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.

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+ Lieutenant governors of the State of South Carolina (1865 to 1868)Lieutenant GovernorPartyTerm in officeElectionGovernor Notes52 W.D. PorterIndependent–July 6, 18681865 James Lawrence OrrFirst popularly elected lieutenant governor53 Lemuel BoozerRepublican–December 3, 18701868  Robert Kingston Scott54 Alonzo J. RansierRepublican–December 7, 18721870  First black lieutenant governor55 Richard Howell GleavesRepublican–December 14, 18761872  Franklin J. Moses, Jr.Second black lieutenant governor 
Haitian-American
Lost reelection1874Daniel Henry Chamberlain -  DisputedDisputed between Gleaves and William Dunlap Simpson. 
Two governments were formed during this time. 56 William Dunlap SimpsonDemocratic–February 26, 18791876  Wade Hampton IIISucceeded to governorship1878 - Vacantuntil November 30, 1880 57 John D. KennedyDemocratic–December 1, 18821880  Johnson Hagood58 John Calhoun SheppardDemocratic–July 10, 18861882  Hugh Smith ThompsonSucceeded to governorship1884 - Vacantuntil November 30, 1886 59 William L. MauldinDemocratic–December 4, 18901886  Hugh Smith Thompson188860 Eugene B. GaryDemocratic–December 22, 18931890  Benjamin TillmanResigned189261 Washington H. TimmermanDemocratic–January 18, 18971894 John Gary Evans62 Miles Benjamin McSweeneyDemocratic–June 2, 18991896  William Haselden EllerbeSucceeded to governorship 189863 Robert B. ScarboroughDemocratic–January 15, 1901  Miles Benjamin McSweeneyNot elected64 James TillmanDemocratic–January 20, 19031900  65 John SloanDemocratic–January 15, 19071902  Duncan Clinch Heyward190466 Thomas Gordon McLeodDemocratic–January 17, 19111906  Martin Frederick Ansel 190867 Charles Aurelius SmithDemocratic–January 14, 19151910  Coleman Livingston BleaseSucceeded to governorship1912 - Vacantuntil January 19, 1915 68 Andrew BetheaDemocratic–January 21, 19191914  Richard Irvine Manning III191669 J.T. LilesDemocratic–January 18, 19211918  Robert Archer Cooper70 Wilson Godfrey HarveyDemocratic–May 20, 19221920  Succeeded to governorship - Vacantuntil January 16, 1923 71 E.B. JacksonDemocratic–January 18, 19271922  Thomas Gordon McLeod192472 Thomas Bothwell ButlerDemocratic–January 20, 19311926  John Gardiner Richards, Jr.First elected to four-year term73 James SheppardDemocratic–January 15, 19351930  Ibra Charles Blackwood74 Joseph Emile HarleyDemocratic–November 4, 19411934  Olin D. JohnstonSucceeded to governorship1938 Burnet R. Maybank - Vacantuntil January 19, 1943 75 Ransome Judson WilliamsDemocratic–January 2, 19451942  Olin D. JohnstonSucceeded to governorship - Vacantuntil January 21, 1947 76 George Bell Timmerman, Jr.Democratic–January 18, 19551946  Strom Thurmond1950 James F. Byrnes77 Fritz HollingsDemocratic–January 20, 19591954  George Bell Timmerman, Jr.78 Burnet R. Maybank Jr.Democratic–January 15, 19631958  Fritz Hollings79 Robert Evander McNairDemocratic–April 22, 19651962  Donald S. RussellSucceeded to governorship - Vacantuntil January 17, 1967 80 John C. WestDemocratic–January 19, 19711966  Robert Evander McNair81 Earle Morris, Jr.Democratic–January 21, 19751970  John C. West82 W. Brantley Harvey, Jr.Democratic–January 10, 19791974  James B. Edwards83 Nancy StevensonDemocratic–January 12, 19831978  Richard RileyFirst female lieutenant governor84 Michael R. DanielDemocratic–January 14, 19871982  85 Nick TheodoreDemocratic–January 11, 19951986  Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.199086 Bob PeelerRepublican–January 15, 20031994  David Beasley1998  Jim Hodges87 André BauerRepublican–January 12, 20112002  Mark Sanford200688 Ken ArdRepublican–March 9, 20122010  Nikki HaleyResigned - Vacantuntil March 13, 2012 89 Glenn F. McConnellRepublican–June 18, 2014Resigned90 Yancey McGillDemocratic–January 14, 201591 Henry McMasterRepublican–January 24, 20172014Succeeded to governorship92 Kevin L. BryantRepublican–January 9, 2019 Henry McMaster93 Pamela EvetteRepublican–Present 2018First elected on same ticket as governor

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