Governor of the State of South Carolina




William Dunlap Simpson
48th Governor of the State of South Carolina 1879 to 1880

Date Born: October 1823				Date Died: December 26, 1890
Place Born: Laurens District, SC				Place Buried: Laurens Cemetery in Laurens, SC
Residence: Laurens District, SC				Occupation: Lawyer, Lt. Colonel in Confederate Army

South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) - graduated 1843 Harvard Law School - withdrew after one session South Carolina House of Representatives - 1854-1856, 1858-1860 South Carolina Senate, 1860-1863 Confederate States House of Representatives, 1863-1865 Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, 1876-1879 Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, 1880-1890 (resigned governorship)

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