Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina

Lieutenant Governor of
South Carolina
Lieutenant Governor of ; South Carolina
	Incumbent; Pamela Evette; since January 9, 2019
Style	Lieutenant Governor; (informal); The Honorable; (formal);
Term length	Four years, no limit
Inaugural holder	Thomas Broughton (1730)
Formation	South Carolina Constitution
Succession	First
Salary	$46,545 (2016)

The Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina is the second-in-command to the Governor of South Carolina. The current lieutenant governor is Pamela Evette, who took office January 9, 2019.

List

Legend: Democratic (32) Republican (9) No party (1)

Lieutenant governors of the State of South Carolina (1865 to 1868)
No.	Lieutenant Governor		Party	Term in office	Election		Notes
52		W.D. Porter	Independent	November 30, 1865 – July 6, 1868	1865	James Lawrence Orr	First popularly elected lieutenant governor
53		Lemuel Boozer	Republican	July 6, 1868 – December 3, 1870	1868	Robert Kingston Scott
54		Alonzo J. Ransier	Republican	December 3, 1870 – December 7, 1872	1870	Robert Kingston Scott	First black lieutenant governor
55		Richard Howell Gleaves	Republican	December 7, 1872 – December 14, 1876	1872	Franklin J. Moses, Jr.	Second black lieutenant governor Haitian-American Lost reelection^[a]^[2]
55		Richard Howell Gleaves	Republican	December 7, 1872 – December 14, 1876	1874	Daniel Henry Chamberlain
-	Disputed				Disputed between Gleaves and William Dunlap Simpson. Two governments were formed during this time. See the main article: Disputed government of South Carolina of 1876-77
56		William Dunlap Simpson	Democratic	December 14, 1876 – February 26, 1879	1876	Wade Hampton III	Succeeded to governorship^[b]
56		William Dunlap Simpson	Democratic	December 14, 1876 – February 26, 1879	1878	Wade Hampton III	Succeeded to governorship^[b]
-	Vacant			until November 30, 1880
57		John D. Kennedy	Democratic	November 30, 1880 – December 1, 1882	1880	Johnson Hagood
58		John Calhoun Sheppard	Democratic	December 1, 1882 – July 10, 1886	1882	Hugh Smith Thompson	Succeeded to governorship^[c]
58		John Calhoun Sheppard	Democratic	December 1, 1882 – July 10, 1886	1884	Hugh Smith Thompson	Succeeded to governorship^[c]
-	Vacant			until November 30, 1886
59		William L. Mauldin	Democratic	December 30, 1886 – December 4, 1890	1886	Hugh Smith Thompson
59		William L. Mauldin	Democratic	December 30, 1886 – December 4, 1890	1888	Hugh Smith Thompson
60		Eugene B. Gary	Democratic	December 4, 1890 – December 22, 1893	1890	Benjamin Tillman	Resigned^[d]
60		Eugene B. Gary	Democratic	December 4, 1890 – December 22, 1893	1892		Resigned^[d]
61		Washington H. Timmerman	Democratic	December 22, 1893 – January 18, 1897	1892
61		Washington H. Timmerman	Democratic	December 22, 1893 – January 18, 1897	1894	John Gary Evans
62		Miles Benjamin McSweeney	Democratic	January 18, 1897 – June 2, 1899	1896	William Haselden Ellerbe	Succeeded to governorship^[e]
62		Miles Benjamin McSweeney	Democratic	January 18, 1897 – June 2, 1899	1898	William Haselden Ellerbe	Succeeded to governorship^[e]
63		Robert B. Scarborough	Democratic	June 2, 1899 – January 15, 1901	1898	Miles Benjamin McSweeney	Not elected
64		James Tillman	Democratic	January 15, 1901 – January 20, 1903	1900	Miles Benjamin McSweeney
65		John Sloan	Democratic	January 20, 1903 – January 15, 1907	1902	Duncan Clinch Heyward
65		John Sloan	Democratic	January 20, 1903 – January 15, 1907	1904	Duncan Clinch Heyward
66		Thomas Gordon McLeod	Democratic	January 15, 1907 – January 17, 1911	1906	Martin Frederick Ansel
66		Thomas Gordon McLeod	Democratic	January 15, 1907 – January 17, 1911	1908	Martin Frederick Ansel
