List of University of South Carolina people

This list of University of South Carolina people includes alumni that are graduates or non-matriculating students, and former professors and administrators of the University of South Carolina, with its primary campus located in the American city of Columbia, South Carolina.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

Alumni

Arts, entertainment, and media

Toro y Moi

Leeza Gibbons

Darius Rucker of the Hootie and the Blowfish

Name	Class year	Notes	Reference
Amanda Baker	2001	actress on General Hospital soap opera	[1]
Chazwick Bundick	2009	a.k.a. Toro Y Moi, musician	[2]
Mel Byars	1960	book author, journalist, professor, and Besterman/McColvin Gold Medal winner	[3]
Wilson Casey	1977	syndicated columnist, book author, and Guinness World Record holder	[4]
Mike Colter	1998	actor	[5]
Rita Cosby	1989	host of MSNBC's Rita Cosby Live and three-time Emmy Award winner	[6]
James McBride Dabbs	1916	regional author and civil rights activist	[7]
Alex Daniels	1978	stunt coordinator and actor, Borat, The Guardian, Dodgeball	[ citation needed ]
Harry Dent	1975	economist and writer	[ citation needed ]
Ainsley Earhardt	1999	anchor for Fox News Weekend TV program	[8]
Lynette Eason	1989	award-winning Christian novelist	[9]
Charles Frazier	1986	author of the best-selling novel Cold Mountain	[10]
Lilian Garcia	1988	singer and WWE ring announcer	[11]
Leeza Gibbons	1978	actress and former host of Entertainment Tonight TV program, three-time Emmy winner	[12]
Ernest Greene	2009	musician; 2009 graduate with a Master's of Library and Information Science	[13]
Lauren Michelle Hill	2000	actress; February 2001 Playboy Playmate of the Month	[ citation needed ]
Jim Hoagland	1961	columnist and former chief foreign correspondent of The Washington Post ; two-time Pulitzer Prize winner	[14]
Hootie and the Blowfish		all four band members attended the University; drummer Jim Sonefeld played on the UofSC soccer team	[15]
Jesse Hughes		musician in Eagles of Death Metal group	[16]
Jasper Johns		artist; attended 1947–48; did not graduate	[17]
Cheslie Kryst		attorney, journalist, Miss USA 2019 winner; also played the UofSC track team	[18]
Amos Lee	1999	singer, songwriter, and folk guitarist	[19]
Alicia Leeke	before 1995	artist, journalist	[20]
Bruce Littlefield	1989	author, lifestyle expert	[21]
Blue Sky	1964	painter and sculptor responsible for the mural Tunnelvision	[22]
W. Thomas Smith, Jr.	1982	author and columnist	[23]
E. Lee Spence	1976	author, editor, and pioneer underwater archaeologist who discovered the wreck of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley in 1970	[24]
Stephen Towns	2004	artist	[25]
Patrick Tyler	1974	chief foreign correspondent for The New York Times	[26]
Matt Watson	1996	Youtube, Supermega, Kids with Problems, Cyndago	[ citation needed ]
Van Earl Wright	1984	anchor for Fox Sports TV programs	[27]

Athletics

Name	Class year	Notes	Reference
Dick Sheridan	1964	former head football coach at North Carolina State University and Furman University	[28]
Dale Steele	1976	former head football coach at Campbell University	[29]
Charlie Weis	M.A. 1989	head football coach at the University of Kansas; former head coach of the University of Notre Dame	[30]

Baseball

Jackie Bradley Jr.

