Political parties in South Carolina include the South Carolina Republican Party

South Carolina Republican Party

The South Carolina Republican Party and the South Carolina Democratic Party are the two major political parties within the U.S. state of South Carolina...

, the South Carolina Democratic Party

South Carolina Democratic Party

The South Carolina Democratic Party is the South Carolina affiliate of the United States Democratic Party. The Democratic party thrived during the Second Party System between 1832 and the mid-1850s and was one of the causes of the collapse of the Whig Party....

, the South Carolina Green Party

South Carolina Green Party

The South Carolina Green Party is a ballot-qualified political party in the state of South Carolina. It is the state affiliate party of the national Green Party of the United States....

, and the Libertarian Party of South Carolina

Libertarian Party of South Carolina

The Libertarian Party of South Carolina is the South Carolina affiliate of the Libertarian Party. The state chair is Michael Carmany.- External links:*...

. The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of South Carolina

South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...

:

• Governor
• Lieutenant Governor
• Secretary of State
  Secretary of State of South Carolina
  The Secretary of State of South Carolina is an elected position in the U.S. state of South Carolina.-Organization:The Secretary of State's office has four internal divisions:...
  
  
• Attorney General
  State Attorney General
  The state attorney general in each of the 50 U.S. states and territories is the chief legal advisor to the state government and the state's chief law enforcement officer. In some states, the attorney general serves as the head of a state department of justice, with responsibilities similar to those...
  
  
• State Treasurer
  State Treasurer
  In the state governments of the United States, 49 of the 50 states have the executive position of treasurer. Texas abolished the position of Texas State Treasurer in 1996....
  
  
• Comptroller General
• Superintendent of Education
• Adjutant General
  South Carolina Adjutant General
  The Adjutant General of South Carolina is head of the Military Department for that state, overseeing the South Carolina Army National Guard, the South Carolina Air National Guard, and the South Carolina State Guard. The office is the only adjutant general in the nation that is an elected position...
  
  
• Commissioner of Agriculture

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

• State Senate
  South Carolina Senate
  The South Carolina Senate is the upper house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the lower house being the South Carolina House of Representatives...
  
  
• State House of Representatives
  South Carolina House of Representatives
  The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the upper house being the South Carolina Senate. It consists of 124 Representatives elected to two year terms at the same time as US Congressional elections...
  
  
• State delegation to the U.S. Senate
• State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows: (D), (DN), (DR), (F), (N), (R) and .

