<Tr> <Th> 117 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Henry McMaster </Td> <Td> January 24, 2017 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> Kevin L. Bryant </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> This is a table of congressional seats, other federal offices, other governorships, and other high offices held by governors . All representatives and senators mentioned represented South Carolina except where noted . * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take . </P> <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 Sanford </Td> <Td> 2003--2011 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nikki Haley </Td> <Td> 2011--2017 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United States Ambassador to the United Nations * </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Governor </Th> <Th> Gubernatorial term </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> U.S. Congress </Th> <Th> Other offices held </Th> </Tr>

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