Justin Smoak

Mookie Wilson

Name	Letter years	Notes	Reference
Kent Anderson	1982–1984	retired MLB infielder	[31]
Jackie Bradley Jr.	2009–2011	outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays	[32]
Billy Buckner	2004	retired right-handed pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks	[33]
Brian Buscher	2002–2003	retired infielder for the Minnesota Twins; assistant coach for Gamecock baseball team (2011–)	[34]
Jon Coutlangus	2002–2003	retired left-handed pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks	[35]
Tripp Cromer	1987–1989	retired MLB infielder	[36]
Adam Everett	1997–1998	retired shortstop for the Cleveland Indians; member of gold medal-winning 2000 United States Olympic baseball team	[37]
Lee Gronkiewicz	1999–2001	retired pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays	[38]
Ed Lynch	1974–1977	retired pitcher for the New York Mets and Chicago Cubs; general manager for the Cubs	[39]
Marcus McBeth	1999–2001	retired MLB pitcher	[40]
Kevin Melillo	2002–2004	retired infielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	[41]
Whit Merrifield	2008–2012	second baseman and outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays	[42]
Drew Meyer	2000–2002	retired shortstop for the Texas Rangers	[43]
Steve Pearce	2004–2005	first baseman for the Boston Red Sox	[44]
Brian Roberts	1999	retired infielder for the Baltimore Orioles	[45]
Justin Smoak	2006–2008	first baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays	[46]
Christian Walker	2010–2012	first baseman for the Arizona Diamondbacks	[47]
Mookie Wilson	1977	retired center fielder for the New York Mets	[48]

Men's basketball

Name	Letter years	Notes	Reference
Renaldo Balkman	2004–2006	NBA player	[49]
Tom Boswell	1975	former NBA player	[50]
Mike Brittain	1982–1985	former NBA player	[51]
Bobby Cremins	1968–1970	former Georgia Tech and current College of Charleston head basketball coach	[52]
Mike Dunleavy, Sr.	1973–1976	former NBA player, head coach and general manager of the Los Angeles Clippers	[53]
Chuck Eidson	1999–2003	former MVP of the German Basketball Bundesliga and player in Eurocup	[54]
Alex English	1973–1976	NBA Hall of Famer (highest scorer in the 1980s and seventh all-time scorer with 25,343 points)	[55]
Jo Jo English	1989–1992	former NBA player, top scorer in the 1999–2000 Israel Basketball League	[56]
Jim Fox	1964–1965	former NBA player	[57]
Gary Gregor	1965, 1967–1968	former NBA player	[58]
Skip Harlicka	1965–1968	former NBA player	[59]
Kevin Joyce	1971–1973	former ABA player	[60]
Tre' Kelley	2004–2007	player in the Croatian league	[61]
Tarence Kinsey	2003–2006	NBA player, now plays for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League	[62]
BJ McKie	1996–1999	three-time All-SEC basketball player; the school's all-time leading scorer	[63]
Tom Owens	1969–1971	former NBA player	[64]
Brent Price	1988–1989	former NBA player	[65]
Tom Riker	1970–1972	former NBA player	[66]
John Roche	1969–1971	former NBA player	[67]
Scott Sanderson	1981–1984	head basketball coach at Lipscomb University	[68]
Chris Silva		played in the NBA, now plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ryan Stack	1995–1998	former NBA player	[69]
Brandon Wallace	2004–2007	former NBA player	[70]
Jamie Watson	1991–1994	former NBA player	[71]
Brian Winters	1972–1974	former NBA player, coach of WNBA's Indiana Fever	[ citation needed ]

