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This is a List of Lieutenant Governors of the U.S. state of South Carolina, 1730 to present. In South Carolina, the Lieutenant Governor and the governor do not run together on the same ticket. The Lieutenant Governor can therefore be affiliated with a different political party than that of the Governor.
[edit] Royal Period (1719-1776)
The Lieutenant Governor position was created by the British government under the control of the Board of Trade in 1729 for a term beginning on January 1, 1730. Prior to that, the Governor appointed a deputy governor to act in his stead during his absence. There were only three Lieutenant Governors during the Royal period and two were father and son.
[edit] Statehood Period (1776 to Present)
[edit] Vice Presidents under the Constitution of 1776
The General Assembly chose the Vice President for a term of two years.
[edit] Lieutenant Governors under the Constitution of 1778
The General Assembly chose the Lieutenant Governor for a term of two years.
# |
Name |
Took Office |
Left Office |
Party |
Governor(s) Served Under |
6 |
Thomas Bee |
January 9, 1779 |
January 24, 1780 |
No party |
John Rutledge |
7 |
Christopher Gadsden |
January 24, 1780 |
January 31, 1782 |
No party |
John Rutledge |
8 |
Richard Hutson |
January 31, 1782 |
February 4, 1783 |
No party |
John Mathews |
9 |
Richard Beresford |
February 4, 1783 |
March 15, 1783 |
No party |
Benjamin Guerard |
10 |
William Moultrie |
February 16, 1784 |
February 11, 1785 |
No party |
Benjamin Guerard |
11 |
Charles Drayton |
February 11, 1785 |
February 20, 1787 |
No party |
William Moultrie |
12 |
Thomas Gadsden |
February 20, 1787 |
January 26, 1789 |
Federalist |
Thomas Pinckney |
13 |
Alexander Gillon |
January 26, 1789 |
February 15, 1791 |
Federalist |
Charles Pinckney |
[edit] Lieutenant Governors under the Constitution of 1790
The General Assembly chose the Lieutenant Governor for a term of two years.
# |
Name |
Took Office |
Left Office |
Party |
Governor(s) Served Under |
14 |
Isaac Holmes |
February 15, 1791 |
December 5, 1792 |
Federalist |
Charles Pinckney |
15 |
James Ladson |
December 5, 1792 |
December 17, 1794 |
Federalist |
William Moultrie |
16 |
Lewis Morris |
December 17, 1794 |
December 8, 1796 |
Federalist |
Arnoldus Vanderhorst |
17 |
Robert Anderson |
December 8, 1796 |
December 18, 1798 |
Democratic-
Republican |
Charles Pinckney |
18 |
John Drayton |
December 18, 1798 |
January 23, 1800 |
Democratic-
Republican |
Edward Rutledge |
19 |
Richard Winn |
December 4, 1800 |
December 8, 1802 |
Democratic-
Republican |
John Drayton |
20 |
Ezekiel Pickens |
December 8, 1802 |
December 7, 1804 |
Democratic-
Republican |
James Burchill Richardson |
21 |
Thomas Sumter, Jr. |
December 7, 1804 |
December 9, 1806 |
Democratic-
Republican |
Paul Hamilton |
22 |
John Hopkins |
December 9, 1806 |
December 10, 1808 |
Democratic-
Republican |
Charles Pinckney |
23 |
Frederick Nance |
December 10, 1808 |
December 8, 1810 |
