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Executions have taken place throughout the state's history. The current method of execution is Lethal Injection, although a convict may request the electric chair. This list is not all inclusive. If you have any further information to help make this more complete, please email the State Administrator.
| Convict | Date | Method | Crime | Victim(s) | Governor |
| Abney, George | 6 Sep 1940 | Electric Chair | Murder | Maybank | |
| Adams, Sylvester Lewis | 18 Aug 1995 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Bryan Chambers | Beasley |
| Arnold, John D | 6 Mar 1998 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Betty Gardner | Beasley |
| Atkins, Joseph Ernest | 22 Jan 1999 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Karen Patterson and Benjamin F Atkins | Hodges |
| Bell, Larry Gene | 4 Oct 1996 | Electric Chair | Murder | Sharon Faye Smith and Debra May Helmick | Beasley |
| Bibbs, Press | 29 Mar 1940 | Electric Chair | Murder | Maybank | |
| Boone, Lee Jones | 20 Jan 1956 | Electric Chair | Murder | Timmerman | |
| Bostick, Louis | 11 May 1962 | Electric Chair | Murder | Hollings | |
| Bounds, Monroe | 13 Mar 1942 | Electric Chair | Murder | Jefferies | |
| Brock, Leo | 21 Aug 1953 | Electric Chair | Murder | Byrnes | |
| Broughton, Joseph | 23 Jun 1939 | Electric Chair | Murder | Maybank | |
| Bullock, Quincey | 28 Apr 1961 | Electric Chair | Murder | Hollings | |
| Butler, Charles Walter | 2 Jun 1950 | Electric Chair | Murder | Thurmond | |
| Byram, Jason Scott | 23 Apr 2004 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Julie Johnson | Sanford |
| Byrd, Harold | 31 Aug 1956 | Electric Chair | Murder | Timmerman | |
| Carlton, Starling | 1859 | Hanging | Aiding Runaway Slave | Gist | |
| Carmey, Raymond | 7 Jul 1954 | Electric Chair | Murder | Byrnes | |
| Carter, George | 14 Dec 1945 | Electric Chair | Williams | ||
| Covington, Cleve | 3 Jan 1947 | Electric Chair | Murder | Williams | |
| Daniels, Clay | 2 Dec 1955 | Electric Chair | Rape | Timmerman | |
| Daniels, Junior | 2 Dec 1955 | Electric Chair | Rape | Timmerman | |
| Daniels, Willie Marion | 7 Jun 1957 | Electric Chair | Rape | Timmerman | |
| Dash, Frank Jr | 19 Jan 1940 | Electric Chair | Murder | Maybank | |
| Davis, Anna | 29 Sep 1915 | Electric Chair | Murder | John Q Lewis | Manning |
| Davis, Bart | 29 Sep 1915 | Electric Chair | Murder | John Q Lewis | Manning |
| Davis, Lawrence | 17 Sep 1948 | Electric Chair | Murder | Thurmond | |
| Davis, William A | 20 Jun 1947 | Electric Chair | Rape | Thurmond | |
| Dickerson, John | 2 May 1947 | Electric Chair | Murder | Thurmond | |
| Downs, William Ernest Jr | 14 Jul 2006 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Keenan O'Mailia | Sanford |
| Drayton, Leroy Joseph | 12 Nov 1999 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Rhonda Darlene Smith | Hodges |
| Elkins, Michael Eugene | 12 Jun 1997 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Patricia Whitt | Beasley |
| Elmore, Larry | 4 Aug 1950 | Electric Chair | Murder | Thurmond | |
| Fisher, John | 17 Feb 1820 | Hanging | Highway Robbery | Many | Geddes |
| Fisher, Lavinia | 18 Feb 1820 | Hanging | Highway Robbery | Many | Geddes |
| Frazier, Zonnie Jr | 11 Dec 1942 | Electric Chair | Murder | Jefferies | |
| Fuller, Raymond | 27 Jul 1956 | Electric Chair | Murder | Timmerman | |
| Gantt, Carroll | 16 Nov 1951 | Electric Chair | Murder | Byrnes | |
| Gardner, Joseph | 5 Dec 2008 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Missi McLauchlin | Sanford |
| Gaskins, Donald Henry | 6 Sep 1991 | Electric Chair | Murder | Rudolph Tyner | Campbell |
| Gates, George | 9 Dec 1938 | Electric Chair | Rape | Johnston | |
| Gatlin, L C | 19 Jul 1946 | Electric Chair | Rape | <Williams | |
| Gaymon, Richard aka Johnson, Willie | 7 Aug 1942 | Electric Chair | Assault with Intent to Ravish | Jefferies | |
| Gidron, Willie | 9 Jan 1948 | Electric Chair | Murder | Thurmond | |
| Gilbert, Larry | 4 Dec 1998 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Ralph Stoudemire | Beasley |
