List of Governors of South Carolina
Governors under the Constitution of 1868
Parties Democratic Republican

List of Governors of South Carolina

Section Title: Governors under the Constitution of 1868
Table Section Text: Parties Democratic Republican

#	Governor	Took Office	Left Office	Lt. Governor	Party	Notes

74	-	Robert Kingston Scott	July 6, 1868	December 7, 1872	Lemuel Boozer Alonzo J. Ransier	Republican

75	-	Franklin J. Moses, Jr.	December 7, 1872	December 1, 1874	Richard Howell Gleaves	Republican

76	-	Daniel Henry Chamberlain	December 1, 1874	December 14, 1876	Richard Howell Gleaves	Republican	Claimed Governorship after 1876 election

77	-	Wade Hampton III	December 14, 1876	February 26, 1879	William Dunlap Simpson	Democratic	Resigned

78	-	William Dunlap Simpson	February 26, 1879	September 1, 1880	John D. Kennedy	Democratic	Not elected

79	-	Thomas Bothwell Jeter	September 1, 1880	November 30, 1880	vacant	Democratic

80	-	Johnson Hagood	November 30, 1880	December 1, 1882	John D. Kennedy	Democratic

81	-	Hugh Smith Thompson	December 1, 1882	July 10, 1886	John Calhoun Sheppard	Democratic	Resigned

82	-	John Calhoun Sheppard	July 10, 1886	November 30, 1886	vacant	Democratic	Not elected

83	-	John Peter Richardson III	November 30, 1886	December 4, 1890	William Mauldin	Democratic

84	-	Benjamin Ryan Tillman	December 4, 1890	December 4, 1894	Eugene Gary W.H. Timmerman	Democratic

85	-	John Gary Evans	December 4, 1894	January 18, 1897	W.H. Timmerman	Democratic

Sentence(s)

Hugh Smith Thompson was the 81st Governor of South Carolina from 1882 to 1886.

final_sentence: Hugh Smith Thompson was the 81st Governor of South Carolina from 1882 to 1886.