Democratic-
Republican |
John Drayton |
24 |
Samuel Farrow |
December 8, 1810 |
December 10, 1812 |
Democratic-
Republican |
Henry Middleton |
25 |
Eldred Simkins |
December 10, 1812 |
December 10, 1814 |
Democratic-
Republican |
Joseph Alston |
26 |
Robert Creswell |
December 10, 1814 |
December 5, 1816 |
Democratic-
Republican |
David Rogerson Williams |
27 |
John A. Cuthbert |
December 5, 1816 |
December 8, 1818 |
Democratic-
Republican |
Andrew Pickens |
28 |
William Youngblood |
December 8, 1818 |
December 7, 1820 |
Democratic-
Republican |
John Geddes |
29 |
William C. Pinckney |
December 7, 1820 |
December 7, 1822 |
Democratic-
Republican |
Thomas Bennett, Jr. |
30 |
Henry Bradley |
December 7, 1822 |
December 3, 1824 |
Democratic-
Republican |
John Lyde Wilson |
31 |
William A. Bull |
December 3, 1824 |
December 9, 1826 |
Democratic-
Republican |
Richard Irvine Manning I |
32 |
James H. Witherspoon |
December 9, 1826 |
December 10, 1828 |
Democratic-
Republican |
John Taylor |
33 |
Thomas Williams |
December 10, 1828 |
December 9, 1830 |
Democrat |
Stephen Decatur Miller |
34 |
Patrick Noble |
December 9, 1830 |
December 10, 1832 |
Democrat |
James Hamilton, Jr. |
35 |
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney |
December 10, 1832 |
December 9, 1834 |
Democrat |
Robert Young Hayne |
36 |
Whitemarsh B. Seabrook |
December 9, 1834 |
December 10, 1836 |
Democrat |
George McDuffie |
37 |
William DuBose |
December 10, 1836 |
December 7, 1838 |
Democrat |
Pierce Mason Butler |
38 |
Barnabas Kelet Henagan |
December 7, 1838 |
April 7, 1840 |
Democrat |
Patrick Noble |
39 |
W. K. Clowney |
December 9, 1840 |
December 8, 1842 |
Democrat |
John Peter Richardson II |
40 |
Isaac Donnom Witherspoon |
December 8, 1842 |
December 7, 1844 |
Democrat |
James Henry Hammond |
41 |
J. F. Ervin |
December 7, 1844 |
December 8, 1846 |
Democrat |
William Aiken |
42 |
William Cain |
December 8, 1846 |
December 12, 1848 |
Democrat |
David Johnson |
43 |
William Henry Gist |
December 12, 1848 |
December 13, 1850 |
Democrat |
Whitemarsh B. Seabrook |
44 |
Joshua John Ward |
December 13, 1850 |
December 9, 1852 |
Democrat |
John Hugh Means |
45 |
James H. Irby |
December 9, 1852 |
December 11, 1854 |
Democrat |
John Lawrence Manning |
46 |
Richard Detreville |
December 11, 1854 |
December 9, 1856 |
Democrat |
James Hopkins Adams |
47 |
Gabriel Cannon |
December 9, 1856 |
December 10, 1858 |
Democrat |
Robert F.W. Allston |
48 |
M. E. Carn |
December 10, 1858 |
December 14, 1860 |
Democrat |
William Henry Gist |
49 |
W. W. Harllee |
December 14, 1860 |
December 17, 1862 |
Democrat |
Francis Wilkinson Pickens |
50 |
Plowden C. J. Weston |
December 17, 1862 |
December 18, 1864 |
Democrat |
Milledge Luke Bonham |
51 |
Robert G. McCaw |
December 18, 1864 |
May 25, 1865 |
Democrat |
Andrew Gordon Magrath |
[edit] Lieutenant Governors under the Constitution of 1865
First Constitution of South Carolina to provide for the direct election of the Lieutenant Governor.
