Hamilton".
  29. (1806-10-22). "Election Returns". The Charleston Daily Courier.
  30. (1806-12-08). "Legislature of South-Carolina". The Charleston Daily Courier.
  31. (1808-12-17). "Legislature of South-Carolina". The Charleston Daily Courier.
  32. "Henry Middleton". [[National Governors Association]].
  33. (1810-12-20). "Legislature of South-Carolina". The Charleston Daily Courier.
  34. "Joseph Alston". [[National Governors Association]].
  35. "David Rogerson Williams". [[National Governors Association]].
  36. "Andrew Pickens". [[National Governors Association]].
  37. "Geddes John". [[National Governors Association]].
  38. (1818-12-12). "none". The Charleston Daily Courier.
  39. "Thomas Bennett". [[National Governors Association]].
  40. (1820-12-20). "none". The Evening Post.
  41. "John Lyde Wilson". [[National Governors Association]].
  42. (1822-12-19). "South-Carolina Legislature". The Charleston Mercury.
  43. "Richard Irvine Manning". [[National Governors Association]].
  44. (1824-12-07). "From Columbia". The Charleston Daily Courier.
  45. "John Taylor". [[National Governors Association]].
  46. (1826-12-15). "Columbia". The Charleston Daily Courier.
  47. "Stephen Decatur Miller". [[National Governors Association]].
  48. (1828-12-15). "none". The Charleston Mercury.
  49. "James Jr. Hamilton". [[National Governors Association]].
  50. (1830-12-14). "From Columbia". The Charleston Mercury.
  51. "Robert Young Hayne". [[National Governors Association]].
  52. (1832-12-14). "South-Carolina Legislature". The Charleston Daily Courier.
  53. "George McDuffie". [[National Governors Association]].
  54. (1834-12-15). "State Legislature". The Charleston Mercury.
  55. "Pierce Mason Butler". [[National Governors Association]].
  56. "Patrick Noble". [[National Governors Association]].
  57. (1838-12-27). "South Carolina Legislature". Edgefield Advertiser.
  58. "Barnabas Kelet Henagan". [[National Governors Association]].
  59. (1840-04-13). "Death of Gov. Noble". The Charleston Daily Courier.
  60. "John Peter Richardson II". [[National Governors Association]].
  61. (1840-12-17). "The Inauguration". Edgefield Advertiser.
  62. "James Henry Hammond". [[National Governors Association]].
  63. (1842-12-12). "South Carolina Legislature". The Charleston Daily Courier.
  64. "William Aiken". [[National Governors Association]].
  65. (1844-12-12). "South Carolina Legislature". The Charleston Daily Courier.
  66. "David Johnson". [[National Governors Association]].
  67. (1846-12-16). "Governor Johnson's Inauguration". Edgefield Advertiser.
  68. "Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook". [[National Governors Association]].
  69. (1848-12-15). "From Columbia". The Charleston Daily Courier.
  70. "John Hugh Means". [[National Governors Association]].
  71. (1850-12-18). "Proceedings of the So. Ca. Legislature". The Charleston Daily Courier.
  72. "John Laurence Manning". [[National Governors Association]].
  73. (1852-12-16). "Legislative Proceedings - The Inauguration". The Charleston Daily Courier.
  74. "James Hopkins Adams". [[National Governors Association]].
  75. (1854-12-20). "Legislative Proceedings". Edgefield Advertiser.
  76. "Robert Francis Withers Allston". [[National Governors Association]].
  77. (1856-12-18). "South Carolina Legislature". Yorkville Enquirer.
  78. "William Henry Gist". [[National Governors Association]].
  79. (1858-12-15). "The Inauguration". The Charleston Daily Courier.
  80. "Francis Wilkinson Pickens". [[National Governors Association]].
  81. (1860-12-18). "South Carolina Legislature". The Charleston Daily Courier.
  82. "1861 S.C. Const. art. II, § 2".
  83. "Milledge Luke Bonham". [[National Governors Association]].
  84. (1862-12-20). "Inauguration of Governor Bonham". The Charleston Mercury.
  85. "Andrew Gordon MacGrath". [[National Governors Association]].