Football

Alshon Jeffery

Johnathan Joseph

Dunta Robinson

Travelle Wharton

Name	Letter years	Notes	Reference
John Abraham	1996–1999	NFL player	[72]
Tom Addison	1955–1957	American Football League All-Star (Boston Patriots) and founder of American Football League Players Association	[73]
Ronald Edwin Bass	1973–1977	former USC football player and member of the 1971 T. C. Williams High School from Remember the Titans	[74]
Sheldon Brown	1998–2001	former NFL player	[75]
Jadeveon Clowney	2011–2013	NFL player	[76]
Chris Culliver	2007–2010	NFL player	[77]
Justice Cunningham	2009–2012	2013 Mr. Irrelevant	[78]
Mark Dantonio	1976–1978	current Michigan State University head football coach	[79]
Zola Davis	1995–1998	NFL and XFL player	[80]
Patrick DiMarco	2007–2010	former NFL player	[81]
Brad Edwards	1984–1987	former NFL player and athletic director of George Mason University	[82]
Kalimba Edwards	1998–2001	former NFL player	[83]
Stephon Gilmore	2009–2011	NFL player, AFC Defensive Player of the Year 2019 [84]	[85]
Harold Green	1986–1989	former NFL player	[86]
Tori Gurley	2009–2010	NFL player	[87]
Darren Hambrick	1996–1997	former NFL player	[88]
Alex Hawkins	1956–1958	former NFL player and ACC Player of the Year in 1958	[89]
DeVonte Holloman	2009–2012	NFL player	[90]
Melvin Ingram	2009–2011	NFL player	[91]
Alshon Jeffery	2009–2011	NFL player	[92]
Corey Jenkins	2001–2002	former NFL player	[93]
Johnathan Joseph	2004–2005	NFL player	[94]
Cliff Matthews	2009–2010	NFL player	[95]
Kenny McKinley	2005–2008	former NFL player	[96]
Langston Moore	1999–2002	former NFL player	[97]
Eric Norwood	2006–2009	NFL player	[98]
Willie Offord	1998–2001	former NFL player	[99]
Andrew Provence	1979–1982	former NFL player
Dan Reeves	1962–1964	former NFL player and head coach	[100]
Sidney Rice	2005–2006	NFL player	[101]
Dunta Robinson	2001–2003	NFL player	[102]
Marcus Robinson	1993–1994, 1996	former NFL player	[103]
George Rogers	1977–1980	former No. 1 draft pick in the NFL, 1980 Heisman Trophy winner	[104]
Weslye Saunders	2009–2010	NFL player	[105]
Sterling Sharpe	1983, 1985–1987	former NFL player and ESPN football analyst	[106]
Ko Simpson	2004–2005	NFL player	[107]
Duce Staley	1995–1996	former NFL player and Gamecock Radio Network sideline reporter	[108]
Ryan Succop	2005–2008	kicker, 2009 Mr. Irrelevant	[109]
Rod Trafford	1999–2001	NFL player	[110]
Travelle Wharton	2000–2003	NFL player	[111]
Troy Williamson	2002–2004	NFL player	[112]

Men's soccer

Josh Wolff

Name	Letter years	Notes	Reference
Brad Guzan	2003–2004	goalkeeper for Middlesbrough in the Premier League	[113]
Tim Hankinson	1973–1977	head coach of the San Antonio Scorpions in the North American Soccer League	[ citation needed ]
Clint Mathis	1994–1997	retired forward for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer	[114]
Josh Wolff	1995–1997	forward for D.C. United in Major League Soccer	[115]

Other sports

Aleen Bailey

Name	Letter years	Notes	Reference
Aleen Bailey	2002–2003	Olympic gold medalist	[116]
Dawn Ellerbe	1993–1997	track-and-field champion, United States Olympian	[117]
Otis Harris	2001–2004	Olympic gold and silver medalist	[118]
Shannon Johnson	1992–1996	second all-time leading scorer in women's basketball history (2,230 points), member of gold medal-winning 2004 U.S. Olympic basketball team, and four-time WNBA all-star	[119]
Terrence Trammell	1998–2000	Olympic silver medalist in 2000 and 2004; world champion in 60-meter hurdles	[120]
Tonique Williams-Darling	1997–1998	Olympic gold medalist in 2004 in the 400 meters for the Bahamian team	[121]

