S.no. |
Governor |
Term start |
Term end |
Party |
Place |
1 |
William Haselden Ellerbe |
18 January 1897 |
2 June 1899 |
Democratic |
Marion, South Carolina |
2 |
Miles Benjamin McSweeney |
2 June 1899 |
20 January 1903 |
Democratic |
Charleston, South Carolina |
3 |
Duncan Clinch Heyward |
20 January 1903 |
15 January 1907 |
Democratic |
Richland County, South Carolina, C.S.A. |
4 |
Martin Frederick Ansel |
15 January 1907 |
17 January 1911 |
Democratic |
Charleston, South Carolina |
5 |
Coleman Livingston Blease |
17 January 1911 |
14 January 1915 |
Democratic |
Newberry, South Carolina |
6 |
Charles Aurelius Smith |
14 January 1915 |
19 January 1915 |
Democratic |
Hertford County, North Carolina |
7 |
Richard Irvine Manning III |
19 January 1915 |
21 January 1919 |
Democratic |
Sumter County, South Carolina |
8 |
Robert Archer Cooper |
21 January 1919 |
20 May 1922 |
Democratic |
Laurens County, South Carolina |
9 |
Wilson Godfrey Harvey |
20 May 1922 |
16 January 1923 |
Democratic |
Charleston, South Carolina |
10 |
Thomas Gordon McLeod |
16 January 1923 |
18 January 1927 |
Democratic |
Lynchburg, South Carolina |
11 |
John Gardiner Richards, Jr. |
18 January 1927 |
20 January 1931 |
Democratic |
Liberty Hill, South Carolina, C.S.A. |
12 |
Ibra Charles Blackwood |
20 January 1931 |
15 January 1935 |
Democratic |
Spartanburg County, South Carolina |
13 |
Olin D. Johnston |
15 January 1935 |
17 January 1939 |
Democratic |
Near Honea Path, South Carolina |
14 |
Burnet R. Maybank |
17 January 1939 |
4 November 1941 |
Democratic |
Charleston, South Carolina |
15 |
Joseph Emile Harley |
4 November 1941 |
27 February 1942 |
Democratic |
Williston, South Carolina, United States |
16 |
Richard Manning Jefferies |
27 February 1942 |
19 January 1943 |
Democratic |
Cherokee County, South Carolina |
17 |
Olin D. Johnston |
19 January 1943 |
2 January 1945 |
Democratic |
Near Honea Path, South Carolina |
18 |
Ransome Judson Williams |
2 January 1945 |
21 January 1947 |
Democratic |
Cope, South Carolina |
19 |
Strom Thurmond |
21 January 1947 |
16 January 1951 |
Democratic |
Edgefield, South Carolina |
20 |
James Francis Byrnes |
16 January 1951 |
18 January 1955 |
Democratic |
Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |
21 |
George Bell Timmerman, Jr. |
18 January 1955 |
20 January 1959 |
Democratic |
Anderson County, South Carolina |
22 |
Ernest “Fritz” Hollings |
20 January 1959 |
15 January 1963 |
Democratic |
Anderson County, South Carolina |
23 |
Donald Stuart Russell |
15 January 1963 |
22 April 1965 |
Democratic |
Lafayette County, Mississippi, USA |
24 |
Robert Evander McNair |
22 April 1965 |
19 January 1971 |
Democratic |
Cades, South Carolina |
25 |
John C. West |
19 January 1971 |
21 January 1975 |
Democratic |
Camden, Kershaw County South Carolina, USA |
26 |
James Burrows Edwards |
21 January 1975 |
10 January 1979 |
Republican |
Hawthorne, Florida, U.S. |
27 |
Richard Wilson Riley |
10 January 1979 |
14 January 1987 |
Democratic |
Greenville County, South Carolina, U.S. |
28 |
Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. |
14 January 1987 |
11 January 1995 |
Republican |
Greenville, South Carolina |
29 |
David Muldrow Beasley |
11 January 1995 |
13 January 1999 |
Republican |
Darlington, South Carolina |
30 |
James Hovis Hodges |
13 January 1999 |
15 January 2003 |
Democratic |
Lancaster, South Carolina, U.S. |
31 |
Mark Sanford |
15 January 2003 |
12 January 2011 |
Republican |
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. |
32 |
Nikki Haley |
12 January 2011 |
24 January 2017 |
Republican |
Bamberg, South Carolina, U.S. |
33 |
Henry McMaster |
24 January 2017 |
Incumbent |
Republican |
Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. |