<Table> <Tr> <Th> Governor </Th> <Th> Gubernatorial term </Th> <Th colspan="2"> U.S. Congress </Th> <Th> Other offices held </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> House </Th> <Th> Senate </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Rutledge </Td> <Td> 1776 -- 1778 1779 -- 1782 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Delegate to Philadelphia Convention and signer of the United States Constitution ; Associate and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thomas Pinckney </Td> <Td> 1787 -- 1789 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United States Minister to Great Britain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Charles Pinckney </Td> <Td> 1789 -- 1792 1796 -- 1798 1806 -- 1808 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Delegate to Philadelphia Convention and signer of the United States Constitution ; United States Minister to Spain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paul Hamilton </Td> <Td> 1804 -- 1806 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United States Secretary of the Navy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Henry Middleton </Td> <Td> 1810 -- 1812 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United States Minister to Russia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Rogerson Williams </Td> <Td> 1814 -- 1816 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Richard Irvine Manning I </Td> <Td> 1824 -- 1826 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Taylor </Td> <Td> 1826 -- 1828 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stephen Decatur Miller </Td> <Td> 1828 -- 1830 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> James Hamilton , Jr . </Td> <Td> 1830 -- 1832 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Y . Hayne </Td> <Td> 1832 -- 1834 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George McDuffie </Td> <Td> 1834 -- 1836 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Peter Richardson II </Td> <Td> 1840 -- 1842 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> James Henry Hammond </Td> <Td> 1842 -- 1844 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Aiken , Jr . </Td> <Td> 1844 -- 1846 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Francis Wilkinson Pickens </Td> <Td> 1860 -- 1862 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United States Minister to Russia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Milledge Luke Bonham </Td> <Td> 1862 -- 1864 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Confederate Representative </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> James Lawrence Orr </Td> <Td> 1865 -- 1868 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Confederate Senator ; United States Minister to Russia ; Speaker of the United States House of Representatives </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wade Hampton III </Td> <Td> 1877 -- 1879 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> S * </Td> <Td> United States Railroad Commissioner </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Dunlap Simpson </Td> <Td> 1879 -- 1880 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Confederate Representative </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hugh Smith Thompson </Td> <Td> 1882 -- 1886 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury * ; United States Civil Service Commissioner </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Benjamin Tillman </Td> <Td> 1890 -- 1894 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Coleman Livingston Blease </Td> <Td> 1911 -- 1915 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Olin D. Johnston </Td> <Td> 1935 -- 1939 1943 -- 1945 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> S * </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Burnet R. Maybank </Td> <Td> 1939 -- 1941 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> S * </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Strom Thurmond </Td> <Td> 1947 -- 1951 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> James F. Byrnes </Td> <Td> 1951 -- 1955 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court ; United States Secretary of State </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ernest Hollings </Td> <Td> 1959 -- 1963 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Donald S. Russell </Td> <Td> 1963 -- 1965 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> S * </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John C. West </Td> <Td> 1971 -- 1975 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> James B. Edwards </Td> <Td> 1975 -- 1979 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United States Secretary of Energy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Richard Riley </Td> <Td> 1979 -- 1987 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United States Secretary of Education </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Carroll A. Campbell , Jr . </Td> <Td> 1987 -- 1995 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Beasley </Td> <Td> 1995 - 1999 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Executive Director of the World Food Programme </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mark
<Table> <Tr> <Th> Governor </Th> <Th> Gubernatorial term </Th> <Th colspan="2"> U.S. Congress </Th> <Th> Other offices held </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> House </Th> <Th> Senate </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Rutledge </Td> <Td> 1776 -- 1778 1779 -- 1782 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Delegate to Philadelphia Convention and signer of the United States Constitution ; Associate and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thomas Pinckney </Td> <Td> 1787 -- 1789 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United States Minister to Great Britain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Charles Pinckney </Td> <Td> 1789 -- 1792 1796 -- 1798 1806 -- 1808 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Delegate to Philadelphia Convention and signer of the United States Constitution ; United States Minister to Spain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paul Hamilton </Td> <Td> 1804 -- 1806 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United States Secretary of the Navy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Henry Middleton </Td> <Td> 1810 -- 1812 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United States Minister to Russia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Rogerson Williams </Td> <Td> 1814 -- 1816 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Richard Irvine Manning I </Td> <Td> 1824 -- 1826 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Taylor </Td> <Td> 1826 -- 1828 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stephen Decatur Miller </Td> <Td> 1828 -- 1830 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> James Hamilton , Jr . </Td> <Td> 1830 -- 1832 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Y . Hayne </Td> <Td> 1832 -- 1834 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George McDuffie </Td> <Td> 1834 -- 1836 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Peter Richardson II </Td> <Td> 1840 -- 1842 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> James Henry Hammond </Td> <Td> 1842 -- 1844 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Aiken , Jr . </Td> <Td> 1844 -- 1846 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Francis Wilkinson Pickens </Td> <Td> 1860 -- 1862 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United States Minister to Russia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Milledge Luke Bonham </Td> <Td> 1862 -- 1864 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Confederate Representative </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> James Lawrence Orr </Td> <Td> 1865 -- 1868 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Confederate Senator ; United States Minister to Russia ; Speaker of the United States House of Representatives </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wade Hampton III </Td> <Td> 1877 -- 1879 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> S * </Td> <Td> United States Railroad Commissioner </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Dunlap Simpson </Td> <Td> 1879 -- 1880 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Confederate Representative </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hugh Smith Thompson </Td> <Td> 1882 -- 1886 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury * ; United States Civil Service Commissioner </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Benjamin Tillman </Td> <Td> 1890 -- 1894 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Coleman Livingston Blease </Td> <Td> 1911 -- 1915 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Olin D. Johnston </Td> <Td> 1935 -- 1939 1943 -- 1945 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> S * </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Burnet R. Maybank </Td> <Td> 1939 -- 1941 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> S * </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Strom Thurmond </Td> <Td> 1947 -- 1951 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> James F. Byrnes </Td> <Td> 1951 -- 1955 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court ; United States Secretary of State </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ernest Hollings </Td> <Td> 1959 -- 1963 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Donald S. Russell </Td> <Td> 1963 -- 1965 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> S * </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John C. West </Td> <Td> 1971 -- 1975 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> James B. Edwards </Td> <Td> 1975 -- 1979 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United States Secretary of Energy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Richard Riley </Td> <Td> 1979 -- 1987 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United States Secretary of Education </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Carroll A. Campbell , Jr . </Td> <Td> 1987 -- 1995 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Beasley </Td> <Td> 1995 - 1999 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Executive Director of the World Food Programme </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mark
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John Rutledge
John Rutledge