Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina

The **Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina** is the second-in-command to the Governor of South Carolina. The current lieutenant governor is Pamela Evette, who took office January 9, 2019.

## List

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|scope="col" data-sort-type="number"||scope="col" colspan="2"|Lieutenant Governor|scope="col"|Party|scope="col"|Term in office|scope="col"|Election|scope="col" colspan="2"|Governor|scope="col"|Notes||||
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|52|style="background:;"||W.D. Porter|Independent|– July 6, 1868|1865|style="background:;"||James Lawrence Orr|First popularly elected lieutenant governor|||||||
|53|style="background:;"||Lemuel Boozer|Republican|– December 3, 1870|1868|style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Robert Kingston Scott|||||||
|54|style="background:;"||Alonzo J. Ransier|Republican|– December 7, 1872|1870|style="background:;"||First black lieutenant governor||||||||
|rowspan=2|55|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Richard Howell Gleaves|rowspan=2|Republican|rowspan=2|– December 14, 1876|1872|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||Franklin J. Moses, Jr.|rowspan=2|Second black lieutenant governor Haitian-American Lost reelection||
|1874|Daniel Henry Chamberlain||||||||||||||||
|-|colspan = 4|Disputed|colspan="4"|Disputed between Gleaves and William Dunlap Simpson. Two governments were formed during this time.|||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|56|rowspan=2  style="background:;"||rowspan=2|William Dunlap Simpson|rowspan=2|Democratic|rowspan=2|– February 26, 1879|1876|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Wade Hampton III|rowspan=2|Succeeded to governorship|
|1878|||||||||||||||||
|-|colspan=3|_Vacant_|<small>until November 30, 1880</small>|colspan=4|||||||||||||
|57|style="background:;"||John D. Kennedy|Democratic|– December 1, 1882|1880|style="background:;"||Johnson Hagood||||||||
|rowspan=2|58|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|John Calhoun Sheppard|rowspan=2|Democratic|rowspan=2|– July 10, 1886|1882|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Hugh Smith Thompson|rowspan=2|Succeeded to governorship|
|1884|||||||||||||||||
|-|colspan=3|_Vacant_|<small>until November 30, 1886</small>|colspan=4|||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|59|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|William L. Mauldin|rowspan=2|Democratic|rowspan=2|– December 4, 1890|1886|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Hugh Smith Thompson|rowspan=2||
|1888|||||||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|60|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Eugene B. Gary|rowspan=2|Democratic|rowspan=2|– December 22, 1893|1890|rowspan=3 style="background:;"||rowspan=3|Benjamin Tillman|rowspan=2|Resigned|
|rowspan=2|1892||||||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|61|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Washington H. Timmerman|rowspan=2|Democratic|rowspan=2|– January 18, 1897|rowspan=2|||||||
|1894|style="background:;"||John Gary Evans||||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|62|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Miles Benjamin McSweeney|rowspan=2|Democratic|rowspan=2|– June 2, 1899|1896|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|William Haselden Ellerbe|rowspan=2|Succeeded to governorship|
|rowspan=2|1898||||||||||||||||
|63|style="background:;"||Robert B. Scarborough|Democratic|– January 15, 1901|style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Miles Benjamin McSweeney|Not elected|||||||
|64|style="background:;"||James Tillman|Democratic|– January 20, 1903|1900|style="background:;"||||||||||
|rowspan=2|65|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|John Sloan|rowspan=2|Democratic|rowspan=2|– January 15, 1907|1902|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Duncan Clinch Heyward|rowspan=2||
|1904|||||||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|66|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Thomas Gordon McLeod|rowspan=2|Democratic|rowspan=2|– January 17, 1911|1906|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Martin Frederick Ansel|rowspan=2||
|1908|||||||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|67|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Charles Aurelius Smith|rowspan=2|Democratic|rowspan=2|– January 14, 1915|1910|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Coleman Livingston Blease|rowspan=2|Succeeded to governorship|
|1912|||||||||||||||||
|-|colspan=3|_Vacant_|<small>until January 19, 1915</small>|colspan=4|||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|68|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Andrew Bethea|rowspan=2|Democratic|rowspan=2|– January 21, 1919|1914|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Richard Irvine Manning III|rowspan=2||
|1916|||||||||||||||||
