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)

William Dunlap Simpson was the 78th Governor of South Carolina from February 26, 1879, when the previous Governor, Wade Hampton, resigned, until 1880.

final_sentence: William Dunlap Simpson was the 78th Governor of South Carolina from February 26, 1879, when the previous Governor, Wade Hampton, resigned, until 1880.