| Attorney General of South Carolina | |
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| Style | The Honorable |
| Term length | Four years, no limit |
| Salary | $208,000 [1] |
| Website | www |
The attorney general of South Carolina is the state's chief legal officer and prosecutor. [2]
| Attorney General of South Carolina | |
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| Style | The Honorable |
| Term length | Four years, no limit |
| Salary | $208,000 [1] |
| Website | www |
The attorney general of South Carolina is the state's chief legal officer and prosecutor. [2]
On February 5, 1698, Nicholas Trott was appointed as the first attorney general of South Carolina during its time as a British colony. He arrived in Charleston and assumed his duties the following year. [3] Alexander Moultrie, half-brother of Revolutionary War figure and future governor William Moultrie, was named the state's first attorney general under its first state "president", John Rutledge, in 1776. Rutledge had been provincial attorney general himself for 10 months before independence. Moultrie was impeached and resigned in 1792 for diverting state funds into the Yazoo land company fraud.
After the 1876 South Carolina gubernatorial election, the state was left with a contested election and a dual government, from the election in November through April 1877. Republican Robert B. Elliott served briefly in this situation under Republican governor Daniel Henry Chamberlain, while James Conner held office under fellow Confederate officer and Democrat Wade Hampton III. Hampton and Conner prevailed.
The colonial province of South Carolina was first organized under a royal governor in 1720. [4]
| Image | Name | Took office | Left office | Party |
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| Alexander Moultrie | 1776 | 1792 | ||
| John Julius Pringle | 1792 | 1808 | ||
 | Langdon Cheves | December 8, 1808 | December 4, 1810 | Democratic-Republican |
| John Smythe Richardson (Sr.) | 1810 | 1818 | ||
 | Robert Y. Hayne | December 18, 1818 | December 7, 1822 | Democratic-Republican |
 | James L. Petigru | 1822 | 1830 | Whig |
 | Hugh S. Legaré | November 27, 1830 | November 29, 1832 | Democratic |
 | Robert Rhett | November 29, 1832 | March 4, 1837 | Democratic |
| Henry Bailey | 1837 | 1848 | ||
 | Isaac W. Hayne | 1848 | 1868 | |
 | Daniel Henry Chamberlain | July 6, 1868 | December 7, 1872 | Republican |
| Samuel Wickliff Melton | 1872 | 1876 | Republican | |
| William Stone | 1876 | 1876 | Republican | |
 | Robert B. Elliott (disputed) | December 14, 1876 | May 29, 1877 | Republican |
 | James Conner (disputed) | 1876 | 1877 | Democratic |
 | LeRoy F. Youmans | 1877 | 1882 | Democratic |
| Charles R. Miles | 1882 | 1886 | ||
 | Joseph H. Earle | November 30, 1886 | December 4, 1890 | Democratic |
 | Young J. Pope | 1890 | 1891 | |
 | John L. McLaurin | December 10, 1891 | December 5, 1892 | Democratic |
| Daniel A. Townsend | 1892 | 1894 | ||
| William A. Barber | 1894 | 1898 | ||
| G. Duncan Bellinger (Sr.) | 1898 | 1902 | ||
| U. X. Gunter, Jr. | 1902 | 1905 | Democratic | |
| | LeRoy F. Youmans | 1905 | 1906 | Democratic |
| D.C. Ray | 1906 | 1907 | ||
| J. Fraser Lyon | 1907 | 1912 | ||
| Thomas H. Peeples | 1913 | 1918 | Democratic | |
| Samuel M. Wolfe | 1918 | 1924 | ||
| John M. Daniel | 1924 | 1950 | Democratic | |
| Tolliver Cleveland Callison Sr. [6] | 1951 | 1959 | Democratic | |
| Daniel R. McLeod | 1959 | 1983 | Democratic | |
| Thomas T. Medlock | January 3, 1983 | January 3, 1995 | Democratic | |
 | Charlie Condon | January 15, 1995 | January 15, 2003 | Republican |
 | Henry McMaster | January 15, 2003 | January 12, 2011 | Republican |
 | Alan Wilson | January 12, 2011 | present | Republican |
Charles Pinckney was a noted South Carolina politician and colonial agent. He was also the father of two candidates for Vice-President and President. For four presidential elections in a row, from 1796 to 1808, one of his sons would receive votes in the Electoral College.
Christopher Gadsden was an American politician who was the principal leader of the South Carolina Patriot movement during the American Revolution. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress, a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, a merchant, and the designer of the Gadsden flag. He is a signatory to the Continental Association.
These are lists of territorial governors by century and by year, such as the administrators of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.
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John Rutledge was an American Founding Father, politician, and jurist who served as one of the original associate justices of the Supreme Court and the second chief justice of the United States. Additionally, he served as the first president of South Carolina and later as its first governor after the Declaration of Independence was signed.
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