State Governors
1776-1778 John Rutledge
1778-1779 Rawlins Lowndes
1779-1782 John Rutledge
1782-1783 John Mathews
1783-1785 Benjamin Guerard
1785-1787 William Moultrie
1787-1789 Thomas Pinckney
1789-1792 Charles Pinckney
1792-1794 William Moultrie
1794-1796 Arnoldus Vander Horst
1796-1798 Charles Pinckney
1798-1800 Edward Rutledge
1800-1802 John Drayton
1802-1804 James Burchill Richardson
1804-1806 Paul Hamilton
1806-1808 Charles Pinckney
1808-1810 John Drayton
1810-1812 Henry Middleton
1812-1814 Joseph Alston
1814-1816 David Rogerson Williams
1816-1818 Andrew Pickens
1818-1820 John Geddes
1820-1822 Thomas Bennett Jr.
1822-1824 John Lyde Wilson
1824-1826 Richard Irvine Manning I
1826-1828 John Taylor
1828-1830 Stephen Decatur Miller
1830-1832 James Hamilton Jr.
1832-1834 Robert Young Hayne
1834-1836 George McDuffie
1836-1838 Pierce Mason Butler
1838-1840 Patrick Noble
1840-1840 Barnabus Kelet Henagan
1840-1842 John Peter Richardson
1842-1844 James Henry Hammond
1844-1846 William Aiken
1846-1848 David Johnson
1848-1850 Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook
1850-1852 John Hugh Means
1852-1854 John Lawrence Manning
1854-1856 James Hopkins Adams
1856-1858 Robert Francis Withers Allston
1858-1860 William Henry Gist
1860-1862 Francis Wilkinson Pickens
1862-1864 Milledge Luke Bonham
1864-1865 Andrew Gordon Magrath
1865-1865 Benjamin Franklin Perry
1865-1868 ames Lawrence Orr
1868-1872 Robert Kingston Scott
1872-1874 Franklin J. Moses Jr
1874-1877 Daniel Henry Chamberlain
1877-1879 Wade Hampton III
1879-1880 William Dunlap Simpson
1880-1880 Thomas Bothwell Jeter
1880-1882 Johnson Hagood
1882-1886 Hugh Smith Thompson
1886-1886 John Calhoun Sheppard
1886-1890 John Peter Richardson
1890-1894 Benjamin Ryan Tillman
1894-1897 John Gary Evans
1897-1899 William Haselden Ellerbe
1899-1903 Miles Benjamin McSweeney
1903-1907 Duncan Clinch Heyward
1907-1911 Martin Frederick Ansel
1911-1915 Coleman Livingston Blease
1915-1915 Charles Aurelius Smith
1915-1919 Richard Irvine Manning III
1915-1919 Robert Archer Cooper
1922-1923 Wilson Godfrey Harvey
1923-1927 Thomas Gordon McLeod
1927-1931 John Gardiner Richards
1931-1935 Ibra Charles Blackwood
1935-1939 Olin Dewitt Talmadge Johnston
1939-1941 Burnett Rhett Maybank
1941-1942 Joseph Emile Harley
1942-1943 Richard Manning Jefferies
1943-1945 Olin Dewitt Talmadge Johnston
1945-1947 Ransome Judson Williams
1947-1951 James Strom Thurmond
1951-1955 James Francis Byrnes
1955-1959 George Bell Timmerman
1959-1963 Ernest Frederick Hollings
1963-1965 Donald Stuart Russell
1965-1971 Robert Evander McNair
1971-1975 John Carl West
1975-1979 James Burrows Edwards
1979-1987 Richard Wilson Riley
1987-1995 Carroll Ashmore Campbell, Jr.
1995-1999 David Muldrow Beasley
1999-2003 James Hovis Hodges
2003-2011 Mark Sanford
2011 now Nikki Haley
1776-1778 John Rutledge
1778-1779 Rawlins Lowndes
1779-1782 John Rutledge
1782-1783 John Mathews
1783-1785 Benjamin Guerard
1785-1787 William Moultrie
1787-1789 Thomas Pinckney
1789-1792 Charles Pinckney
1792-1794 William Moultrie
1794-1796 Arnoldus Vander Horst
1796-1798 Charles Pinckney
1798-1800 Edward Rutledge
1800-1802 John Drayton
1802-1804 James Burchill Richardson
1804-1806 Paul Hamilton
1806-1808 Charles Pinckney
1808-1810 John Drayton
1810-1812 Henry Middleton
1812-1814 Joseph Alston
1814-1816 David Rogerson Williams
1816-1818 Andrew Pickens
1818-1820 John Geddes
1820-1822 Thomas Bennett Jr.
1822-1824 John Lyde Wilson
1824-1826 Richard Irvine Manning I
1826-1828 John Taylor
1828-1830 Stephen Decatur Miller
1830-1832 James Hamilton Jr.
1832-1834 Robert Young Hayne
1834-1836 George McDuffie
1836-1838 Pierce Mason Butler
1838-1840 Patrick Noble
1840-1840 Barnabus Kelet Henagan
1840-1842 John Peter Richardson
1842-1844 James Henry Hammond
1844-1846 William Aiken
1846-1848 David Johnson
1848-1850 Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook
1850-1852 John Hugh Means
1852-1854 John Lawrence Manning
1854-1856 James Hopkins Adams
1856-1858 Robert Francis Withers Allston
1858-1860 William Henry Gist
1860-1862 Francis Wilkinson Pickens
1862-1864 Milledge Luke Bonham
1864-1865 Andrew Gordon Magrath
1865-1865 Benjamin Franklin Perry
1865-1868 ames Lawrence Orr
1868-1872 Robert Kingston Scott
1872-1874 Franklin J. Moses Jr
1874-1877 Daniel Henry Chamberlain
1877-1879 Wade Hampton III
1879-1880 William Dunlap Simpson
1880-1880 Thomas Bothwell Jeter
1880-1882 Johnson Hagood
1882-1886 Hugh Smith Thompson
1886-1886 John Calhoun Sheppard
1886-1890 John Peter Richardson
1890-1894 Benjamin Ryan Tillman
1894-1897 John Gary Evans
1897-1899 William Haselden Ellerbe
1899-1903 Miles Benjamin McSweeney
1903-1907 Duncan Clinch Heyward
1907-1911 Martin Frederick Ansel
1911-1915 Coleman Livingston Blease
1915-1915 Charles Aurelius Smith
1915-1919 Richard Irvine Manning III
1915-1919 Robert Archer Cooper
1922-1923 Wilson Godfrey Harvey
1923-1927 Thomas Gordon McLeod
1927-1931 John Gardiner Richards
1931-1935 Ibra Charles Blackwood
1935-1939 Olin Dewitt Talmadge Johnston
1939-1941 Burnett Rhett Maybank
1941-1942 Joseph Emile Harley
1942-1943 Richard Manning Jefferies
1943-1945 Olin Dewitt Talmadge Johnston
1945-1947 Ransome Judson Williams
1947-1951 James Strom Thurmond
1951-1955 James Francis Byrnes
1955-1959 George Bell Timmerman
1959-1963 Ernest Frederick Hollings
1963-1965 Donald Stuart Russell
1965-1971 Robert Evander McNair
1971-1975 John Carl West
1975-1979 James Burrows Edwards
1979-1987 Richard Wilson Riley
1987-1995 Carroll Ashmore Campbell, Jr.
1995-1999 David Muldrow Beasley
1999-2003 James Hovis Hodges
2003-2011 Mark Sanford
2011 now Nikki Haley
Reference
SCIWAY, South Carolina Governors in Chronological Order