  86. (1864-12-22). "The Inauguration of Governor Magrath". The Charleston Mercury.
  87. "Benjamin Franklin Perry". [[National Governors Association]].
  88. Presidential Proclamation No. 46, 30 June 1865, {{USStat. 13. 769, 770
  89. "James Lawrence Orr". [[National Governors Association]].
  90. (1865-11-30). "Journal of the Senate of the State of South Carolina". The Daily Phoenix.
  91. "Robert Kingston Scott". [[National Governors Association]].
  92. (1868-07-10). "Inauguration of Gov. Scott". The Daily Phoenix.
  93. "Franklin J. Moses". [[National Governors Association]].
  94. (1872-12-04). "The Governor Elect". The Charleston Daily Courier.
  95. "Daniel Henry Chamberlain". [[National Governors Association]].
  96. (1874-12-02). "Inaugural Address of the Governor". The Daily Phoenix.
  97. "Wade Hampton III". [[National Governors Association]].
  98. (1876-12-21). "Editorial Correspondence". The Pickens Sentinel.
  99. (1879-03-04). "Gov. Hampton's Farewell". The News and Herald.
  100. "William Dunlap Simpson". [[National Governors Association]].
  101. "Thomas Bothwell Jeter". [[National Governors Association]].
  102. (1880-09-08). "Gov. Simpson's Farewell". The Newberry Weekly Herald.
  103. "Johnson Hagood". [[National Governors Association]].
  104. (1880-12-02). "Inauguration Day". The News and Herald.
  105. "Hugh Smith Thompson". [[National Governors Association]].
  106. (1882-12-15). "The Inauguration". Union Times.
  107. "John Calhoun Sheppard". [[National Governors Association]].
  108. (1886-07-13). "The Two Governors". The Watchman and Southron.
  109. "John Peter Richardson". [[National Governors Association]].
  110. (1886-12-08). "His Inaugural Address". Yorkville Enquirer.
  111. "Benjamin Ryan Tillman". [[National Governors Association]].
  112. (1890-12-11). "A Political Drama". The Newberry Herald and News.
  113. "John Gary Evans". [[National Governors Association]].
  114. (1894-12-07). "Evans Is Governor". The Gaffney Ledger.
  115. "William Haselden Ellerbe". [[National Governors Association]].
  116. (1897-01-20). "Governor Ellerbe". The Times and Democrat.
  117. "Miles Benjamin McSweeney". [[National Governors Association]].
  118. (1899-06-07). "Gov. Ellerbe Dead". The Intelligencer.
  119. "Duncan Clinch Heyward". [[National Governors Association]].
  120. (1903-01-28). "Our New Governor". The Intelligencer.
  121. "Martin Frederick Ansel". [[National Governors Association]].
  122. (1907-01-17). "Martin F. Ansel Is Now Chief Executive". The County Record.
  123. "Coleman Livingston Blease". [[National Governors Association]].
  124. (1911-01-19). "Takes Reins". The Times and Democrat.
  125. (1915-01-14). "Gov. Blease Resigns and Lieut. Gov. Chas. Smith Succeeds Him". The Columbia Record.
  126. "Charles A. Smith". [[National Governors Association]].
  127. "Richard Irvine Manning III". [[National Governors Association]].
  128. (1915-01-19). "Manning Took Oath As the Governor of South Carolina at Noon Today". The Herald.
  129. "Robert Archer Cooper". [[National Governors Association]].
  130. (1919-01-22). "Robert A. Cooper Became Governor at 1:05 Yesterday". The Greenville News.
  131. "Wilson Godfrey Harvey". [[National Governors Association]].
  132. (1922-05-20). "New Governor Is Inaugurated at Noon Today". The Columbia Record.
  133. "Thomas Gordon McLeod". [[National Governors Association]].
  134. (1923-01-17). "McLeod Takes Oath As Chief Executive". The State.
  135. "John Gardiner Richards". [[National Governors Association]].
  136. (1927-01-19). "John G. Richards Takes Office As Governor of S.C.". The Press and Standard.
  137. "Ibra Charles Blackwood". [[National Governors Association]].