| Gleaton, J D | 4 Dec 1998 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Ralph Stoudemire | Beasley |
| Glenn, Otis | 12 Mar 1954 | Electric Chair | Murder | Byrnes | |
| Goodman, L G | 29 Jul 1938 | Electric Chair | Murder | Johnston | |
| Grant, Alchrist | 11 Sep 1942 | Electric Chair | Assault with Intent to Kill | Jefferies | |
| Grant, Bert Junior | 25 Jul 1947 | Electric Chair | Rape | Thurmond | |
| Green, Anthony | 23 Aug 2002 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Susan Babich | Hodges |
| Griffin, Meeks | 29 Sep 1915 | Electric Chair | Murder | John Q Lewis | Manning |
| Griffin, Thomas | 29 Sep 1915 | Electric Chair | Murder | John Q Lewis | Manning |
| Haggins, Talmage | 18 Apr 1847 | Electric Chair | Murder | Thurmond | |
| Hamilton, Bruce | 16 Jun 1944 | Electric Chair | Assault with Intent | Johnston | |
| Harvey, Smith | 25 Jan 1952 | Electric Chair | Murder | Byrnes | |
| Hayden, Willie | 27 Aug 1954 | Electric Chair | Murder | Byrnes | |
| Heyward, Ben | 15 Aug 1941 | Electric Chair | Murder | Maybank | |
| Heyward, Daniel L | 11 Jul 1941 | Electric Chair | Assault with Intent to Ravish | Maybank | |
| Hill, David Clayton | 19 Mar 2004 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Spencer Guerry | Sanford |
| Hill, David Mark | 6 Jun 2008 | Lethal Injection | Murder | James Riddle, Josie Curry and Michael Gregory | Sanford |
| Hood, Will | 11 Apr 1941 | Electric Chair | Murder | Maybank | |
| Howard, Ernest | 2 Jan 1948 | Electric Chair | Assault with Intent to Ravish | Thurmond | |
| Howard, Ronnie | 8 Jan 1999 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Chinh Thi Nguyen Le | Beasley |
| Humphries, Shawn Paul | 2 Dec 2005 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Dickie Smith | Sanford |
| Ivey, Thomas Treshawn | 8 May 2009 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Sgt Tommy Harrison and Robert Montgomery | Sanford |
| Jackson, Matthew Jr | 3 Dec 1948 | Electric Chair | Rape | Thurmond | |
| Johnson, Richard Charles | 3 Mar 2002 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Bruce Kenneth Smalls and C Daniel Swanson | Hodges |
| Johnson, Robert | 13 May 1960 | Electric Chair | Assault with Intent | Hollings | |
| Jones, Freddie | 25 Apr 1947 | Electric Chair | Murder | Thurmond | |
| Jones, Hamp Jr | 12 Apr 1956 | Suicide | Murder | Timmerman | |
| Jones, Hurley | 3 Nov 1944 | Electric Chair | Rape | Johnston | |
| Jones, Jesse | 2 Apr 1943 | Electric Chair | Murder | Johnston | |
| Jordan, Robert | 14 Feb 1947 | Electric Chair | Murder | Thurmond | |
| Judge, Junius A | 20 Dec 1946 | Electric Chair | Murder | Williams | |
| Kornahrens, Fred H III | 19 Jul 1996 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Patti Jo Kornahrens, Jason Avant and Harry Wilkerson | Beasley |
| Ladson, Frank | 12 Jul 1940 | Electric Chair | Murder | Maybank | |
| Lincoln, Willie | 4 Feb 1949 | Electric Chair | Murder | Thurmond | |
| Little, James | 21 Aug 1953 | Electric Chair | Murder | Byrnes | |
| Long, Roy AKA Brooks, Roy | 15 Nov 1941 | Electric Chair | Rape | Harley | |
| Longworth, Richard | 4 Apr 2005 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Alex Hopps and James Todd Green | Sanford |
| Lowry, Will | 14 Jun 1940 | Electric Chair | Rape | Maybank | |
| Lucas, Doyle Cecil | 15 Nov 1996 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Bill and Evelyn Reyfield | Beasley |
| Matthews, Earl Jr | 7 Nov 1997 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Lucia Aimar | Beasley |
| McKinney, Sylvester | 16 Jul 1943 | Electric Chair | Murder | Johnston | |
| McWee, Jerry Bridwell | 16 Apr 2004 | Lethal Injection | Murder | John Perry | Sanford |
| Middleton, Frank Jr | 22 Nov 1996 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Shirley Mae Mack | Beasley |
| Miller, Roosevelt | 12 Dec 1947 | Electric Chair | Rape | Thurmond | |
| Motts, Jeffrey Brian | 6 May 2011 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Charles Douglas Martin | Haley |
| Osborne, Sammie | 19 Nov 1943 | Electric Chair | Murder | Johnston | |
| Outen, Walter James | 14 Jul 1961 | Electric Chair | Rape | Hollings | |
