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| 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. |
| US States Governors List |
