Style His Honor Formation Board of Trade | Term length Four years Salary $46,545 (2016) | |
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Inaugural holder Thomas Broughton (1730) | ||
This is a list of lieutenant governors of the U.S. state of South Carolina, 1730 to present.
Contents
- Royal period 17191776
- Vice Presidents under the Constitution of 1776
- Lieutenant Governors under the Constitution of 1778
- Lieutenant Governors under the Constitution of 1790
- Lieutenant Governors under the Constitution of 1865
- Lieutenant Governors under the Constitution of 1895
- Living former US Lieutenant Governors of South Carolina
- References
Royal period (1719–1776)
The Lieutenant Governor position was created by the British government under the control of the Board of Trade in 1729 for a term beginning on January 1, 1730. Prior to that, the Governor appointed a deputy governor to act in his stead during his absence. There were only three Lieutenant Governors during the Royal period and two were father and son.
Vice Presidents under the Constitution of 1776
The General Assembly chose the Vice President for a term of two years.
Lieutenant Governors under the Constitution of 1778
The General Assembly chose the Lieutenant Governor for a term of two years.
Lieutenant Governors under the Constitution of 1790
The General Assembly chose the Lieutenant Governor for a term of two years.
Lieutenant Governors under the Constitution of 1865
First Constitution of South Carolina to provide for the direct election of the Lieutenant Governor.
Lieutenant Governors under the Constitution of 1895
From 2018 on, Governors and Lieutenant Governors will run on the same ticket.
Living former U.S. Lieutenant Governors of South Carolina
As of January 2017, ten former U.S. lieutenant governors of South Carolina were alive, the oldest being Ernest Hollings (served 1955–1959, born 1922). The most recent death of a former U.S. lieutenant governor of South Carolina was that of Burnet R. Maybank Jr. (served 1959–1963, born 1924), on October 25, 2016, the most recently serving U.S. lieutenant governor of South Carolina to die was Nancy Stevenson (served 1979-1983) on May 31, 2001.