Year	|Executive offices	|State Legislature	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from South Carolina These are tables of congressional delegations from South Carolina to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-United States House of Representatives:-See also:...	|Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Governor	Lt. Governor	Sec. of State Secretary of State of South Carolina The Secretary of State of South Carolina is an elected position in the U.S. state of South Carolina.-Organization:The Secretary of State's office has four internal divisions:...	Atty. Gen.	Treasurer	Comptroller	Supt. of Ed.	Adj. Gen. South Carolina Adjutant General The Adjutant General of South Carolina is head of the Military Department for that state, overseeing the South Carolina Army National Guard, the South Carolina Air National Guard, and the South Carolina State Guard. The office is the only adjutant general in the nation that is an elected position...	Comm. of Ag.	State Senate South Carolina Senate The South Carolina Senate is the upper house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the lower house being the South Carolina House of Representatives...	State House South Carolina House of Representatives The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the upper house being the South Carolina Senate. It consists of 124 Representatives elected to two year terms at the same time as US Congressional elections...	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House
1776	John Rutledge John Rutledge John Rutledge was an American statesman and judge. He was the first Governor of South Carolina following the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the 31st overall...  (N)	Henry Laurens Henry Laurens Henry Laurens was an American merchant and rice planter from South Carolina who became a political leader during the Revolutionary War. A delegate to the Second Continental Congress, Laurens succeeded John Hancock as President of the Congress...  (N)
1777		James Parsons (N)
1778	Rawlins Lowndes Rawlins Lowndes Rawlins Lowndes was an American lawyer and politician from South Carolina. His sons, Thomas and William Lowndes, both served in the U.S. Congress....  (N)
1779	John Rutledge (N)	Thomas Bee Thomas Bee Thomas Bee was an American planter, lawyer, and jurist from Charleston, South Carolina. He served as Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina and was a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1782...  (N)
1780		Christopher Gadsden Christopher Gadsden Christopher Gadsden , a soldier and statesman from South Carolina, was the principal leader of the South Carolina Patriot movement in the American Revolution. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the War of Independence...  (N)
1781
1782	John Mathews John Mathews John Mathews may refer to:* John Mathews , Governor of South Carolina in 1782 and 1783* John Mathews * Fr. John Mathews, Professor of New Testament, India...  (N)	Richard Hutson Richard Hutson ' was an American lawyer, judge, and politician from Charleston, South Carolina. He represented South Carolina as a delegate to the Continental Congress, where he signed the Articles of Confederation. After the British captured Charleston in 1780, he was held as a prisoner at St. Augustine,...  (N)
1783	Benjamin Guerard Benjamin Guerard Benjamin Guerard was a lawyer, patriot of the Revolutionary War and the 34th Governor of South Carolina from 1783 to 1785.-Early life and career:...  (N)	Richard Beresford Richard Beresford Richard Beresford was an American planter and lawyer from Berkeley County, South Carolina. He was a delegate for South Carolina in the Confederation Congress in 1783 and 1784....  (N)
1784		William Moultrie William Moultrie William Moultrie was a general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War.He was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He fought in the Anglo-Cherokee War and served in the colonial assembly before the advent of the American Revolution....  (N)
1785	William Moultrie (N)	Charles Drayton (N)
1786
1787	Thomas Pinckney Thomas Pinckney Thomas Pinckney was an early American statesman, diplomat and veteran of both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.-Early life in the military:...  (F)	Thomas Gadsden (F)
1788
1789	Charles Pinckney Charles Pinckney (governor) Charles Pinckney was an American politician who was a signer of the United States Constitution, the 37th Governor of South Carolina, a Senator and a member of the House of Representatives...  (F)	Alexander Gillon Alexander Gillon Alexander Gillon was an American merchant and seaman from Charleston, South Carolina. He represented South Carolina in the U.S. House in 1793 and 1794.-Early life:...  (F)
1790
1791		Isaac Holmes Isaac Holmes Isaac Holmes was an early American politician from South Carolina, holding the office of Lt. Governor of that State after the Revolution, as well as serving in both the South Carolina House and Senate. During the War, he had served in the Third Provincial Assembly, was a prisoner of war at both St...  (F)
1792	William Moultrie (F)	James Ladson (F)
1793
1794	Arnoldus Vanderhorst Arnoldus Vanderhorst Arnoldus Vanderhorst was a general of the South Carolina militia during the Revolutionary War and the 38th Governor of South Carolina from 1794 to 1796.-Early life and career:...  (F)	Lewis Morris Lewis Morris Lewis Morris was an American landowner and developer from Morrisania, New York. He signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress for New York....  (F)