Business, education, and sciences

David F. Houston

David A. King

Amy Leventer

Drew Van Horn

Name	Class year	Notes	Reference
Rick Brewer	Ph.D. in educational administration	President of Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana, since 2015; administrator at Charleston Southern University in North Charleston, 1987–2015	[122]
Joseph Burckhalter	1934	retired as Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan and member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame	[123]
Bryan Coker	YM.Ed. in higher education	12th president of Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee	[124]
Charles Dallara	1970	international economist and managing director for the Institute of International Finance	[125]
Mohammed Dajani Daoudi	Ph.D. in government, 1981	Palestinian professor and peace activist	[126]
David F. Houston	1887	president of Texas A&M and the University of Texas; chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis	[127]
William "Hootie" Johnson	1953	chairman of the executive committee of Bank of America; former chairman of the Augusta National Golf Club	[128]
Carol Keehan	1980	president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association of the United States	[129]
Larry Kellner	1981	chairman of the board and CEO of Continental Airlines	[130]
David A. King	1983	director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center	[131]
Amy Leventer	1982	marine biologist, micropaleontologist, Antarctic researcher	[132]
Robert C. McNair	1958	owner of NFL franchise Houston Texans	[133]
Darla Moore	1975	financier, philanthropist, namesake of the Moore School of Business	[134]
Simona Hunyadi Murph	Ph.D. in Chemistry Nanotechnology 2007	scientist, engineer, and inventor at Savannah River National Laboratory; adjunct professor at University of Georgia	[135]
Lois Privor-Dumm	1988	Director of Alliances and Information for PneumoADIP, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health	[ citation needed ]
Jacob Shuford	1974	admiral and current president of the United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, 2004–present	[136]
E. Lee Spence	1976	underwater archaeologist; discovered the wreck of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley , 1970	[ citation needed ]
Glenn Tilton	1970	chairman, president, and CEO of United Airlines	[137]
Drew Van Horn	Ph.D. in educational administration	president of Young Harris College in Young Harris, Georgia since 2017; former president at Brevard College in Brevard, North Carolina, 2002–2011	[138]
Samuel Phillips Verner	1892	American missionary and African explorer who brought Ota Benga the human exhibit from the Congo to the US	[139]
John Kenneth Waddell	1988	president of Denmark Technical College	[ citation needed ]
Howard A. "Humpy" Wheeler, Jr.	1961	president of Charlotte Motor Speedway	[140]

Government, law, and politics

Stephen K. Benjamin

Name	Class	Notes	Reference
Weston Adams	1960	U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi; member of the South Carolina House of Representatives	[141]
Lee Atwater	1977	political consultant/strategist	[ citation needed ]
André Bauer		Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina	[ citation needed ]
Stephen K. Benjamin		Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina	[142]
Solomon Blatt, Sr.	1917	former longtime Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives	[143]
Solomon Blatt, Jr.	1941	former District Court judge	[144]
C. Marshall Cain		member of the South Carolina House of Representatives	[145]
Lawrence Cain	1876 Law	member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and the South Carolina Senate	[146]
Andrew Card	1971	former White House chief of staff for President George W. Bush	[147]
Wilbur Cave		former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives	[148]
Joseph W. Coker		member of the South Carolina House of Representatives	[149]
John E. Courson		Republican member, South Carolina Senate	[150]
W. Paul Culbertson		member of the South Carolina House of Representatives	[151]
Allison Dahle		Democratic member, North Carolina House of Representatives	[152]
Katon Dawson	1979	South Carolina Republican Party chairman	[153]
Julie Emerson		Republican member, Louisiana House of Representatives, beginning 2016	[154]
Tom Ervin	1977	Republican member, South Carolina House of Representatives	[155]
James E. Gonzales		member of the South Carolina House of Representatives	[156]
Alvin Greene		Democratic nominee, United States Senate, 2010	[157]
Terry Haskins	1981 Law	member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1986 until his death in 2000	[158]
Richard M. Kenan		member of the South Carolina House of Representatives	[159]
Robert E. Kneece		member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and chairman of the South Carolina Department of Social Services	[160]
Toney J. Lister		member of the South Carolina House of Representatives	[161]
Glenn F. McConnell	1972	South Carolina Senate president pro tempore	[162]
Edgar L. McGowan	1961	Commissioner of Labor of South Carolina	[163]
Hugh R. Miller	1833	member of the Mississippi House of Representatives 1842–1844; mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg	[164]
Melvin Purvis	1925	FBI agent who helped capture 1930s gangsters John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Baby Face Nelson	[165]
Charles V. Pyle Jr.		member of the South Carolina House of Representatives	[166]
Bakari Sellers	2008 Law	member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (2006–2014)	[167]
Paris Simkins	1876	lawyer, minister, and member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1872–1876)	[168]
Harry A. Slattery	1944	Undersecretary of the United States Department of the Interior, 1938–39, the so-called Slattery Report	[ citation needed ]
Jean H. Toal	1968	chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court	[169]
William Henry Wallace	1849	Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Confederate States Army brigadier general, Circuit Judge (1877–1893)	[170]
Charles S. West	1848	Texas jurist and politician	[171]
Knox H. White	Law	Mayor of Greenville, 1995 –	[172]

