List of Governors of South Carolina
Governors under the Constitution of 1868
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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

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