1795
1796	Charles Pinckney (DR)	Robert Anderson Robert Anderson -Arts and entertainment:*Robert Anderson , Scottish literary scholar and editor*Robert Rowand Anderson , Scottish architect*Robert Alexander Anderson , American composer...  (DR)
1797
1798	Edward Rutledge Edward Rutledge Edward Rutledge was an American politician and youngest signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. He later served as the 39th Governor of South Carolina.-Early years and career:...  (F)	John Drayton John Drayton John Drayton was the 40th Governor of South Carolina on two non-consecutive occasions from 1800 to 1802 and 1808 to 1810, and was later a United States federal judge.-Early life and career:...  (DR)
1799
1800	John Drayton (DR)	Richard Winn Richard Winn Richard Winn was an American merchant, surveyor, and politician from Winnsboro, South Carolina. During the American Revolutionary War he was an officer in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment. After the regiment was captured at Charleston, he served in a militia partisan unit under Thomas Sumter...  (DR)
1801
1802	James Burchill Richardson James Burchill Richardson James Burchill Richardson was the 41st Governor of South Carolina from 1802 to 1804.Born in Clarendon County to Richard Richardson, a famed Revolutionary War leader, he received his education at the local schools in Clarendon County and afterwards engaged in planting at the Richardsons' Big Home...  (DR)	Ezekiel Pickens (DR)
1803
1804	Paul Hamilton Paul Hamilton Paul Hamilton was the 3rd United States Secretary of the Navy, from 1809 to 1813.Paul Hamilton was born in Saint Paul's Parish, South Carolina, on October 16, 1762. He left school at the age of sixteen due to financial problems...  (DR)	Thomas Sumter, Jr. (DR)
1805
1806	Charles Pinckney (DR)	John Hopkins John Hopkins - People :* John Hopkins , British film and television writer* John Hopkins , American film and television writer* John Hopkins , British actor* John Hopkins , British academic...  (DR)
1807
1808	John Drayton (DR)	Frederick Nance (DR)
1809
1810	Henry Middleton Henry Middleton (governor) Henry Middleton was an American planter and political leader from Charleston, South Carolina. He was the 43rd Governor of South Carolina , represented South Carolina in the U. S...  (DR)	Samuel Farrow Samuel Farrow Samuel Farrow was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Virginia in 1759, Farrow moved to South Carolina with his father's family, who settled in Spartanburg District in 1765....  (DR)
1811
1812	Joseph Alston Joseph Alston Joseph Alston was the 44th Governor of South Carolina from 1812 to 1814.-Early life and career:Born in All Saint's Parish near Georgetown, Alston attended the College of New Jersey, but left in 1796 without graduating. He then went to study law at the office of Edward Rutledge and was admitted to...  (DR)	Eldred Simkins Eldred Simkins Eldred Simkins was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Edgefield, South Carolina, Simkins attended a private academy at Willington, Abbeville District, South Carolina, and graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia.He attended Litchfield Law School for three years.He was...  (DR)
1813
1814	David Rogerson Williams David Rogerson Williams David Rogerson Williams was a Representative in the United States Congress and the 45th Governor of South Carolina from 1814 to 1816.-Early life and career:...  (DR)	Robert Creswell (DR)
1815
1816	Andrew Pickens Andrew Pickens (governor) Andrew Pickens, Jr. was an American military and political leader who served as the 46th Governor of South Carolina from 1816 until 1818.-Biography:...  (DR)	John A. Cuthbert (DR)
1817
1818	John Geddes John Geddes John Geddes was the 47th Governor of South Carolina from 1818 to 1820.-Early life and career:Born in Charleston, Geddes was the son of a merchant and received his education at the College of Charleston. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1797...  (DR)	William Youngblood (DR)
1819
1820	Thomas Bennett, Jr. Thomas Bennett, Jr. Thomas Bennett, Jr. was the 48th Governor of South Carolina from 1820 to 1822.-Early life and career:Born in Charleston, Bennett was educated at the College of Charleston. In a partnership with his father, Bennett ran a lumber and rice milling operation...  (DR)	William Pinckney (DR)
1821
1822	John Lyde Wilson John Lyde Wilson John Lyde Wilson was the 49th Governor of South Carolina from 1822 to 1824 and an ardent supporter of dueling.-Early life and career:...  (DR)	Henry Bradley Henry Bradley Henry Bradley was a British philologist and lexicographer who succeeded James Murray as senior editor of the Oxford English Dictionary .-Early life:...  (DR)
1823
1824	Richard Irvine Manning I Richard Irvine Manning I Richard Irvine Manning I was the 50th Governor of South Carolina from 1824 to 1826 and was later a Representative in the United States Congress.-Early life and career:...  (DR)	William Bull William Bull William Bull may refer to:* William Bull * William Bull II * William Bull * William Bull , founder of Bilbul, a small town in New South Wales, Australia...  (DR)
1825
