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Capital: Columbia State Nickname: Palmetto State State Bird: Carolina Wren State Flower: Jessamine Admitted to the Union: May 23, 1788 | ||||
January 26, 1789 to December 5, 1792: |
Charles Pinckney | |||
December 5, 1792 to December, 1794: |
William Moultrie | |||
December, 1794 to December, 1796: |
Arnold Vander Horst | |||
December, 1796 to December 6, 1798: |
Charles Pinckney |
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December 18, 1798 to January 23, 1800: |
Edward Rutledge* | |||
* Died in office | ||||
January 23, 1800 to December, 1802: |
John Drayton | |||
December, 1802 to December, 1804: |
James B. Richardson | |||
December, 1804 to December, 1806: |
Paul Hamilton |
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December, 1806 to December 10, 1808: |
Charles Pinckney | |||
December 10, 1808 to December, 1810: |
John Drayton | |||
December 10, 1810 to December, 1812: |
Henry Middleton | |||
December, 1812 to December, 1814: |
Joseph Alston |
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December, 1814 to December, 1816: |
David R. Williams | |||
December, 1816 to December, 1818: |
Andrew Pickens | |||
December, 1818 to December, 1820: |
John Geddes | |||
December, 1820 to December, 1822: |
Thomas Bennett |
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December, 1822 to December, 1824: |
John Lyde Wilson | |||
December, 1824 to December, 1826: |
Richard I. Manning | |||
December, 1826 to December, 1828: |
John Taylor | |||
December, 1828 to December, 1830: |
Stephen D. Miller |
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December, 1830 to December 13, 1832: |
James Hamilton | |||
December 13, 1832 to December 11, 1834: |
Robert Y. Hayne | |||
December 11, 1834 to December, 1836: |
George McDuffie | |||
December, 1836 to December 10, 1838: |
Pierce M. Butler |
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December 10, 1838 to April 7, 1840: |
Patrick Noble* | |||
* Died in office | ||||
April 7, 1840 to December 10, 1840: |
B. K. Henagan | |||
December 10, 1840 to December, 1842: |
John P. Richardson | |||
December, 1842 to December, 1844: |
James H. Hammond |
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December, 1844 to December, 1846: |
William Aiken | |||
December, 1846 to December, 1848: |
David Johnson | |||
December, 1848 to December, 1850: |
Whitmarsh B. Seabrook | |||
December 16, 1850 to December, 1852: |
John Hugh Means |
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December, 1852 to December, 1854: |
John Laurence Manning | |||
December, 1854 to December, 1856: |
John H. Adams | |||
December, 1856 to December, 1858: |
Robert F. W. Alston | |||
December, 1858 to December, 1860: |
William H. Gist |
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December, 1860 to December, 1862: |
Franics W. Pickens | |||
December, 1862 to December, 1864: |
Milledge L. Bonham | |||
December 20, 1864 to May 25, 1865: |
Andrew G. Magrath* | |||
* Last Confederate governor |
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June 30, 1865 to November 29, 1865: |
Benjamin F. Perry* |
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* Provisional governor |
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November 29, 1865 to July 6, 1868: |
James L. Orr* | |||
* Deposed by act of Congess |
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July 9, 1868 to December 7, 1872: |
Robert K. Scott | |||
December 7, 1872 to December 1, 1874: |
Franklin J. Moses, Jr. | |||
December 1, 1874 to April 10, 1877: |
Daniel H. Chamberlain* |
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December 14, 1876 to February 26, 1879:: |
Wade Hampton* | |||
* There was a major dispute in the 1876 election. For a time, both |
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February 26, 1879 to September 1, 1880: |
William D. Simpson | |||
* Resigned from office |
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September 1, 1880 to November, 1880: |
Thomas B. Jetter | |||
