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Lieutenant Governors |
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The Lieutenant Governor position began in 1730. Under the South Carolina Constitution of 1776, the position was called Vice President. Under the Constitution of 1778, the General Assembly chose the Lieutenant Governor, who served for two years. Under the Constitution of 1865, the Lieutenant Governor was elected by the people.
| Lt Governor | Took Office | Left Office |
| Broughton, Thomas | 1 Jan 1730 | 22 Nov 1737 |
| Bull, William | 23 Dec 1738 | 21 Mar 1755 |
| Bull, William II | 21 Mary 1755 | 26 Mar 1776 |
| Laurens, Henry | 26 Mar 1776 | 10 Jan 1777 |
| Parsons, James | 27 Jun 1777 | 9 Jan 1779 |
| Bee, Thomas | 9 Jan 1779 | 24 Jan 1780 |
| Gadsden, Christopher | 24 Jan 1780 | 31 Jan 1782 |
| Hutson, Richard | 31 Jan 1782 | 4 Feb 1783 |
| Beresford, Richard | 4 Feb 1783 | 15 Mar 1783 |
| Moultrie, William | 16 Feb 1784 | 11 Feb 1785 |
| Drayton, Charles | 11 Feb 1785 | 20 Feb 1787 |
| Gadsden, Thomas | 20 Feb 1787 | 26 Jan 1789 |
| Gillon, Alexander | 26 Jan 1789 | 15 Feb 1791 |
| Holmes, Isaac | 15 Feb 1791 | 5 Dec 1792 |
| Ladson, James | 5 Dec 1792 | 17 Dec 1794 |
| Morris, Lewis | 17 Dec 1794 | 8 Dec 1796 |
| Anderson, Robert | 8 Dec 1796 | 18 Dec 1798 |
| Drayton, John | 18 Dec 1798 | 23 Jan 1800 |
| Winn, Richard | 4 Dec 1800 | * Dec 1802 |
| Pickens, Ezekiel | 8 Dec 1802 | 7 Dec 1804 |
| Sumter, Thomas Jr | 7 Dec 1804 | 9 Dec 1806 |
| Hopkins, John | 9 Dec 1806 | 10 Dec 1808 |
| Nance, Frederick | 10 Dec 1808 | 8 Dec 1810 |
| Farrow, Samuel | 8 Dec 1810 | 10 Dec 1812 |
| Simkins, Eldred | 10 Dec 1812 | 10 Dec 1814 |
| Creswell, Robert | 10 Dec 1814 | 5 Dec 1816 |
| Cuthbert, John A | 5 Dec 1816 | 8 Dec 1818 |
| Youngblood, William | 8 Dec 1818 | 7 Dec 1820 |
| Pinckney, William | 7 Dec 1820 | 7 Dec 1822 |
| Bradley, Henry | 7 Dec 1822 | 3 Dec 1824 |
| Bull, William | 3 Dec 1824 | 9 Dec 1826 |
| Witherspoon, James | 9 Dec 1826 | 10 Dec 1828 |
| Williams, Thomas | 10 Dec 1828 | 9 Dec 1830 |
| Noble, Patrick | 9 Dec 1830 | 10 Dec 1832 |
| Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth | 10 Dec 1832 | 9 Dec 1834 |
| Seabrook, Whitemarsh B | 9 Dec 1834 | 10 Dec 1836 |
| DuBose, William | 10 Dec 1836 | 7 Dec 1838 |
| Henagan, Barnabas Kelet | 7 Dec 1838 | 7 Apr 1840 |
| Clowney, W K | 9 Dec 1840 | 8 Dec 1842 |