1826	John Taylor John Taylor (1770-1832) John Taylor was the 51st Governor of South Carolina from 1826 to 1828. He was born May 4, 1770 in Granby, South Carolina. He attended Mount Zion Institute in Winnsboro, South Carolina, and graduated in 1790 from the College of New Jersey and became a lawyer...  (DR)	James Witherspoon (DR)
1827
1828	Stephen Decatur Miller Stephen Decatur Miller Stephen Decatur Miller was an American politician, who served as the 52nd Governor of South Carolina from 1828 to 1830. He represented South Carolina as a U.S. Representative from 1817 to 1819, and as a U.S. Senator from 1831 to 1833.He was born in Waxhaw settlement, South Carolina and graduated...  (DN)	Thomas Williams Thomas Williams Thomas Williams may refer to:* Thomas Williams * Williams, Gresham Professor of Astronomy from 11 November 1613* Thomas Williams , signatory of the Mayflower Compact...  (D)
1829
1830	James Hamilton, Jr. (DN)	Patrick Noble Patrick Noble Patrick Noble was the 57th Governor of South Carolina from 1838 until his death in 1840.-Early life and career:Born in Abbeville District near Willington, Noble was educated at Moses Waddel's School and he graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1806. Upon graduation, he was admitted to the...  (D)
1831
1832	Robert Young Hayne (DN)	Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Charles Cotesworth “C. C.” Pinckney , was an early American statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He was twice nominated by the Federalist Party as their presidential candidate, but he did not win either election.-Early life and...  (D)
1833
1834	George McDuffie George McDuffie George McDuffie was the 55th Governor of South Carolina and a member of the United States Senate.Born of modest means in Columbia County, Georgia, McDuffie's extraordinary intellect was noticed while clerking at a store in Augusta, Georgia...  (DN)	Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook was the 63rd Governor of South Carolina from 1848 to 1850.-Early life and career:...  (D)
1835
1836	Pierce Mason Butler (D)	William DuBose (D)
1837
1838	Patrick Noble (D)	Barnabas Kelet Henagan Barnabas Kelet Henagan Barnabas Kelet Henagan was a physician and South Carolina politician who became the 58th Governor due to the death of Patrick Noble on April 7, 1840.-Early life and career:...  (D)
1839
1840	Barnabas Kelet Henagan (D)	vacant
1841	John Peter Richardson II John Peter Richardson II John Peter Richardson II was the 59th Governor of South Carolina from 1840 to 1842.-Early life and career:Born on Hickory Hill Plantation in Clarendon County, Richardson was educated at Moses Waddel's School in Willington. He graduated from South Carolina College in 1819 and practiced law upon...  (D)	W. K. Clowney (D)
1842	James Henry Hammond James Henry Hammond James Henry Hammond was a politician from South Carolina. He served as a United States Representative from 1835 to 1836, the 60th Governor of South Carolina from 1842 to 1844, and United States Senator from 1857 to 1860...  (D)	Isaac Donnom Witherspoon (D)
1843
1844	William Aiken, Jr. (D)	J.F. Ervin (D)
1845
1846	David Johnson David Johnson (governor) David Johnson was the 62nd Governor of South Carolina from 1846 to 1848.-Early life and career:Born in Louisa County, Virginia, Johnson was educated in York County, but moved with his family to Chester District in 1789...  (D)	William Cain William Cain Sir William Ernest Cain, 1st Baronet was an English brewer and philanthropist.Cain was the son of Robert Cain, who had founded a large brewing empire, Robert Cain & Sons Ltd...  (D)
1847
1848	Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook (D)	William Henry Gist William Henry Gist William Henry Gist was the 68th Governor of South Carolina from 1858 to 1860 and a leader of the secession movement in South Carolina.-Early life and career:...  (D)
1849
1850	John Hugh Means John Hugh Means John Hugh Means was the 64th Governor of South Carolina from 1850 to 1852 and an infantry colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...  (D)	Joshua John Ward Joshua John Ward Joshua John Ward, of Georgetown, South Carolina, was the largest American slaveholder, dubbed "the king of the rice planters".In 1850 he held 1,092 slaves, and in 1860 his heirs held 1,130 or 1,131 slaves....  (D)
1851
1852	John Lawrence Manning John Lawrence Manning John Laurence ManningJohn Laurence Manning, was the 65th Governor of South Carolina from 1852 to 1854.In 1838, John L...  (D)	James Irby (D)
1853
1854	James Hopkins Adams James Hopkins Adams James Hopkins Adams was an American politician from South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina Legislature and was the 66th governor of the state.-Biography:...  (D)	Richard de Treville (D)
1855
1856	Robert Francis Withers Allston Robert Francis Withers Allston Robert Francis Withers Allston was the 67th Governor of South Carolina. He was born in All Saints Parish, South Carolina in 1801.He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1821....  (D)	Gabriel Cannon (D)
1857
1858	William Henry Gist (D)	M. E. Carn M. E. Carn Merrick Ezra Carn was Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from 1858 to 1860 under then Governor William Henry Gist.Merrick signed the SC Ordinance of Secession in December 1860 at Charleston....  (D)
1859