November 30, 1880 to December, 1882: |
Johnson Hagood |
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December, 1882 to July 10, 1886: |
Hugh Smith Thompson* | |||
* Resigned from office |
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July 10, 1886 to November 30, 1886: |
John C. Sheppard | |||
November 30, 1886 to December 4, 1890: |
John P. Richardson | |||
December 4, 1890 to December, 1894: |
Benjamin Ryan Tillman |
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December 4, 1894 to January 18, 1897: |
John Gary Evans | |||
January 18, 1897 to June 2, 1899: |
William H. Ellerbe* | |||
* Died in office |
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June 2, 1899 to January 20, 1903: |
Miles B. McSweeney | |||
January 20, 1903 to January 15, 1907: |
Duncan C. Heyward |
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January 15, 1907 to January 17, 1911: |
Martin F. Ansel | |||
January 17, 1911 to January 14, 1915: |
Cloleman L. Blease* | |||
* Resigned from office |
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January 14, 1915 to January 19, 1915: |
Charles A. Smith | |||
January 19, 1915 to January 21, 1919: |
Richard I. Manning |
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January 21, 1919 to May 20, 1922: |
Robert A. Cooper* | |||
* Resigned from office |
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May 20, 1922 to January 16, 1923: |
Wilson G. Harvey | |||
January 16, 1923 to January 18, 1927: |
Thomas G. McLeod | |||
January 18, 1927 to January 20, 1931: |
John G. Richards |
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January 20, 1931 to January 15, 1935: |
Ibra C. Blackwood | |||
January 15, 1935 to January 17, 1939: |
Olin D. Johnston | |||
January 17, 1939 to November 4, 1941: |
Burnet R. Maybank* | |||
* Died in office |
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November 4, 1941 to February 27, 1942: |
Joseph E. Harley |
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March 2, 1942 to January 19, 1943: |
Richard M. Jeffries | |||
January 19, 1943 to January 2, 1945: |
Olin D. Johnston* | |||
* Resigned from office |
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January 2, 1945 to January 21, 1947: |
Ransome J. Williams | |||
January 21, 1947 to January 16, 1951: |
J. Strom Thurmond |
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January 16, 1951 to January 18, 1955: |
James F. Byrnes | |||
January 18, 1955 to January 20, 1959: |
George Bell Timmerman, Jr. | |||
January 20, 1959 to January 15, 1963: |
Ernest F. Hollings | |||
January 15, 1963 to April 22, 1965: |
Donald S. Russell |
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April 22, 1965 to January 19, 1971: |
Robert E. McNair | |||
January 19, 1971 to January 21, 1975: |
John C. West | |||
January 21, 1975 to January 10, 1979: |
James Edwards | |||
January 10, 1979 to January 14, 1987: |
Richard Riley |
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January 14, 1987 to January 11, 1995: |
Carroll Campbell | |||
January 11, 1995 to January, 1999: |
David Beasly | |||
January 13, 1999 to January 15, 2003 |
James Hovis Hodges |
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January 15, 2003 – |
Mark Sanford |
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March 4, 1789 – October 25, 1796 | Pierce Butler | |||
December 8, 1796 – November 26, 1798 | John Hunter | |||
December 6, 1798 – June 6, 1801 | Charles Pinckney | |||
December 15, 1801 – December 16, 1810 | Thomas Sumter | |||
December 31, 1810 – November 1816 | John Taylor | |||
December 4, 1816 – March 3, 1823 | William Smith | |||
March 4, 1823 – December 13, 1832 | Robert Young Hayne | |||
December 29, 1832 – March 3, 1843 | John Caldwell Calhoun * Died in office | |||
April 11, 1850 – May 29, 1850 | Franklin Harper Elmore * Died in office | |||
June 4, 1850 – December 8, 1850 | Robert Woodward Barnwell | |||
December 18, 1850 – May 7, 1852 | Robert Barnwell Rhett, Sr. * Resigned office | |||
May 10, 1852 – March 3, 1853 | William Ford De Saussure | |||
