List of Governors of South Carolina
Governors under the Constitution of 1895
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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

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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

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

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Henry McMaster

January 24, 2017

Incumbent[1]

Kevin L. Bryant

Pamela Evette

Republican

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