1860	Francis Wilkinson Pickens Francis Wilkinson Pickens Francis Wilkinson Pickens was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 69th Governor of South Carolina when the state seceded from the United States during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...  (D)	W.W. Harllee (D)
1861
1862	Milledge Luke Bonham Milledge Luke Bonham Milledge Luke Bonham was an American politician and Congressman who served as the 70th Governor of South Carolina from 1862 until 1864. He was a Confederate General during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...  (D)	Plowden Weston (D)
1863
1864	Andrew Gordon Magrath Andrew Gordon Magrath Andrew Gordon Magrath was the last Confederate Governor of South Carolina from 1864 to 1865.-Early life and career:...  (D)	Robert McCaw (D)
1865	Benjamin Franklin Perry Benjamin Franklin Perry Benjamin Franklin Perry was the 72nd Governor of South Carolina, appointed by President Andrew Johnson in 1865 after the end of the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...  (D)	vacant
1866	James Lawrence Orr James Lawrence Orr James Lawrence Orr was an American politician who served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives in the United States Congress...  (N)	W.D. Porter (N)
1867
1868	Robert Kingston Scott Robert Kingston Scott Robert Kingston Scott was an American Republican politician, the 74th Governor of South Carolina, and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...  (R)	Lemuel Boozer (R)
1869
1870		Alonzo J. Ransier Alonzo J. Ransier Alonzo Jacob Ransier was an African-American politician in South Carolina. He was the state's first black lieutenant governor and later was a Republican United States Congressman from 1873 until 1875....  (R)
1871
1872	Franklin J. Moses, Jr. Franklin J. Moses, Jr. Franklin Israel Moses, Jr. was a lawyer, editor and Republican politician. His middle initial was confused for the letter J and thereafter he became known simply as Franklin J. Moses, Jr.-Early life and career:...  (R)	Richard Howell Gleaves Richard Howell Gleaves Richard Howell Gleaves was a prominent Prince Hall mason and Reconstruction-era politician in South Carolina. He was born free in Philadelphia to a Haitian father and an English mother, and died in Washington, D.C....  (R)
1873
1874	Daniel Henry Chamberlain Daniel Henry Chamberlain Daniel Henry Chamberlain was a planter, lawyer, author and the 76th Governor of South Carolina from 1874 until 1877....  (R)
1875
1876	Wade Hampton III Wade Hampton III Wade Hampton III was a Confederate cavalry leader during the American Civil War and afterward a politician from South Carolina, serving as its 77th Governor and as a U.S...  (D)	William Dunlap Simpson William Dunlap Simpson ----William Dunlap Simpson was the 78th Governor of South Carolina from February 26, 1879, when the previous governor, Wade Hampton, resigned to take his seat in the U.S...  (D)
1877
1878
1879	William Dunlap Simpson (D)	vacant
1880	Thomas Bothwell Jeter Thomas Bothwell Jeter Thomas Bothwell Jeter was the 79th Governor of South Carolina from September 1, 1880 to November 30, 1880.Born in Santuc, South Carolina, five miles north of Carlisle in Union County, Jeter attended and graduated from South Carolina College in 1846...  (D)
1881	Johnson Hagood Johnson Hagood (governor) Johnson Hagood was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and the 80th Governor of South Carolina from 1880 to 1882.-Early years:...  (D)	John D. Kennedy (D)
1882	Hugh Smith Thompson Hugh Smith Thompson Hugh Smith Thompson was the 81st Governor of South Carolina, from 1882 to 1886.Born in Charleston, Thompson graduated from The Citadel in 1856 and was an instructor at the Arsenal Academy from 1858 to 1861...  (D)	John Calhoun Sheppard John Calhoun Sheppard John Calhoun Sheppard was the 82nd Governor of South Carolina from July 10, 1886 to November 30, 1886.Sheppard was born in Edgefield County and attended Bethel Academy in Edgefield. Upon graduating from Furman University with a law degree, he was admitted to the bar in 1871...  (D)
1883
1884
1885
1886	John Calhoun Sheppard (D)	vacant
1887	John Peter Richardson III John Peter Richardson III John Peter Richardson III was the 83rd Governor of South Carolina from 1886 to 1890.Richardson was born in Clarendon County, South Carolina to John Peter Richardson II, a former Governor of South Carolina, and Juliana Augusta Manning. After graduating from South Carolina College in 1849,...  (D)	William Mauldin (D)
1888
1889
1890	Benjamin Ryan Tillman (D)	Eugene Gary (D)
1891
1892
1893		W.H. Timmerman (D)
1894	John Gary Evans John Gary Evans John Gary Evans was the 85th Governor of South Carolina from 1894 to 1897.-Early life:Evans was born in Cokesbury, South Carolina to an aristocratic and well connected family. His father was Nathan George Evans, a Confederate general, and after his father died in 1868, he went to live in Edgefield...  (D)
1895
1896
1897	William Haselden Ellerbe William Haselden Ellerbe William Haselden Ellerbe was the 86th Governor of South Carolina from 1897 to 1899.Born in Marion, South Carolina, he was raised in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina and attended Wofford College and Vanderbilt University...  (D)	Miles Benjamin McSweeney Miles Benjamin McSweeney Miles Benjamin McSweeney was the 87th Governor of South Carolina from June 2, 1899, to January 20, 1903.McSweeney was born in Charleston and was forced to become a paperboy at the age of 10 in order to help support his family when his father died...  (D)