United States senators from South Carolina

Andrew Butler

Lindsey Graham

Ernest Hollings

Name	Class year	Term in office	Notes	Reference
Christie Benet	1902	1918	also coach of the Gamecock football team	[173]
Coleman Livingston Blease		1925–1931	expelled for plagiarism in 1888, did not graduate; also governor of South Carolina	[ citation needed ]
Andrew Butler	1817	1846–1857	also an author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act	[174]
Matthew Butler	1856	1877–1895	attended in the late 1850s	[175]
Franklin H. Elmore	1819	1850	also United States Representative	[176]
Josiah J. Evans	1808	1853–1858		[177]
Lindsey Graham	1977	2003–present	also United States Representative	[178]
James Henry Hammond	1825	1857–1860	also governor of South Carolina and United States Representative	[179]
Wade Hampton III	1836	1879–1891	also governor of South Carolina	[180]
William Harper	1808	1826	also a jurist and social and political theorist	[181]
Ernest Hollings	1947	1966–2005	also governor of South Carolina	[182]
John W. Johnston	1836	1870–1883	also served in Virginia State Senate	[183]
Olin D. Johnston	1924	1945–1965	also governor of South Carolina	[184]
Alva M. Lumpkin	1908	1941		[185]
George McDuffie	1813	1842–1846	also governor of South Carolina and United States Representative	[186]
Stephen Decatur Miller	1808	1831–1833	also governor of South Carolina and United States Representative	[187]
William P. Pollock	1891	1918–1919		[188]
William C. Preston	1812	1833–1842		[189]
Thomas J. Robertson	1843	1868–1877		[190]
Donald S. Russell	1925	1965–1966	also governor of South Carolina, United States assistant secretary of state for Administration, and president of the University of South Carolina	[191]
Ellison D. Smith		1909–1944	failed freshman year; did not graduate	[192]
Thomas A. Wofford	1928	1956	also graduate of the Harvard University Law School, 1931	[193]

