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Governors of Charles Town |
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William
Sayle |
1670-1671 |
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Joseph West |
1671-1672 |
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John Yeamans |
1672-1674 |
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Joseph West |
1674-1682 |
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Joseph
Morton |
1682-1684 |
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Richard
Kyrle |
1684 |
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Robert
Quarry |
1684-1685 |
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Joseph West |
1685 |
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Joseph
Morton |
1685-1686 |
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James
Colleton |
1686-1690 |
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Governors of "Ye
Lands South and West of Cape Feare" |
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Seth Sothell |
1690-1691 |
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Governors of Carolina
Province* |
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Philip
Ludwell |
1691-1693 |
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Thomas Smith |
1693-1694 |
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Joseph Blake |
1694 |
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John
Archdale |
1694-1696 |
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Joseph Blake |
1696-1700 |
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James Moore,
Sr. |
1700-1702 |
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Nathaniel
Johnson |
1702-1709 |
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Edward Tynte |
1709-1710 |
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Robert
Gibbes |
1710-1711 |
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Charles
Craven |
1711-1714 |
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*Governor was in Charles Town, Deputy
Governor was in Albemarle, NC. |
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Governors of South Carolina
Province |
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Charles
Craven |
1714-1716 |
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Robert
Daniel |
1716-1717 |
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Robert
Johnson |
1717-1719 |
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James
Moore, Jr.* |
1719-1721 |
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Francis
Nicholson* |
1721-1724 |
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Arthur
Middleton* |
1724-1729 |
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*In 1719, after a popular uprising, the Crown took over the
administration of South Carolina, and the governor was first
elected by "the people."
Many historians refer to these last three governors as part
of the Royal Governors - but, since the Lord Proprietors' charter
had not been officially revoked until 1729, I choose to list
these last three here. Most historians do not.
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Royal Governors of South
Carolina |
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Robert Johnson |
1729-1735 |
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Thomas Broughton |
1735-1737 |
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William Bull |
1737-1738 |
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James Glen |
1738-1756 |
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William Henry Lyttleton |
1756-1760 |
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William Bull, Jr. |
1760-1761 |
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Thomas Boone |
1761-1764 |
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William Bull, Jr. |
1764-1766 |
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Lord Charles Greville Montague |
1766-1773 |
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William Bull, Jr. |
1773-1775 |
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Lord William Campbell |
1775 |
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Henry Laurens* |
1775-1776 |
| *Not appointed by
the Crown. President of Committee on Safety, Vice President of
South Carolina |
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Governors of South Carolina
State |
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John Rutledge |
1776-1778 |
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Rawlins Lowndes |
1778-1779 |
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John Rutledge |
1779-1782 |
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John Matthews |
1782-1783 |
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Benjamin Guerard |
1783-1785 |
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William Moultrie |
1785-1787 |
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Thomas Pinckney |
1787-1789 |
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Charles Pinckney |
1789-1792 |
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William Moultrie |
1792-1794 |
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Arnoldus Vander Horst |
1794-1796 |
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Charles Pinckney |
1796-1798 |
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Edward Rutledge |
1798-1800 |
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John Drayton |
1800-1802 |
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James Burchill Richardson |
1802-1804 |
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Paul Hamilton |
1804-1806 |
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Charles Pinckney |
1806-1808 |
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John Drayton |
1808-1810 |
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Henry Middleton |
1810-1812 |
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Joseph Alston |
1812-1814 |
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David Rogerson Williams |
1814-1816 |
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Andrew Pickens |
1816-1818 |
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John Geddes |
1818-1820 |
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Thomas Bennett, Jr. |
1820-1822 |
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John Lyde Wilson |
1822-1824 |
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Richard Irvine Manning |
1824-1826 |
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John Taylor |
1826-1828 |
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Stephen Decatur Miller |
1828-1830 |
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James Hamilton, Jr. |
1830-1832 |
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Robert Young Hayne |
1832-1834 |
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George McDuffie |
1834-1836 |
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Pierce Mason Butler |
1835-1838 |
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Patrick Noble |
1838-1840 |
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Barnabus Kelet Henagan |
1840 |
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John Peter Richardson |
1840-1842 |
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James Henry Hammond |
1842-1844 |
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William Aiken |
1844-1846 |
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David Johnson |
1846-1848 |
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Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook |
1848-1850 |
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John Hugh Means |
1850-1852 |
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John Lawrence Manning |
1852-1854 |
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James Hopkins Adams |
1854-1856 |
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Robert Francis Withers Allston |
1856-1858 |
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William Henry Gist |
1858-1860 |
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Francis Wilkinson Pickens |
1860-1862 |
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Milledge Luke Bonham |
1862-1864 |
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Andrew Gordon Magrath |
1864-1865 |
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Benjamin Franklin Perry |
1865 |
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James Lawrence Orr |
1865-1868 |
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Robert Kingston Scott |
1868-1872 |
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Franklin J. Moses, Jr. |
1872-1874 |
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Daniel Henry Chamberlain |
1874-1877 |
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Wade Hampton, III |
1877-1879 |
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William Dunlap Simpson |
1879-1880 |
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Thomas Bothwell Jeter |
1880 |
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Johnson Hagood |
1880-1882 |
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Hugh Smith Thompson |
1882-1886 |
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John Calhoun Sheppard |
1886 |
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John Peter Richardson,
Jr. |
1886-1890 |
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Benjamin Ryan Tillman |
1890-1894 |
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John Gary Evans |
1894-1897 |
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William Haselden Ellerbe |
1897-1899 |
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Miles Benjamin McSweeney |
1899-1903 |
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Duncan Clinch Heyward |
1903-1907 |
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Martin Frederick Ansel |
1907-1911 |
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Coleman Livingston Blease |
1911-1915 |
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Charles Aurelius Smith |
1915 |
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Richard Irvine Manning,
III |
1915-1919 |
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Robert Archer Cooper |
1919-1922 |
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Wilson Godfrey Harvey |
1922-1923 |
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Thomas Gordon McLeod |
1923-1927 |
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John Gardiner Richards |
1927-1931 |
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Ibra Charles Blackwood |
1931-1935 |
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Olin Dewitt Talmadge Johnston |
1935-1939 |
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Burnett Rhett Maybank |
1939-1941 |
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Joseph Emile Harley |
1941-1942 |
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Richard Manning Jefferies |
1942-1943 |
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Olin Dewitt Talmadge Johnston |
1943-1945 |
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Ransome Judson Williams |
1945-1947 |
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James Strom Thurmond |
1947-1951 |
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James Francis Byrnes |
1951-1955 |
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George Bell Timmerman |
1955-1959 |
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Ernest Frederick Hollings |
1959-1963 |
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Donald Stuart Russell |
1963-1965 |
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Robert Evander McNair |
1965-1971 |
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John Carl West |
1971-1975 |
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James Burrows Edwards |
1975-1979 |
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Richard Wilson Riley |
1979-1987 |
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Carroll Ashmore Campbell,
Jr. |
1987-1995 |
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David Muldrow Beasley |
1995-1999 |
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James Hovis Hodges |
1999-2003 |
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Marshall Clement Sanford,
Jr. |
2003-2011 |
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Nimrata "Nikki" Randhawa
Haley |
2011-Present |
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Will add subsequent governors. Stay tuned. |
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