1898
1899	Miles Benjamin McSweeney (D)	Robert B. Scarborough Robert B. Scarborough Robert Bethea Scarborough was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Chesterfield, South Carolina, Scarborough attended the common schools and Mullins Academy.He taught school.He studied law....  (D)
1900
1901		James Tillman (D)
1902
1903	Duncan Clinch Heyward Duncan Clinch Heyward Duncan Clinch Heyward was the 88th Governor of South Carolina from January 20, 1903, to January 15, 1907.Heyward was born in Richland County to Edward Barnwell Heyward and Catherine Maria Clinch after his parents moved from Colleton County to avoid the Union Army during the Civil War...  (D)	John Sloan (D)
1904
1905
1906
1907	Martin Frederick Ansel (D)	Thomas Gordon McLeod Thomas Gordon McLeod Thomas Gordon McLeod was the 95th Governor of South Carolina from 1923 to 1927.Born in Lynchburg, South Carolina to William J...  (D)
1908
1909
1910
1911	Coleman Livingston Blease (D)	Charles Aurelius Smith Charles Aurelius Smith Charles Aurelius Smith was the 91st Governor of South Carolina from January 14, 1915, to January 19, 1915. His term of five days stands as the shortest for any governor in South Carolina....  (D)
1912
1913
1914
1915	Charles Aurelius Smith (D)	vacant
1916	Richard Irvine Manning III Richard Irvine Manning III Richard Irvine Manning III was a politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. He served as a state legislator and as the 92nd Governor of South Carolina.-Early life and career:...  (D)	Andrew Bethea (D)
1917
1918
1919	Robert Archer Cooper Robert Archer Cooper Robert Archer Cooper was the 93rd Governor of South Carolina from January 21, 1919 to May 20, 1922.Born in Waterloo Township, Laurens County, Cooper graduated with a law degree from Polytechnic Institute in San Germán, Puerto Rico. He was admitted to the bar in 1898 and practiced law in Laurens...  (D)	J.T. Liles (D)
1920
1921		Wilson Godfrey Harvey Wilson Godfrey Harvey Wilson Godfrey Harvey was the 94th Governor of South Carolina from May 20, 1922, to January 16, 1923.Born in Charleston, Harvey attended Charleston High School before dropping out at the age of 16 to work as a clerk in the office of The News and Courier...  (D)
1922	Wilson Godfrey Harvey (D)	vacant
1923	Thomas Gordon McLeod Thomas Gordon McLeod Thomas Gordon McLeod was the 95th Governor of South Carolina from 1923 to 1927.Born in Lynchburg, South Carolina to William J...  (D)	E.B. Jackson (D)
1924
1925
1926
1927	John Gardiner Richards, Jr. John Gardiner Richards, Jr. John Gardiner Richards, Jr. was the 96th Governor of South Carolina from 1927 to 1931.-Youth:Born in Liberty Hill, South Carolina, on September 11, 1864, to John G...  (D)	Thomas Bothwell Butler (D)
1928
1929
1930
1931	Ibra Charles Blackwood Ibra Charles Blackwood Ibra Charles Blackwood was the 97th Governor of South Carolina from 1931 to 1935.Born in rural Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Blackwood studied at Furman University preparatory school and obtained his law degree from Wofford College...  (D)	James Sheppard James Sheppard James Sheppard is a Canadian professional ice hockey player, currently playing for the San Jose Sharks in the NHL.- Junior career :...  (D)
1932
1933
1934
1935	Olin D. Johnston Olin D. Johnston Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston was a Democratic Party politician from the US state of South Carolina. He served as the 98th Governor of South Carolina, 1935–1939 and 1943–1945, and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1945 until his death in 1965.-Early Life, Military Involvement,...  (D)	Joseph Emile Harley Joseph Emile Harley Joseph Emile Harley was the 100th Governor of South Carolina from 1941 to 1942 and a member of the "Barnwell Ring."-Early life and education:Harley was born September 14, 1880 in Williston, South Carolina....  (D)
1936
1937
1938
1939	Burnett R. Maybank (D)
1940
1941	Joseph Emile Harley (D)	vacant
1942	Richard Manning Jefferies Richard Manning Jefferies Richard Manning Jefferies , a longtime state legislator and the 101st Governor of South Carolina from 1942 to 1943, was born in Union County, South Caroina, on February 27, 1889. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1910 and moved to the town of Ridgeland. There, he read law and...  (D)
1943	Olin D. Johnston (D)	Ransome Judson Williams Ransome Judson Williams Ransome Judson Williams was the 102nd Governor of South Carolina from 1945 to 1947.Born in Cope, South Carolina, he graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and became employed as a pharmacist. His political career began when he was first elected to the South Carolina...  (D)
1944
1945	Ransome Judson Williams (D)	vacant
1946
1947	Strom Thurmond Strom Thurmond James Strom Thurmond was an American politician who served as a United States Senator. He also ran for the Presidency of the United States in 1948 as the segregationist States Rights Democratic Party candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes...  (D)	George Bell Timmerman, Jr. George Bell Timmerman, Jr. George Bell Timmerman, Jr. was the 105th Governor of South Carolina from 1955 to 1959.Born in Anderson County, he was raised in Charleston and graduated from The Citadel. After receiving a law degree from the University of South Carolina, he practiced law with his father in Batesburg...  (D)
1948
1949
1950
