1836–1837; United States Senator 1823–1833; Governor of South Carolina Thomas Heyward Jr. (1746–1809), signer of the Declaration of Independence Fritz Hollings (1922-2019), United States Senator from South Carolina; Governor and Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina Michael Janus (1966-2022), Mississippi state legislator James Ladson (1753–1812), American revolutionary and lieutenant governor of South Carolina Henry Laurens (1724–1792), American Revolutionary War leader Burnet Maybank (1899–1954), Charleston mayor 1931–1935; South Carolina governor 1939–1941; United States Senator from South Carolina Christopher Memminger (1803–1888), signer of the Confederate States Constitution; Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury 1861–1864 Thomas E. Miller, one of only 5 Black congressmen from the South in the Jim Crow era, son of Declaration of Independence signer Thomas Heyward Jr. William Porcher Miles (1822–1899), lawyer; Mayor of Charleston 1855-1857; U.S. Representative from South Carolina; member of the Confederate Congress; designed the Confederate battle flag Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746–1825), American Revolutionary War leader; United States Ambassador to France; Federalist candidate for President in the 1804 and 1808 United States presidential elections Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779–1851), botanist, politician, and diplomat; U.S. Representative; United States Ambassador to Mexico, Secretary of War; founded precursor to the Smithsonian Institution; namesake of the poinsettia Alonzo J. Ransier, state senator and U.S. congressman; first African-American Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina Joseph P. Riley Jr. (born 1943), Mayor of Charleston 1975-2015 Edward Rutledge, signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence; Governor of South Carolina, 1798-1800 John Rutledge, President of South Carolina, 1776-1778; Commander and Chief of South Carolina forces during Revolutionary War; Governor of South Carolina, 1779-1782; second Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; signed the U.S. Constitution Benjamin Smith (1717–1770), slave trader, plantation owner, merchant banker, and politician James Skivring Smith (1825–1884), President of Liberia, 1871-1872 George Alfred Trenholm (1807–1876), Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury Bill Workman (born 1940), Charleston native; mayor of Greenville, 1983-1995; economic development specialist Joseph Wragg (1698–1751), pioneer of the large-scale slave trade and politician Writers and artists Alexander Aikman (1755–1836), publisher, King's Printer, and House of Assembly member Louisa Wells Aikman (1755–1831), 18th century author Frank Birnbaum (1922–2005), 20th century Jewish cantor David Carson (born 1956), graphic designer Essie B. Cheesborough (1826-1905), writer Joel Derfner (born 1973), writer Nikki DuBose (born 1985), former model turned author and activist Shepard Fairey (born 1970), artist known for Andre the Giant "Obey" and Barack Obama "Hope" stencil pieces Arthur Freed (1894–1973), Hollywood producer, composer, and writer Frank