March 4, 1853 – May 6, 1858 | Josiah James Evans * Died in office | |||
May 11, 1858 – December 2, 1858 | Arthur Peronneau Hayne | |||
December 3, 1858 – November 10, 1860 | James Chesnut, Jr. | |||
November 10, 1860 – July 15, 1868 | Vacant | |||
July 15, 1868 – March 3, 1877 | Thomas James Robertson | |||
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1895 | Matthew Calbraith Butler | |||
March 4, 1895 – July 3, 1918 | Benjamin Ryan Tillman * Died in office | |||
July 6, 1918 – November 5, 1918 | Christie Benet | |||
November 6, 1918 – March 3, 1919 | William Pegues Pollock | |||
March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1925 | Nathaniel Barksdale Dial | |||
March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931 | Coleman Livingston Blease | |||
March 4, 1931 – July 8, 1941 | James Francis Byrnes * Resigned office | |||
July 22, 1941 – August 1, 1941 | Alva Moore Lumpkin * Died in office | |||
August 5, 1941 – November 4, 1941 | Roger Craft Peace | |||
November 5, 1941 – September 1, 1954 | Burnet Rhett Maybank | |||
September 6, 1954 – December 23, 1954 | Charles Ezra Daniel * Resigned office | |||
December 24, 1954 – April 4, 1956 | Strom Thurmond * Resigned office | |||
April 5, 1956 – November 6, 1956 | Thomas Albert Wofford | |||
November 7, 1956 – January 3, 2003 | Strom Thurmond | |||
January 3, 2003 – | Lindsey Graham | |||
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1795 | Ralph Izard | |||
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1795 | Jacob Read | |||
March 4, 1801 – October 26, 1802 | Jacob Read | |||
March 4, 1801 – October 26, 1802 | John Ewing Colhoun * Died in office | |||
November 4, 1802 – November 21, 1804 | Pierce Butler * Resigned office | |||
December 6, 1804 – February 26, 1826 | John Gaillard * Died in office | |||
March 8, 1826 – November 29, 1826 | William Joseph Harper | |||
November 29, 1826 – March 3, 1831 | William Smith | |||
March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | Stephen Decatur Miller | |||
November 26, 1833 – November 29, 1842 | William Campbell Preston | |||
December 23, 1842 – August 17, 1846 | George McDuffie | |||
December 4, 1846 – May 25, 1857 | Andrew Butler | |||
December 7, 1857 – November 11, 1860 | James Henry Hammond | |||
November 11, 1860 – July 16, 1868 | Vacant | |||
July 16, 1868 – March 3, 1873 | Frederick Adolphus Sawyer | |||
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879 | Wade Hampton III | |||
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897 | John Laurens Manning Irby | |||
March 4, 1897 – May 20, 1897 | Joseph Haynsworth Earle * Died in office | |||
June 1, 1897 – March 3, 1903 | John Lowndes McLaurin | |||
March 4, 1903 – February 20, 1908 | Asbury Latimer * Died in office | |||
March 6, 1908 – March 3, 1909 | Frank Boyd Gary | |||
March 4, 1909 – November 17, 1944 | Ellison DuRant Smith | |||
November 20, 1944 – January 3, 1945 | Wilton Earle Hall | |||
January 3, 1945 – April 18, 1965 | Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston * Died in office | |||
April 22, 1965 – November 8, 1966 | Donald Stuart Russell | |||
November 9, 1966 – January 3, 2005 | Ernest Hollings | |||
January 3, 2005 – | James Warren DeMint | |||
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Carolina Written by Henry Timrod Composed by Anne Custis Burgess Hold up the glories of thy dead; Throw thy bold banner to the breeze! Thy skirts indeed the foe may part, Girt with such wills to do and bear, The song was officially adopted in 1911 | ||||
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1790: 249,075 |
1800: 345,591 | |||
1810: 415,115 |
1820: 490,309 | |||
1830: 581,904 |
1840: 594,398 | |||
1850: 668,507 |
1860: 703,708 | |||
1870: 705,606 |
1880: 995,577 | |||
1890: 1,151,149 |
1900: 1,340,316 | |||
1910: 1,515,400 |
1920: 1,683,724 | |||
1930: 1,738,765 |
1940: 1,899,804 | |||
1950: 2,117,027 |
1960: 2,382,594 | |||
1970: 2,590,713 |
1980: 3,121,820 | |||
1990: 3,486,703 |
2000: 4,011,848 |
 State Capitol Building 1907 |
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