1951	James F. Byrnes James F. Byrnes James Francis Byrnes was an American statesman from the state of South Carolina. During his career, Byrnes served as a member of the House of Representatives , as a Senator , as Justice of the Supreme Court , as Secretary of State , and as the 104th Governor of South Carolina...  (D)
1952
1953
1954
1955	George Bell Timmerman, Jr. (D)	Ernest Hollings Ernest Hollings Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings served as a Democratic United States Senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005, as well as the 106th Governor of South Carolina and Lt. Governor . He served 38 years and 55 days in the Senate, which makes him the 8th-longest-serving Senator in history...  (D)
1956
1957
1958
1959	Ernest Hollings (D)	Burnet Maybank, Jr. (D)
1960
1961
1962
1963	Donald S. Russell Donald S. Russell Donald Stuart Russell was a Democratic Senator from South Carolina. He served from 1965 to 1966. He also served as the 107th Governor of South Carolina, 1963-1965. Russell was a protege of former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes and served as Assistant Secretary of State for Administration...  (D)	Robert Evander McNair Robert Evander McNair Robert Evander McNair, Sr. , was the 108th governor of South Carolina, having served from 1965 to 1971.-Biography:...  (D)
1964
1965	Robert Evander McNair (D)	vacant			Jefferson Bates
1966					Grady Patterson Grady Patterson Grady Leslie Patterson, Jr. was the South Carolina State Treasurer and a United States Air Force General.Born in Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, Patterson graduated from University of South Carolina...  (D)
1967		John C. West John C. West John Carl West was a U.S. Democratic Party politician who served as the 109th Governor of South Carolina from 1971 to 1975. He served as ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1977 to 1981.-Early life:...  (D)
1968
1969
1970
1971	John C. West (D)	Earle Morris, Jr. Earle Morris, Jr. Earle Morris was an American Democratic politician.Morris served as Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina 1971-1975. Later he served as Comptroller General of South Carolina and was a member of both houses of the South Carolina General Assembly. Morris died on February 11, 2011 at the age 82,...  (D)
1972
1973
1974
1975	James B. Edwards James B. Edwards James Burrows Edwards is a politician and administrator from South Carolina. He was the first Republican to be elected the Governor of South Carolina since Reconstruction.-Early life and career:...  (R)	W. Brantley Harvey, Jr. (D)
1976
1977
1978
1979	Richard Riley Richard Riley Richard Wilson Riley , American politician, was United States Secretary of Education under President Bill Clinton and the 111th Governor of South Carolina. He is a member of the Democratic Party....  (D)	Nancy Stevenson (D)
1980
1981
1982
1983		Michael R. Daniel Michael R. Daniel Michael Roland Daniel was a Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina. He served from 1982 to 1986 concurrently with Governor Richard Riley. He lost a race for governor in 1986 to Carroll Campbell.-References:...  (D)
1984
1985
1986
1987	Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. Carroll Ashmore Campbell, Jr. was a U.S. Republican Party politician who served as 112th Governor of South Carolina from 1987 to 1995.-Early life:He was born in Greenville, South Carolina, the oldest of six children...  (R)	Nick Theodore Nick Theodore Nick Andrew Theodore was a State representative from 1963 to 1966 and 1970 to 1978, a South Carolina state senator from 1967 to 1968 and 1981 to 1986, and the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from 1987 to 1995. He is a member of the Democratic Party.Theodore attended the University of Georgia...  (D)
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995	David Beasley David Beasley David Muldrow Beasley is a Republican who served one term as the 113th Governor of South Carolina from 1995 until 1999....  (R)	Bob Peeler Bob Peeler Bob Peeler served as Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from January 1995 to January 2003. He was defeated in the Republican gubernatorial primary by former Congressman Mark Sanford. He currently serves on the Clemson University Board of Trustees. Peeler, a 1991 graduate of the school, was...  (R)		Charlie Condon Charlie Condon Charlie Condon is a former Attorney General of South Carolina, and served as the first Chairman of the Republican Attorneys General Association. He also served as Chairman of John McCain's presidential campaign in South Carolina. He currently is an in private practice in Mt. Pleasant , South...  (R)										4R, 2D
1996
1997
1998
1999	Jim Hodges Jim Hodges James Hovis "Jim" Hodges is a Democrat who served one term as the 114th Governor of South Carolina from 1999 until 2003.-Early career:...  (D)		Jim Miles Jim Miles James Charlie Miles was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Washington Senators.-External links:...  (R)			Jim Lander (D)	Inez Tenenbaum Inez Tenenbaum Inez Moore Tenenbaum is an American politician from the state of South Carolina. She is currently serving as head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.-Education:...  (D)
2000															George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....  and Dick Cheney Dick Cheney Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush....  (R)