| Witherspoon, Isaac Donnom | 8 Dec 1842 | 7 Dec 1844 |
| Ervin, J F | 7 Dec 1844 | 8 Dec 1846 |
| Cain, William | 8 Dec 1846 | 12 Dec 1848 |
| Gist, William Henry | 12 Dec 1848 | 13 Dec 1850 |
| Ward, Joshua John | 13 Dec 1850 | 9 Dec 1852 |
| Irby, James | 9 Dec 1852 | 11 Dec 1854 |
| de Treville, Richard | 11 Dec 1854 | 9 Dec 1856 |
| Cannon, Gabriel | 9 Dec 1856 | 10 Dec 1858 |
| Carn, M E | 10 Dec 1858 | 14 Dec 1860 |
| Harllee, W W | 14 Dec 1860 | 17 Dec 1862 |
| Weston, Plowden | 17 Dec 1862 | 18 Dec 1864 |
| McCaw, Robert | 18 Dec 1864 | 25 May 1865 |
| Porter, W D | 30 Nov 1865 | 6 Jul 1868 |
| Boozer, Lemuel | 6 Jul 1868 | 3 Dec 1870 |
| Ransier, Alonzo J | 3 Dec 1870 | 7 Dec 1872 |
| Gleaves, Richard Howell | 7 Dec 1872 | 14 Dec 1876 |
| Simpson, William Dunlap | 14 Dec 1876 | 26 Feb 1879 |
| Kennedy, John D | 30 Nov 1880 | 1 Dec 1882 |
| Sheppard, John Calhoun | 1 Dec 1882 | 10 Jul 1886 |
| Mauldin, William | 30 Nov 1886 | 4 Dec 1890 |
| Gary, Eugene | 4 Dec 1890 | 1893 |
| Timmerman, W H | 1893 | 18 Jan 1897 |
| McSweeney, Miles Benjamin | 18 Jan 1897 | 2 Jun 1899 |
| Scarborough, Robert B | 2 Jun 1899 | 15 Jan 1901 |
| Tillman, James | 15 Jan 1901 | 20 Jan 1903 |
| Sloan, John | 20 Jan 1903 | 15 Jan 1907 |
| McLeod, Thomas Gordon | 15 Jan 1907 | 17 Jan 1911 |
| Smith, Charles Aurelius | 17 Jan 1911 | 14 Jan 1915 |
| Bethea, Andrew | 19 Jan 1915 | 21 Jan 1919 |
| Liles, J T | 21 Jan 1919 | 18 Jan 1921 |
| Harvey, Wilson Godfrey | 18 Jan 1921 | 16 Jan 1923 |
| Jackson, E B | 16 Jan 1923 | 18 Jan 1927 |
| Butler, Thomas Bothwell | 18 Jan 1927 | 20 Jan 1931 |
| Sheppard, James | 20 Jan 1931 | 15 Jan 1935 |
| Harley, Joseph Emile | 15 Jan 1935 | 4 Nov 1941 |
| Williams, Ransome Judson | 19 Jan 1943 | 2 Jan 1945 |
| Timmerman, George Bell Jr | 21 Jan 1947 | 18 Jan 1955 |
| Hollings, Ernest | 18 Jan 1955 | 20 Jan 1959 |
| Maybank, Burnet Jr | 20 Jan 1959 | 15 Jan 1963 |
| McNair, Robert Evander | 15 Jan 1963 | 22 Apr 1965 |
| West, John C | 17 Jan 1967 | 19 jan 1971 |
| Morris, Earle Jr | 19 Jan 1971 | 21 Jan 1975 |
| Harvey, W Brantley Jr | 21 Jan 1975 | 10 Jan 1979 |
| Stevenson, Nancy | 10 Jan 1979 | 12 Jan 1983 |
| Daniel, Michael R | 12 Jan 1983 | 14 Jan 1987 |
| Theodore, Nick | 14 Jan 1987 | 11 Jan 1995 |
| Peeler, Bob | 11 Jan 1995 | 15 Jan 2003 |
| Bauer, Andre | 15 Jan 2003 | 12 Jan 2011 |
| Ard, Ken | 12 Jan 2011 | Present |
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