| Name | Held Office | Political Party |
|---|---|---|
| Rawlins Lowndes | Mar 6, 1778 Jan 9, 1779 |
No Party Affiliation |
| John Rutledge | Jan 9, 1779 Jan 31, 1782 |
No Party Affiliation |
| John Mathews | Jan 31, 1782 Feb 4, 1783 |
No Party Affiliation |
| Benjamin Guerard | Feb 4, 1783 Feb 11, 1785 |
No Party Affiliation |
| Thomas Pinckney | Feb 20, 1787 Jan 26, 1789 |
Federalist |
| William Moultrie | Dec 5, 1792 Dec 17, 1794 |
Federalist |
| Arnoldus Vanderhorst | Dec 17, 1794 Dec 8, 1796 |
Federalist |
| Edward Rutledge | Dec 18, 1798 Jan 23, 1800 |
Federalist |
| James Burchill Richardson | Dec 8, 1802 Dec 7, 1804 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Paul Hamilton | Dec 7, 1804 Dec 9, 1806 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Charles Pinckney | Dec 9, 1806 Dec 10, 1808 |
Democratic-Republican |
| John Drayton | Dec 10, 1808 Dec 8, 1810 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Henry Middleton | Dec 8, 1810 Dec 10, 1812 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Joseph Alston | Dec 10, 1812 Dec 10, 1814 |
Democratic-Republican |
| David Rogerson Williams | Dec 10, 1814 Dec 5, 1816 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Andrew Pickens | Dec 5, 1816 Dec 8, 1818 |
Democratic-Republican |
| John Geddes | Dec 8, 1818 Dec 7, 1820 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Thomas Bennett, Jr. | Dec 7, 1820 Dec 7, 1822 |
Democratic-Republican |
| John Lyde Wilson | Dec 7, 1822 Dec 3, 1824 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Richard Irvine Manning I | Dec 3, 1824 Dec 9, 1826 |
Democratic-Republican |
| John Taylor | Dec 9, 1826 Dec 10, 1828 |
Democratic-Republican |
| Stephen Decatur Miller | Dec 10, 1828 Dec 9, 1830 |
Democrat (Nullifier) |
| James Hamilton, Jr. | Dec 9, 1830 Dec 10, 1832 |
Democrat (Nullifier) |
| Robert Young Hayne | Dec 10, 1832 Dec 9, 1834 |
Democrat (Nullifier) |
| George McDuffie | Dec 9, 1834 Dec 10, 1836 |
Democrat |
| Pierce Mason Butler | Dec 10, 1836 Dec 7, 1838 |
Democrat |
| Patrick Noble | Dec 7, 1838 April 7, 1840 |
Democrat |
| Barnabas Kelet Henagan | April 7, 1840 Dec 9, 1840 |
Democrat |
| John Peter Richardson II | Dec 9, 1840 Dec 8, 1842 |
Democrat |
| James Henry Hammond | Dec 8, 1842 Dec 7, 1844 |
Democrat |
| William Aiken, Jr. | Dec 7, 1844 Dec 8, 1846 |
Democrat |
| David Johnson | Dec 8, 1846 Dec 12, 1848 |
Democrat |
| Whitemarsh B. Seabrook | Dec 12, 1848 Dec 13, 1850 |
Democrat |
| John Hugh Means | Dec 13, 1850 Dec 9, 1852 |
Democrat |
| John Lawrence Manning | Dec 9, 1852 Dec 11, 1854 |
Democrat |
| James Hopkins Adams | Dec 11, 1854 Dec 9, 1856 |
Democrat |
| Robert F.W. Allston | Dec 9, 1856 Dec 10, 1858 |
Democrat |
| William Henry Gist | Dec 10, 1858 Dec 14, 1860 |
Democrat |
| Francis Wilkinson Pickens | Dec 14, 1860 Dec 17, 1862 |
Democrat |
| Milledge Luke Bonham | Dec 17, 1862 Dec 18, 1864 |
Democrat |
| Andrew Gordon Magrath | Dec 18, 1864 May 25, 1865 |