67		Charles Aurelius Smith	Democratic	January 17, 1911 – January 14, 1915	1910	Coleman Livingston Blease	Succeeded to governorship^[f]
67		Charles Aurelius Smith	Democratic	January 17, 1911 – January 14, 1915	1912	Coleman Livingston Blease	Succeeded to governorship^[f]
-	Vacant			until January 19, 1915
68		Andrew Bethea	Democratic	January 19, 1915 – January 21, 1919	1914	Richard Irvine Manning III
68		Andrew Bethea	Democratic	January 19, 1915 – January 21, 1919	1916	Richard Irvine Manning III
69		J.T. Liles	Democratic	January 21, 1919 – January 18, 1921	1918	Robert Archer Cooper
70		Wilson Godfrey Harvey	Democratic	January 18, 1921 – May 20, 1922	1920	Robert Archer Cooper	Succeeded to governorship^[g]
-	Vacant			until January 16, 1923
71		E.B. Jackson	Democratic	January 16, 1923 – January 18, 1927	1922	Thomas Gordon McLeod
71		E.B. Jackson	Democratic	January 16, 1923 – January 18, 1927	1924	Thomas Gordon McLeod
72		Thomas Bothwell Butler	Democratic	January 18, 1927 – January 20, 1931	1926	John Gardiner Richards, Jr.	First elected to four-year term
73		James Sheppard	Democratic	January 20, 1931 – January 15, 1935	1930	Ibra Charles Blackwood
74		Joseph Emile Harley	Democratic	January 15, 1935 – November 4, 1941	1934	Olin D. Johnston	Succeeded to governorship^[h]
74		Joseph Emile Harley	Democratic	January 15, 1935 – November 4, 1941	1938	Burnet R. Maybank	Succeeded to governorship^[h]
-	Vacant			until January 19, 1943
75		Ransome Judson Williams	Democratic	January 19, 1943 – January 2, 1945	1942	Olin D. Johnston	Succeeded to governorship^[i]
-	Vacant			until January 21, 1947
76		George Bell Timmerman, Jr.	Democratic	January 21, 1947 – January 18, 1955	1946	Strom Thurmond
76		George Bell Timmerman, Jr.	Democratic	January 21, 1947 – January 18, 1955	1950	James F. Byrnes
77		Fritz Hollings	Democratic	January 18, 1955 – January 20, 1959	1954	George Bell Timmerman, Jr.
78		Burnet R. Maybank Jr.	Democratic	January 20, 1959 – January 15, 1963	1958	Fritz Hollings
79		Robert Evander McNair	Democratic	January 15, 1963 – April 22, 1965	1962	Donald S. Russell	Succeeded to governorship^[j]
-	Vacant			until January 17, 1967
80		John C. West	Democratic	January 17, 1967 – January 19, 1971	1966	Robert Evander McNair
81		Earle Morris, Jr.	Democratic	January 19, 1971 – January 21, 1975	1970	John C. West
82		W. Brantley Harvey, Jr.	Democratic	January 21, 1975 – January 10, 1979	1974	James B. Edwards
83		Nancy Stevenson	Democratic	January 10, 1979 – January 12, 1983	1978	Richard Riley	First female lieutenant governor
84		Michael R. Daniel	Democratic	January 12, 1983 – January 14, 1987	1982	Richard Riley
85		Nick Theodore	Democratic	January 14, 1987 – January 11, 1995	1986	Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.
85		Nick Theodore	Democratic	January 14, 1987 – January 11, 1995	1990	Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.
86		Bob Peeler	Republican	January 11, 1995 – January 15, 2003	1994	David Beasley
86		Bob Peeler	Republican	January 11, 1995 – January 15, 2003	1998	Jim Hodges
87		André Bauer	Republican	January 15, 2003 – January 12, 2011	2002	Mark Sanford
87		André Bauer	Republican	January 15, 2003 – January 12, 2011	2006	Mark Sanford
88		Ken Ard	Republican	January 12, 2011 – March 9, 2012	2010	Nikki Haley	Resigned^[k]
-	Vacant			until March 13, 2012
89		Glenn F. McConnell	Republican	March 13, 2012 – June 18, 2014			Resigned^[l]
90		Yancey McGill^[m]	Democratic	June 18, 2014 – January 14, 2015
91		Henry McMaster	Republican	January 14, 2015 – January 24, 2017	2014		Succeeded to governorship^[n]
92		Kevin L. Bryant	Republican	January 25, 2017 – January 9, 2019	2014	Henry McMaster
93		Pamela Evette	Republican	January 9, 2019 – Present	2018	Henry McMaster	First elected on same ticket as governor^[3]