United States representatives from South Carolina

D. Wyatt Aiken

William Aiken

Mendel Jackson Davis

Laurence M. Keitt

George McDuffie

Thomas S. McMillan

Floyd Spence

Joe Wilson

Name	Class year	Term in office	Notes	Reference
D. Wyatt Aiken	1849	1877–1887		[194]
William Aiken Jr.	1825	1851–1857	also governor of South Carolina	[195]
Milledge Luke Bonham	1834	1857–1860	also governor of South Carolina	[196]
William Waters Boyce		1853–1860	attended in the late 1830s; did not graduate	[197]
John Bratton	1850	1884–1885		[198]
William H. Brawley	1860	1891–1894		[199]
Preston Brooks		1853–1857	expelled in 1839 for attempting to free his brother from prison; did not graduate	[200]
Joseph R. Bryson	1920	1939–1953		[201]
Sampson H. Butler		1839–1842	attended in the early 1820s; did not graduate	[202]
William Butler	1810	1841–1843		[203]
Patrick C. Caldwell	1820	1841–1843		[204]
Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.		1979–1987	attended in the late 1950s; did not graduate	[205]
John Campbell	1819	1837–1845		[206]
Robert B. Campbell	1809	1823–1825 1834–1837		[207]
John Carter	1811	1822–1829		[208]
William K. Clowney	1818	1833–1835 1837–1839		[209]
William F. Colcock	1823	1849–1853		[210]
Theodore G. Croft	1897	1904–1905		[211]
Mendel Jackson Davis	1970	1971–1981		[212]
Warren R. Davis	1810	1827–1835		[212]
Butler Derrick		1975–1995		[213]
Frederick H. Dominick		1917–1933		[214]
J. Edwin Ellerbe		1905–1913		[215]
Franklin H. Elmore	1819	1836–1839	also United States senator	[216]
John H. Evins	1853	1877–1884		[217]
David E. Finley	1885	1899–1917		[218]
Allard H. Gasque	1901	1923–1938		[219]
Andrew R. Govan	1813	1822–1827		[220]
Lindsey Graham	1977	1995–2003	also United States senator	[221]
William J. Grayson	1809	1833–1837		[222]
James Henry Hammond	1825	1835–1836	also United States senator and governor of South Carolina	[223]
James Butler Hare	1947	1949–1951		[ citation needed ]
John J. Hemphill	1869	1883–1893		[224]
Robert W. Hemphill	1936	1957–1964		[225]
Kenneth Lamar Holland	1960	1975–1983		[226]
John Jenrette	1962	1975–1980		[227]
Laurence M. Keitt	1843	1853–1860		[228]
George Swinton Legaré		1903–1913		[229]
Hugh S. Legaré	1814	1837–1839		[230]
Edward C. Mann	1906	1919–1921		[231]
James Robert Mann	1947	1969–1979		[232]
Richard Irvine Manning I	1811	1834–1836	also governor of South Carolina	[233]
George McDuffie	1813	1821–1834	also United States senator and governor of South Carolina	[234]
John L. McMillan		1939–1973		[235]
Thomas S. McMillan	1912	1925–1939		[236]
John J. McSwain	1897	1921–1936		[237]
Stephen Decatur Miller	1808	1817–1819	also United States senator and governor of South Carolina	[238]
George W. Murray		1893–1895 1896–1897	attended in the early 1870s; did not graduate	[239]
John Light Napier	1972	1981–1983		[240]
Wilson Nesbitt		1817–1819	left after freshman year in 1805; did not graduate	[241]
William T. Nuckolls	1820	1827–1833		[242]
Liz J. Patterson		1987–1993	attended in the early 1960s; did not graduate	[243]
William H. Perry		1885–1891	attended in the late 1850s; did not graduate	[244]
Francis Wilkinson Pickens		1834–1841	attended in the late 1820s; did not graduate; also governor of South Carolina	[245]
Henry L. Pinckney	1812	1833–1837		[246]
J. Willard Ragsdale		1913–1919		[247]
James P. Richards	1921	1933–1957		[248]
John Peter Richardson II	1819	1836–1839	also governor of South Carolina	[249]
John S. Richardson	1850	1879–1883		[250]
L. Mendel Rivers		1941–1970	attended in the late 1920s; did not graduate	[251]
James Rogers	1813	1835–1837 1839–1843		[252]
Eldred Simkins	1802 (approx.)	1818–1821	also lieutenant governor of South Carolina (1812-1814); also member of the South Carolina State Senate (1810-1812) and South Carolina House of Representatives	[253]
Richard F. Simpson	1816	1843–1849		[254]
Hugo S. Sims, Jr.	1947	1949–1951		[255]
Floyd Spence	1952	1971–2001		[256]
Robin Tallon	1966	1987–1993		[257]
John C. Taylor	1919	1933–1939		[258]
Waddy Thompson, Jr.	1814	1835–1841		[259]
Samuel W. Trotti	1832	1842–1843		[260]
Albert Watson	1950	1963–1971		[261]
Joe Wilson	1972	2001–present		[262]
Joseph A. Woodward		1843–1853	attended in the mid-1820s; did not graduate	[263]