  138. (1931-01-21). "Inauguration of Governor Marked Yesterday at Capitol". The Press and Standard.
  139. "Olin De Witt Talmadge Johnston". [[National Governors Association]].
  140. (1935-01-15). "Olin D. Johnston Is Inaugurated As New Governor". The Item.
  141. "Burnet Rhett Maybank". [[National Governors Association]].
  142. (1939-01-18). "Governor Maybank for Progressive Regime". The Greenville News.
  143. "Joseph Emile Harley". [[National Governors Association]].
  144. (1941-11-04). "Barnwell Attorney Is Sworn In Succeeding Senator-Elect". The Herald.
  145. "Richard Manning Jeffries". [[National Governors Association]].
  146. (1942-03-03). "Jefferies Takes Oath As Governor of SC". The State.
  147. (1942-03-02). "S.C. Is Without Leader For Third Day As Jefferies Ponders Move". The Index-Journal.
  148. (1943-01-20). "Johnston Envisions Dry South Carolina in Inaugural Talk". The Greenville News.
  149. "Ransome Judson Williams". [[National Governors Association]].
  150. Wood, Reginald L.. (1945-01-03). "Williams Takes Oath As Governor of This State". The Greenville News.
  151. "James Strom Thurmond". [[National Governors Association]].
  152. Freeman, Wayne. (1947-01-22). "Thurmond Inaugural Is Brilliant". The Greenville News.
  153. "James Francis Byrnes". [[National Governors Association]].
  154. Lavisky, Saul. (1951-01-17). "Crowd and Good Weather Brightened 'Byrnes Day'". The Herald.
  155. "George Bell Timmerman". [[National Governors Association]].
  156. Duncan, Alderman. (1955-01-19). "New Governor Out to Retain 'Way of Life'". The Greenville News.
  157. "Ernest Frederick Hollings". [[National Governors Association]].
  158. (1959-01-21). "Hollings Is Inaugurated As State's Eightieth Governor". The Times and Democrat.
  159. "Donald Stuart Russell". [[National Governors Association]].
  160. Wickenberg, Charles H.. (1963-01-16). "Russell Takes Office; Urges Better Schools". The State.
  161. "Robert Evander McNair". [[National Governors Association]].
  162. (1965-04-23). "Gov. McNair Inaugurated; Appoints Russell to Senate". The Greenville News.
  163. "John Carl West". [[National Governors Association]].
  164. Milkie, Joyce W.. (1971-01-20). "Pomp, Ceremony and Just Plain Cold". The Times and Democrat.
  165. "S.C. Const. art. II, § 2".
  166. "James Burrows Edwards". [[National Governors Association]].
  167. (1975-01-15). "Sworn In As S.C.'s 86th Chief Executive". The Columbia Record.
  168. "Richard Wilson Riley". [[National Governors Association]].
  169. Surratt, W. Clark. (1979-01-11). "Gov. Riley Outlines Plans on S.C. Future". The State.
  170. "Carroll A. Campbell". [[National Governors Association]].
  171. Adams, Jerry. (1987-01-15). "Campbell: S.C. Should Be 'State of Opportunity'". The State.
  172. "David M. Beasley". [[National Governors Association]].
  173. Bandy, Lee. (1995-01-12). "GOP's Beasley Takes Oath As 113th Governor". The State.
  174. "Jim Hodges". [[National Governors Association]].
  175. (1999-01-14). "Hodges Takes Oath". The State.
  176. "Mark Sanford". [[National Governors Association]].
  177. Sheinin, Aaron. (2003-01-16). "'Forward... With Each Other'". The State.
  178. "Nikki R. Haley". [[National Governors Association]].
  179. Davenport, Jim. (2011-01-13). "Haley Sworn In". The Island Packet.
  180. "Henry McMaster". [[National Governors Association]].
  181. Self, Jamie. (2017-01-25). "Haley Gets UN Post; McMaster Is Governor". The State.
  182. Bustos, Joseph. (2023-01-11). "SC Gov. McMaster targets $50K teacher pay, judicial transparency in 2nd inauguration speech". The State.
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