List of Governors of South Carolina
Governors under the Constitution of 1895
Parties Democratic (27) Republican (6)

List of Governors of South Carolina

Section Title: Governors under the Constitution of 1895
Table Section Text: Parties Democratic (27) Republican (6)

#	Governor	Took Office	Left Office	Lt. Governor	Party	Notes

86	-	William Haselden Ellerbe	January 18, 1897	June 2, 1899	Miles Benjamin McSweeney	Democratic	Died in office

87	-	Miles Benjamin McSweeney	June 2, 1899	January 20, 1903	Robert B. Scarborough	Democratic

88	-	Duncan Clinch Heyward	January 20, 1903	January 15, 1907	James Tillman John Sloan	Democratic

89	-	Martin Frederick Ansel	January 15, 1907	January 17, 1911	Thomas Gordon McLeod	Democratic

90	-	Coleman Livingston Blease	January 17, 1911	January 14, 1915	Charles Aurelius Smith	Democratic	Resigned

91	-	Charles Aurelius Smith	January 14, 1915	January 19, 1915	vacant	Democratic	Not elected

92	-	Richard Irvine Manning III	January 19, 1915	January 21, 1919	Andrew Bethea	Democratic

93	-	Robert Archer Cooper	January 21, 1919	May 20, 1922	J.T. Liles Wilson Godfrey Harvey	Democratic	Resigned

94	-	Wilson Godfrey Harvey	May 20, 1922	January 16, 1923	vacant	Democratic	Not elected

95	-	Thomas Gordon McLeod	January 16, 1923	January 18, 1927	E.B. Jackson	Democratic

96	-	John Gardiner Richards, Jr.	January 18, 1927	January 20, 1931	Thomas Bothwell Butler	Democratic	1st to be elected to a four-year term

97	-	Ibra Charles Blackwood	January 20, 1931	January 15, 1935	James Sheppard	Democratic

98	-	Olin D. Johnston	January 15, 1935	January 17, 1939	Joseph Emile Harley	Democratic	1st time

99	-	Burnet R. Maybank	January 17, 1939	November 4, 1941	Joseph Emile Harley	Democratic	Resigned

100	-	Joseph Emile Harley	November 4, 1941	February 27, 1942	vacant	Democratic	Not elected, Died in office

—	vacant	February 27, 1942	March 2, 1942	vacant

101	-	Richard Manning Jefferies	March 2, 1942	January 19, 1943	vacant	Democratic	Not elected

98	-	Olin D. Johnston	January 19, 1943	January 2, 1945	Ransome Judson Williams	Democratic	2nd time, Resigned

102	-	Ransome Judson Williams	January 2, 1945	January 21, 1947	vacant	Democratic	Not elected

103	-	Strom Thurmond	January 21, 1947	January 16, 1951	George Bell Timmerman, Jr.	Democratic

104	-	James Francis Byrnes	January 16, 1951	January 18, 1955	George Bell Timmerman, Jr.	Democratic

105	-	George Bell Timmerman, Jr.	January 18, 1955	January 20, 1959	Ernest Hollings	Democratic

106	-	Ernest Hollings	January 20, 1959	January 15, 1963	Burnet R. Maybank Jr.	Democratic

107	-	Donald Stuart Russell	January 15, 1963	April 22, 1965	Robert Evander McNair	Democratic	Resigned

108	-	Robert Evander McNair	April 22, 1965	January 19, 1971	vacant John C. West	Democratic

109	-	John C. West	January 19, 1971	January 21, 1975	Earle Morris, Jr.	Democratic

110	-	James B. Edwards	January 21, 1975	January 10, 1979	W. Brantley Harvey, Jr.	Republican

111	-	Richard Riley	January 10, 1979	January 14, 1987	Nancy Stevenson Michael R. Daniel	Democratic	1st elected to two consecutive four-year terms

112	-	Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.	January 14, 1987	January 11, 1995	Nick Theodore (Democratic)	Republican

113	GovernorBeasley.JPG	David Beasley	January 11, 1995	January 13, 1999	Bob Peeler	Republican	Lost reelection

114	-	Jim Hodges	January 13, 1999	January 15, 2003	Bob Peeler	Democratic	Lost reelection

115	-	Mark Sanford	January 15, 2003	January 12, 2011	André Bauer	Republican

116	-	Nikki Haley	January 12, 2011	January 24, 2017	Ken Ard Glenn F. McConnell J. Yancey McGill (Democratic) Henry McMaster	Republican	Resigned to become UN Ambassador

117	-	Henry McMaster	January 24, 2017	Incumbent	Kevin L. Bryant Pamela Evette	Republican

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