| Passaro, Michael Joseph | 13 Sep 2002 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Maggie Passaro | Hodges |
| Payne, Clarence Jr | 22 May 1954 | Died in Prison Hosp | Murder | Byrnes | |
| Pinckney, Cyrus | 10 Jul 1942 | Electric Chair | Assault with Intent to Ravish | Jefferies | |
| Plath, John H | 10 Jul 1998 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Betty Gardner | Beasley |
| Pooler, William | 1 Aug 1947 | Electric Chair | Rape | Thurmond | |
| Preylow, E T | 30 Jun 1950 | Electric Chair | Murder | Thurmond | |
| Pritchard, Gullah Jack | 12 Jul 1822 | Hanging | Treason | Inciting Slave Revolt | Bennett |
| Priester, J P | 18 Apr 1952 | Electric Chair | Murder | Byrnes | |
| Priester, John H | 18 Apr 1952 | Electric Chair | Murder | Byrnes | |
| Pringle, Leonard | 15 Aug 1947 | Electric Chair | Murder | Thurmond | |
| Pringle, Wash | 25 Jan 1946 | Electric Chair | Rape | Williams | |
| Reed, James Earl | 20 Jun 2008 | Electric Chair | Murder | Barbara and Joseph Lafayette | Sanford |
| Roach, James Terry | 10 Jan 1986 | Electric Chair | Murder | Tommy Taylor and Carlotta Hartness | Riley |
| Roberts, Sammy | 25 Sep 1998 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Bill Spain, Kenneth Krause and Louis Cakley | Beasley |
| Robinson, Charlie | 26 May 1961 | Electric Chair | Rape | Hollings | |
| Rocheville, David | 3 Dec 1999 | Lethal Injection | Murder | James Todd Green | Hodges |
| Scott, Lewis | 20 Dec 1946 | Electric Chair | Murder | Williams | |
| Shaw, Joseph Carl | 11 Jan 1985 | Electric Chair | Murder | Tommy Taylor and Carlotts Hartness | Riley |
| Short, Peter | 21 Aug 1953 | Electric Chair | Murder | Byrnes | |
| Shuler, Calvin Alphonso | 22 Jun 2007 | Lethal Injection | Murder | James Brooks | Sanford |
| Sims, J C | 11 Jul 1947 | Electric Chair | Murder | Thurmond | |
| Sims, Johnnie | 16 Jul 1943 | Electric Chair | Murder | Johnston | |
| Smith, Andrew Lavern | 18 Dec 1998 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Christy and Corrie Johnson | Beasley |
| Smith, Charlie T | 29 Nov 1946 | Electric Chair | Murder | Williams | |
| Smith, James Eugene | 5 Jul 1957 | Electric Chair | Murder | Timmerman | |
| South, Robert | 31 May 1996 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Daniel Wayne Cogburn | Beasley |
| Stinette, Rose Marie | 17 Jan 1947 | Electric Chair | Murder | Williams | |
| Stinney, George Junius Jr | 16 Jun 1944 | Electric Chair | Murder | Betty June Binnicker and Mary Emma Thames | Johnston |
| Thomas, George | 20 Feb 1942 | Electric Chair | Rape | Harley | |
| Timmons, Frank | 12 May 1944 | Electric Chair | Assault with Intent | Johnston | |
| Tolbert, Willie Jr | 28 Oct 1949 | Electric Chair | Rape | Thurmond | |
| Torrence, Michael | 6 Sep 1996 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Dennis Lollis, Charles Bush and Cynthia Williams | Beasley |
| Troy, Lee Grant | 31 Dec 1948 | Electric Chair | Rape | Thurmond | |
| Truesdale, Louis Joe Jr | 11 Dec 1998 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Rebecca Ann Eudy | Beasley |
| Tucker, James Neil | 28 May 2004 | Electric Chair | Murder | Rose Lee, Dolly Oakley and Shannon Mellon | Sanford |
| Vesey, Denmark | 2 Jul 1822 | Hanging | Treason | Inciting Slave Revolt | Bennett |
| Waitus, Arthur | 15 Apr 1955 | Electric Chair | Murder | Timmerman | |
| Williams, Luke A | 20 Feb 2009 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Linda and Shaun Williams | Sanford |
| Willis, Ernest | 15 Aug 1947 | Electric Chair | Murder | Thurmond | |
| Wise, Hastings Arthur | 4 Nov 2005 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Charles Griffeth, David Moore, Leonard Filyaw and Sheryl Wood | Sanford |
| Woodward, Josiah | 31 Jan 1941 | Electric Chair | Assault with Intent to Ravish | Maybank | |
| Woomer, Ronald Rusty | 27 Apr 1990 | Electric Chair | Murder | Della Louis Sellers | Campbell |
| Wright, Samuel | 13 Jan 1956 | Electric Chair | Murder | Timmerman | |
| Young, Kevin Dean | 3 Nov 2000 | Lethal Injection | Murder | Dennis Ray Hepler | Hodges |
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