Notes

↑ Gleaves lost by 359 votes. Initially, the Republicans claimed that the Democrats committed voter fraud and that their majority was invalid. However, Republicans lost electoral support and were forced to concede. Gleaves, by all accounts of sources, did not refuse to leave office as Governor Daniel Henry Chamberlain did.
↑ Succeeded to the governorship when Governor Wade Hampton III resigned to become a U.S. Senator
↑ Succeeded to the governorship when Governor Hugh Thompson resigned to become the assistant Secretary of the Treasury under the Grover Cleveland administration.
↑ Resigned to take position of associate justice on the South Carolina Supreme Court.
↑ Succeeded to governorship when Governor William Ellerbe died in office.
↑ Succeeded to governorship for five days when Governor Coleman Blease resigned to avoid attending the innaguration of his successor
↑ Succeeded to governorship when Governor Robert Cooper resigned to take a position on the Federal Farm Loan Board.
↑ Succeeded to governorship when Governor Burnet Maybank resigned to become a United States Senator.
↑ Succeeded to governorship when Governor Olin Johnston resigned to become a United States Senator.
↑ Succeeded to governorship when Governor Donald Russell resigned to become a United States Senator.
↑ Resigned after the South Carolina ethics commission charged him with 69 counts of using campaign money for personal use and 23 counts of failing to disclose campaign expenses during the 2010 election for lieutenant governor.
↑ Resigned to become the president of the College of Charleston.
↑ McGill was a Democrat while lieutenant governor, but he switched parties after leaving office.
↑ Succeeded to the governorship after Governor Nikki Haley resigned to become the United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

References

↑ "South Carolina state government salary". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
↑ Reports of Committees of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Columbia: South Carolina Government. 1876. p. 125.
↑ "SC voters in favor of governor-lieutenant governor ticket". wmbfnews.com. Retrieved October 31, 2013.

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[2] Gleaves lost by 359 votes. Initially, the Republicans claimed that the Democrats committed voter fraud and that their majority was invalid. However, Republicans lost electoral support and were forced to concede. Gleaves, by all accounts of sources, did not refuse to leave office as Governor Daniel Henry Chamberlain did.

[4] Succeeded to the governorship when Governor Wade Hampton III resigned to become a U.S. Senator

[5] Succeeded to the governorship when Governor Hugh Thompson resigned to become the assistant Secretary of the Treasury under the Grover Cleveland administration.

[6] Resigned to take position of associate justice on the South Carolina Supreme Court.

[7] Succeeded to governorship when Governor William Ellerbe died in office.

[8] Succeeded to governorship for five days when Governor Coleman Blease resigned to avoid attending the innaguration of his successor

[9] Succeeded to governorship when Governor Robert Cooper resigned to take a position on the Federal Farm Loan Board.

[10] Succeeded to governorship when Governor Burnet Maybank resigned to become a United States Senator.

[11] Succeeded to governorship when Governor Olin Johnston resigned to become a United States Senator.

[12] Succeeded to governorship when Governor Donald Russell resigned to become a United States Senator.

[13] Resigned after the South Carolina ethics commission charged him with 69 counts of using campaign money for personal use and 23 counts of failing to disclose campaign expenses during the 2010 election for lieutenant governor.

[14] Resigned to become the president of the College of Charleston.

[15] McGill was a Democrat while lieutenant governor, but he switched parties after leaving office.

[16] Succeeded to the governorship after Governor Nikki Haley resigned to become the United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

[ballotpedia.org-1] "South Carolina state government salary". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

[3] Reports of Committees of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Columbia: South Carolina Government. 1876. p. 125.

[17] "SC voters in favor of governor-lieutenant governor ticket". wmbfnews.com. Retrieved October 31, 2013.

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Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina

Incumbent Pamela Evette since January 9, 2019
Style	Lieutenant Governor (informal) The Honorable (formal)
Term length	Four years, no limit
Inaugural holder	Thomas Broughton (1730)
Formation	South Carolina Constitution
Succession	First
Salary	$46,545 (2016) ^[1]