2001
2002
2003	Mark Sanford Mark Sanford Marshall Clement "Mark" Sanford Jr. is an American politician from South Carolina, who was the 115th Governor of South Carolina from 2003 to 2011....  (R)	André Bauer André Bauer Rudolph Andreas "André" Bauer was the 87th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from 2003 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party...  (R)	Mark Hammond Mark Hammond (politician) Mark Hammond , is an American Republican politician from South Carolina. He is currently South Carolina Secretary of State.-Early life and career:...  (R)	Henry McMaster Henry McMaster Henry Dargan McMaster is South Carolina's Republican attorney general, having been first elected on November 5, 2002. He was a unsuccessful candidate for the GOP nomination in the 2010 South Carolina gubernatorial election.- Biography :McMaster received a bachelor's degree in history from the...  (R)		Richard Eckstrom (R)						Lindsey Graham Lindsey Graham Lindsey Olin Graham is the senior U.S. Senator from South Carolina and a member of the Republican Party. Previously he served as the U.S. Representative for .-Early life, education and career:...  (R)
2004
2005										26R, 20D			Jim DeMint Jim DeMint James Warren "Jim" DeMint is the junior U.S. Senator from South Carolina, serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party and a leader in the Tea Party movement. He previously served as the U.S. Representative for from 1999 to 2005.-Early life and education:DeMint was born in...  (R)
2006
2007					Thomas Ravenel Thomas Ravenel Thomas Ravenel is a South Carolina politician and former State Treasurer. He is the son of former South Carolina Congressman Arthur Ravenel, Jr..-Background:...  (R)		Jim Rex Jim Rex Jim Rex was the 16th South Carolina Superintendent of Education. He ran for the position in 2006 as a Democrat, against Karen Floyd, a Republican. Rex defeated Floyd by only 455 votes, the closest margin of victory in a statewide election in South Carolina's history...  (D)	Stan Spears (R)	Hugh Weathers (R)		73R, 51D
					Ken Wingate (R)					26R, 19D
					Converse Chellis (R)					27R, 19D
2008															John McCain John McCain John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....  and Sarah Palin Sarah Palin Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, commentator and author. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice-presidency.She was...  (R)
2009											71R, 53D
2010
2011	Nikki Haley Nikki Haley Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley is the 116th and current Governor of South Carolina. A member of the Republican Party, Haley represented Lexington County in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2005 to 2010....  (R)	Ken Ard Ken Ard (politician) Ken Ard is the 88th and current Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, having taken office on January 12, 2011.-Early life:Ken Ard was born in Pamplico, South Carolina, on December 18, 1963...  (R)		Alan Wilson Alan Wilson (South Carolina politician) Alan McCrory Wilson is an American attorney and politician, currently serving as the 51st Attorney General of South Carolina. He is a member of the Republican party.-Early Life and education:...  (R)	Curtis Loftis (R)		Mick Zais (R)	Bob Livingston (R)			75R, 48D			5R, 1D
Year	Governor	Lt. Governor	Sec. of State Secretary of State of South Carolina The Secretary of State of South Carolina is an elected position in the U.S. state of South Carolina.-Organization:The Secretary of State's office has four internal divisions:...	Atty. Gen.	Treasurer	Comptroller	Supt. of Ed.	Adj. Gen. South Carolina Adjutant General The Adjutant General of South Carolina is head of the Military Department for that state, overseeing the South Carolina Army National Guard, the South Carolina Air National Guard, and the South Carolina State Guard. The office is the only adjutant general in the nation that is an elected position...	Comm. of Ag.	State Senate South Carolina Senate The South Carolina Senate is the upper house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the lower house being the South Carolina House of Representatives...	State House South Carolina House of Representatives The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the upper house being the South Carolina Senate. It consists of 124 Representatives elected to two year terms at the same time as US Congressional elections...	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House	|Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Executive offices									|State Legislature	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from South Carolina These are tables of congressional delegations from South Carolina to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-United States House of Representatives:-See also:...

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• Government and politics in South Carolina
• Politics of South Carolina
  Politics of South Carolina
  Prior to the 1960s, the state Democratic Party was firmly in control of the government of South Carolina at all levels. The state Republican Party was little more than a country club group organized to reap the benefits when a Republican was in the White House...
  
  
• Elections in South Carolina
  Elections in South Carolina
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