A list of South Carolina Governors.
Proprietary Period (1670-1719)
- William Sayle 1670-1671
- Joseph West (chosen by the council) 1671-1672
- Sir John Yeamans 1672 - 1674
- Joseph West 1674 - 1682
- Joseph Morton 1682 - 1684
- Richard Kyrle 1684
- Robert Quarry (chosen by the council) 1684 - 1685
- Joseph West 1685
- Joseph Morton 1685 - 1686
- James Colleton 1686 - 1690
- Seth Sothell 1690 - 1692
- Philip Ludwell 1692 - 1693
- Thomas Smith 1693 - 1694
- Joseph Blake (chosen by the council) 1694
- John Archdale 1694 - 1696
- Joseph Blake 1696 - 1700
- James Moore (chosen by the council) 1700 - 1702
- Sir Nathaniel Johnson 1702 - 1703
- Edward Tynte 1703 - 1709
- Robert Gibbes (chosen by the council) 1710 - 1711
- Charles Craven 1711 - 1716
- Robert Daniell (deputy-governor) 1716 - 1717
- Robert Johnson 1717 - 1719
Royal Period (1719-1776)
- James Moore (elected by the people) 1719 - 1721
- Sir Francis Nicholson 1721 - 1729
- Arthur Middleton (president of the council and acting governor) 1724 - 1729
- Robert Johnson 1729 - 1735
- Thomas Broughton (lieutenant-governor) 1735 - 1737
- William Bull (president of tile council, lieutenant-governor) 1737 - 1743
- James Glen 1743 - 1756
- William Henry Lyttleton 1756 - 1760
- Thomas Boone 1761 - 1764
- William Bull II (lieutenant-governor) 1764 - 1766
- Lord Charles Greville Montague 1766 - 1773 (Bull continued as Lt. Governor)
- William Bull II 1773 - 1775
- Lord William Campbell 1775
Statehood Period (1776 to Present)