[edit] Lieutenant Governors under the Constitution of 1868
# |
Name |
Took Office |
Left Office |
Party |
Governor(s) Served Under |
53 |
Lemuel Boozer |
July 6, 1868 |
December 3, 1870 |
Republican |
Robert Kingston Scott |
54 |
Alonzo J. Ransier |
December 3, 1870 |
December 7, 1872 |
Republican |
Robert Kingston Scott |
55 |
Richard Howell Gleaves |
December 7, 1872 |
December 14, 1876 |
Republican |
Franklin J. Moses, Jr. |
Daniel Henry Chamberlain |
56 |
William Dunlap Simpson |
December 14, 1876 |
February 26, 1879 |
Democrat |
Wade Hampton III |
57 |
John D. Kennedy |
November 30, 1880 |
December 1, 1882 |
Democrat |
Johnson Hagood |
58 |
John Calhoun Sheppard |
December 1, 1882 |
July 10, 1886 |
Democrat |
Hugh Smith Thompson |
59 |
William L. Mauldin |
November 30, 1886 |
December 4, 1890 |
Democrat |
John Peter Richardson III |
60 |
Eugene B. Gary |
December 4, 1890 |
1893 |
Democrat |
Benjamin Tillman |
61 |
W. H. Timmerman |
1893 |
January 18, 1897 |
Democrat |
Benjamin Tillman |
John Gary Evans |
[edit] Lieutenant Governors under the Constitution of 1895
# |
Name |
Took Office |
Left Office |
Party |
Governor(s) Served Under |
62 |
Miles Benjamin McSweeney |
January 18, 1897 |
June 2, 1899 |
Democrat |
William Haselden Ellerbe |
63 |
Robert B. Scarborough |
June 2, 1899 |
January 15, 1901 |
Democrat |
Miles Benjamin McSweeney |
64 |
James H. Tillman |
January 15, 1901 |
January 20, 1903 |
Democrat |
Miles Benjamin McSweeney |
65 |
John T. Sloan |
January 20, 1903 |
January 15, 1907 |
Democrat |
Duncan Clinch Heyward |
66 |
Thomas Gordon McLeod |
January 15, 1907 |
January 17, 1911 |
Democrat |
Martin Frederick Ansel |
67 |
Charles Aurelius Smith |
January 17, 1911 |
January 14, 1915 |
Democrat |
Coleman Livingston Blease |
68 |
Andrew J. Bethea |
January 19, 1915 |
January 21, 1919 |
Democrat |
Richard Irvine Manning III |
69 |
J. T. Liles |
January 21, 1919 |
January 18, 1921 |
Democrat |
Robert Archer Cooper |
70 |
Wilson Godfrey Harvey |
January 18, 1921 |
January 16, 1923 |
Democrat |
Robert Archer Cooper |
71 |
E. B. Jackson |
January 16, 1923 |
January 18, 1927 |
Democrat |
Thomas Gordon McLeod |
72 |
Thomas Bothwell Butler |
January 18, 1927 |
January 20, 1931 |
Democrat |
John Gardiner Richards, Jr. |
73 |
James O. Sheppard |
January 20, 1931 |
January 15, 1935 |
Democrat |
Ibra Charles Blackwood |
74 |
Joseph Emile Harley |
January 15, 1935 |
November 4, 1941 |
Democrat |
Olin D. Johnston |
Burnett R. Maybank |
75 |
Ransome Judson Williams |
January 19, 1943 |
January 2, 1945 |
Democrat |
Olin D. Johnston |
76 |
George Bell Timmerman, Jr. |
January 21, 1947 |
January 18, 1955 |
Democrat |
Strom Thurmond |
James F. Byrnes |
77 |
Ernest "Fritz" Hollings |
January 18, 1955 |
January 20, 1959 |
Democrat |
George Bell Timmerman, Jr. |
78 |
Burnet R. Maybank, Jr. |
January 20, 1959 |
January 15, 1963 |
Democrat |
Ernest "Fritz" Hollings |
79 |
Robert Evander McNair |
January 15, 1963 |
April 22, 1965 |
Democrat |
Donald S. Russell |
80 |
John C. West |
January 17, 1967 |
January 19, 1971 |
Democrat |
Robert Evander McNair |
81 |
Earle E. Morris, Jr. |
January 19, 1971 |
January 21, 1975 |
Democrat |
John C. West |
82 |
W. Brantley Harvey, Jr. |
January 21, 1975 |
January 10, 1979 |
Democrat |
James B. Edwards |
83 |
Nancy Stevenson |
January 10, 1979 |
January 12, 1983 |
Democrat |
Richard Riley |
84 |
Michael R. Daniel |
January 12, 1983 |
January 14, 1987 |
Democrat |
Richard Riley |
85 |
Nick Theodore |
January 14, 1987 |
January 11, 1995 |
Democrat |
Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. |
86 |
Bob Peeler |
January 11, 1995 |
January 15, 2003 |
Republican |
David Beasley |
Jim Hodges |
87 |
André Bauer |
January 15, 2003 |
present |
Republican |
Mark Sanford |
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