Democrat |
| Benjamin Franklin Perry | June 30, 1865 Nov 29, 1865 |
Unionist Democrat |
| Lawrence Orr | Nov 29, 1865 July 6, 1868 |
No Party Affiliation |
| Robert Kingston Scott | July 6, 1868 Dec 7, 1872 |
Republican |
| Franklin J. Moses, Jr. | Dec 7, 1872 Dec 1, 1874 |
Republican |
| Daniel Henry Chamberlain | Dec 1, 1874 Dec 14, 1876 |
Republican |
| Wade Hampton III | Dec 14, 1876 Feb 26, 1879 |
Democrat |
| William Dunlap Simpson | Feb 26, 1879 Sep 1, 1880 |
Democrat |
| Thomas Bothwell Jeter | Sep 1, 1880 Nov 30, 1880 |
Democrat |
| Johnson Hagood | Nov 30, 1880 Dec 1, 1882 |
Democrat |
| Hugh Smith Thompson | Dec 1, 1882 Jul 10, 1886 |
Democrat |
| John Calhoun Sheppard | July 10, 1886 Nov 30, 1886 |
Democrat |
| John Peter Richardson III | Nov 30, 1886 Dec 4, 1890 |
Democrat |
| Benjamin Ryan Tillman | Dec 4, 1890 Dec 4, 1894 |
Democrat |
| John Gary Evans | Dec 4, 1894 Jan 18, 1897 |
Democrat |
| William Haselden Ellerbe | Jan 18, 1897 June 2, 1899 |
Democrat |
| Miles Benjamin McSweeney | Jun 2, 1899 Jan 20, 1903 |
Democrat |
| Duncan Clinch Heyward | Jan 20, 1903 Jan 15, 1907 |
Democrat |
| Martin Frederick Ansel | Jan 15, 1907 Jan 17, 1911 |
Democrat |
| Coleman Livingston Blease | Jan 17, 1911 Jan 14, 1915 |
Democrat |
| Charles Aurelius Smith | Jan 14, 1915 Jan 19, 1915 |
Democrat |
| Richard Irvine Manning III | Jan 19, 1915 Jan 21, 1919 |
Democrat |
| Robert Archer Cooper | Jan 21, 1919 May 20, 1922 |
Democrat |
| Wilson Godfrey Harve | May 20, 1922 Jan 16, 1923 |
Democrat |
| Thomas Gordon McLeod | Jan 16, 1923 Jan 18, 1927 |
Democrat |
| John Gardiner Richards, Jr. | Jan 18, 1927 Jan 20, 1931 |
Democrat |
| Ibra Charles Blackwood | Jan 20, 1931 Jan 15, 1935 |
Democrat |
| Burnett R. Maybank | Jan 17, 1939 Nov 4, 1941 |
Democrat |
| Joseph Emile Harley | Nov 4, 1941 Feb 27, 1942 |
Democrat |
| Richard Manning Jefferies | Feb 27, 1942 Jan 19, 1943 |
Democrat |
| Olin D. Johnston | Jan 19, 1943 Jan 2, 1945 |
Democrat |
| Ransome Judson Williams | Jan 2, 1945 Jan 21, 1947 |
Democrat |
| Strom Thurmond | Jan 21, 1947 Jan 16, 1951 |
Democrat |
| James Francis Byrnes | Jan 16, 1951 Jan 18, 1955 |
Democrat |
| George Bell Timmerman, Jr. | Jan 18, 1955 Jan 20, 1959 |
Democrat |
| Ernest | Jan 20, 1959 Jan 15, 1963 |
Democrat |
| Donald Stuart Russell | Jan 15, 1963 Apr 22, 1965 |
Democrat |
| Robert Evander McNair | Apr 22, 1965 Jan 19, 1971 |
Democrat |
| John C. West | Jan 19, 1971 Jan 21, 1975 |
Democrat |
| James Burrows Edwards | Jan 21, 1975 Jan 10, 1979 |
Republican |
| Richard Wilson Riley | Jan 10, 1979 Jan 14, 1987 |
Democrat |
| Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. | Jan 14, 1987 Jan 11, 1995 |
Republican |
| David Muldrow Beasley | Jan 11, 1995 Jan 13, 1999 |
Republican |
| James Hovis Hodges | Jan 13, 1999 Jan 15, 2003 |
Democrat |
| Mark Sanford | Jan 15, 2003 Jan 12, 2011 |
Republican |
| Nikki Haley | Jan 12, 2011 Incumbent |
Republican |
