Governor of the State of South Carolina




Hugh Smith Thompson
51st Governor of the State of South Carolina 1882 to 1886

Date Born: January 24, 1836				Date Died: November 20, 1904
Place Born: Charleston, SC				Place Buried: Trinity Episcopal Churchyard, Columbia, SC
Residence: Barnwell District, SC				Occupation: Teacher, Captain of Cadets at the Citadel, Conferate Army

The Citadel - graduated 1856 South Carolina Superintendent of Education, 1878-1884 Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury, 1886-1889 Thompson helped establish the practice of funding public schools with local taxes while serving as South Carolina Superintendent of Education 1886 – Governor Thompson resigned to assume his post as Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury

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