|69|style="background:;"||J.T. Liles|Democratic|– January 18, 1921|1918|style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Robert Archer Cooper|||||||
|70|style="background:;"||Wilson Godfrey Harvey|Democratic|– May 20, 1922|1920|style="background:;"||Succeeded to governorship||||||||
|-|colspan=3|_Vacant_|<small>until January 16, 1923</small>|colspan=4|||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|71|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|E.B. Jackson|rowspan=2|Democratic|rowspan=2|– January 18, 1927|1922|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Thomas Gordon McLeod|rowspan=2||
|1924|||||||||||||||||
|72|style="background:;"||Thomas Bothwell Butler|Democratic|– January 20, 1931|1926|style="background:;"||John Gardiner Richards, Jr.|First elected to four-year term|||||||
|73|style="background:;"||James Sheppard|Democratic|– January 15, 1935|1930|style="background:;"||Ibra Charles Blackwood||||||||
|rowspan=2|74|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Joseph Emile Harley|rowspan=2|Democratic|rowspan=2|– November 4, 1941|1934|style="background:;"||Olin D. Johnston|rowspan=2|Succeeded to governorship||
|1938|style="background:;"||Burnet R. Maybank||||||||||||||
|-|colspan=3|_Vacant_|<small>until January 19, 1943</small>|colspan=4|||||||||||||
|75|style="background:;"||Ransome Judson Williams|Democratic|– January 2, 1945|1942|style="background:;"||Olin D. Johnston|Succeeded to governorship|||||||
|-|colspan=3|_Vacant_|<small>until January 21, 1947</small>|colspan=4|||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|76|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|George Bell Timmerman, Jr.|rowspan=2|Democratic|rowspan=2|– January 18, 1955|1946|style="background:;"||Strom Thurmond||||
|1950|style="background:;"||James F. Byrnes||||||||||||||
|77|style="background:;"||Fritz Hollings|Democratic|– January 20, 1959|1954|style="background:;"||George Bell Timmerman, Jr.||||||||
|78|style="background:;"||Burnet R. Maybank Jr.|Democratic|– January 15, 1963|1958|style="background:;"||Fritz Hollings||||||||
|79|style="background:;"||Robert Evander McNair|Democratic|– April 22, 1965|1962|style="background:;"||Donald S. Russell|Succeeded to governorship|||||||
|-|colspan=3|_Vacant_|<small>until January 17, 1967</small>|colspan=4|||||||||||||
|80|style="background:;"||John C. West|Democratic|– January 19, 1971|1966|style="background:;"||Robert Evander McNair||||||||
|81|style="background:;"||Earle Morris, Jr.|Democratic|– January 21, 1975|1970|style="background:;"||John C. West||||||||
|82|style="background:;"||W. Brantley Harvey, Jr.|Democratic|– January 10, 1979|1974|style="background:;"||James B. Edwards||||||||
|83|style="background:;"||Nancy Stevenson|Democratic|– January 12, 1983|1978|style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Richard Riley|First female lieutenant governor||||||
|84|style="background:;"||Michael R. Daniel|Democratic|– January 14, 1987|1982|style="background:;"||||||||||
|rowspan=2|85|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Nick Theodore|rowspan=2|Democratic|rowspan=2|– January 11, 1995|1986|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.|rowspan=2||
|1990|||||||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|86|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Bob Peeler|rowspan=2|Republican|rowspan=2|– January 15, 2003|1994|style="background:;"||David Beasley|rowspan=2|||
|1998|style="background:;"||Jim Hodges||||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|87|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|André Bauer|rowspan=2|Republican|rowspan=2|– January 12, 2011|2002|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Mark Sanford|rowspan=2||
|2006|||||||||||||||||
|88|style="background:;"||Ken Ard|Republican|– March 9, 2012|rowspan=4|2010|rowspan=5 style="background:;"||rowspan=5|Nikki Haley|Resigned|||||
|-|colspan=3|_Vacant_|<small>until March 13, 2012</small>||||||||||||||
|89|style="background:;"||Glenn F. McConnell|Republican|– June 18, 2014|Resigned|||||||||||
|90|style="background:;"||Yancey McGill|Democratic|– January 14, 2015||||||||||||
|91|style="background:;"||Henry McMaster|Republican|– January 24, 2017|rowspan=2|2014|Succeeded to governorship|||||||||
|92|style="background:;"||Kevin L. Bryant|Republican|– January 9, 2019|rowspan=2 style="background:;"||rowspan=2|Henry McMaster||||||||
|93|style="background:;"||Pamela Evette|Republican|– _Present_|2018|First elected on same ticket as governor||||||||||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Lieutenant Governor
- **insignia**: Seal of the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina.svg
- **insigniasize**: 150
- **body**:
South Carolina
- **image**: Pamela Evette SC (cropped).jpeg
- **incumbent**: Pamela Evette
- **incumbentsince**: January 9, 2019
- **termlength**: Four years, no limit
- **formation**: South Carolina Constitution
- **inaugural**: Thomas Broughton (acting governor), Thomas Broughton (1730)
- **succession**: First
- **salary**: $46,545 (2016)