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| 2 | List of Governors of South Carolina - Governors under the Constitution of 1868 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | # | Governor | Governor | Took Office | Left Office | Lt. Governor | Party | Notes |
| 4 | 74 | - | Robert Kingston Scott | July 6, 1868 | December 7, 1872 | Lemuel Boozer Alonzo J. Ransier | Republican | - |
| 5 | 75 | - | Franklin J. Moses, Jr. | December 7, 1872 | December 1, 1874 | Richard Howell Gleaves | Republican | - |
| 6 | 76 | - | Daniel Henry Chamberlain | December 1, 1874 | December 14, 1876 | Richard Howell Gleaves | Republican | Claimed Governorship after 1876 election |
| 7 | 77 | - | Wade Hampton III | December 14, 1876 | February 26, 1879 | William Dunlap Simpson | Democratic | Resigned |
| 8 | 78 | - | William Dunlap Simpson | February 26, 1879 | September 1, 1880 | John D. Kennedy | Democratic | Not elected |
| 9 | 79 | - | Thomas Bothwell Jeter | September 1, 1880 | November 30, 1880 | vacant | Democratic | - |
| 10 | 80 | - | Johnson Hagood | November 30, 1880 | December 1, 1882 | John D. Kennedy | Democratic | - |
| 11 | 81 | - | Hugh Smith Thompson | December 1, 1882 | July 10, 1886 | John Calhoun Sheppard | Democratic | Resigned |
| 12 | 82 | - | John Calhoun Sheppard | July 10, 1886 | November 30, 1886 | vacant | Democratic | Not elected |
| 13 | 83 | - | John Peter Richardson III | November 30, 1886 | December 4, 1890 | William Mauldin | Democratic | - |
| 14 | 84 | - | Benjamin Ryan Tillman | December 4, 1890 | December 4, 1894 | Eugene Gary W.H. Timmerman | Democratic | - |
| 15 | 85 | - | John Gary Evans | December 4, 1894 | January 18, 1897 | W.H. Timmerman | Democratic | - |

Question: What happened when Simpson resigned on September 1, 1880?
Answer: When Simpson resigned on September 1, 1880, Jeter became the 79th governor of South Carolina and served for three months.