Thomas Bothwell Jeter

49th Governor of the State of South Carolina 1880

Date Born: October 13, 1827

Date Died: May 20, 1883

Place Born: Union District, SC

Place Buried: Unknown

Residence: Unknown

Occupation: Lawyer


South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) - graduated 1846

South Carolina House of Representatives, 1856
South Carolina Senate, 1872-1882

1879 – When Lieutenant Governor William Dunlap Simpson became governor following Governor Wade Hampton's resignation, President Pro Tempore of the South Carolina Senate Jeter became next in line of succession

1880 – William Dunlap Simpson resigned from office causing Jeter, as President Pro Tempore of the South Carolina Senate, to become governor

1880 – Jeter served as governor for only three months


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