United States representatives and senators from other states

Dixon Hall Lewis

Name	Class year	Term in office	Notes	Reference
Mark Anthony Cooper	1819	1839–1841 1842–1843	United States Representative from Georgia	[264]
David Funderburk	1974	1995–1997	United States Representative from North Carolina	[265]
Henry Washington Hilliard	1826	1845–1851	United States Representative from Alabama	[266]
John W. Johnston		1870–1883	United States Senator from Virginia	[267]
Lewis Charles Levin	1828	1845–1851	United States Representative from Pennsylvania; first Jew elected to the United States Congress	[268]
Dixon Hall Lewis	1820	1829–1844 H 1844–1848 S	United States Representative and United States Senator from Alabama	[269]
Louis Wigfall	1837	1859–1861	United States Senator from Texas	[270]

Governors of South Carolina

Olin D. Johnston

Richard Irvine Manning I

Richard Riley

Donald S. Russell

Name	Class year	Term in office	Notes	Reference
William Aiken Jr.	1825	1844–1846	also United States representative	[271]
David Beasley	1979	1995–1999		[272]
Coleman Livingston Blease		1911–1915	expelled for plagiarism in 1888; did not graduate; also United States senator	[273]
Milledge Luke Bonham	1834	1862–1864	also United States Representative	[274]
Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.		1987–1995	attended in the late 1950s, did not graduate	[275]
John Drayton		1800–1802, 1808–1810	also United States federal judge	[276]
John Geddes		1818–1820	attended in the mid-1810s; did not graduate	[277]
William Henry Gist		1858–1860	expelled in 1827; did not graduate	[278]
James Henry Hammond	1825	1842–1844	also a United States Senator and a United States Representative	[279]
Wade Hampton III	1836	1877–1879	also a United States Senator	[280]
Joseph Emile Harley	1902	1941–1942		[281]
Jim Hodges	1979	1999–2003		[282]
Ernest Hollings	1947	1959–1963	also United States Senator	[283]
Richard Manning Jefferies	1910	1942–1943		[284]
Thomas Bothwell Jeter	1846	1880		[285]
David Johnson		1846–1848	attended in the late 1820s; did not graduate	[286]
Olin D. Johnston	1924	1935–1939 1943–1945	also United States Senator	[287]
Andrew Gordon Magrath	1831	1864–1865		[288]
John Lawrence Manning	1836	1852–1854		[289]
Richard Irvine Manning I	1811	1824–1826	also United States Representative	[290]
George McDuffie	1813	1834–1836	also United States Senator and a United States Representative	[291]
Henry McMaster	1973	2017–incumbent	also South Carolina Attorney General and lieutenant governor of South Carolina
Robert Evander McNair	1947	1965–1971		[292]
John Hugh Means	1832	1850–1852		[293]
Stephen Decatur Miller	1808	1828–1830	also United States Senator and United States Representative	[294]
Franklin J. Moses, Jr.		1872–1874	dismissed from freshman class in 1855; did not graduate	[295]
Francis Wilkinson Pickens		1860–1862	attended in the late 1820s; did not graduate; also United States Representative	[296]
John Peter Richardson II	1819	1840–1842	also United States Representative	[297]
John Peter Richardson III	1849	1886–1890		[298]
Richard Riley	1959	1979–1987	also U.S. Secretary of Education	[299]
Donald S. Russell	1925	1963–1965	also United States Senator	[300]
William Dunlap Simpson	1843	1879–1880		[301]
George Bell Timmerman, Jr.	1937	1955–1959		[302]
John C. West	1946	1971–1975		[303]

Governors of other states

Name	Class year	Term in office	Notes	Reference
John B. Floyd	1829	1849–1852	Governor of Virginia	[304]
John Gayle	1815	1831–1835	Governor of Alabama	[305]
Charles James McDonald	1816	1839–1843	Governor of Georgia	[306]
William McWillie	1817	1857–1859	Governor of Mississippi	[307]
John Murphy	1808	1825–1829	Governor of Alabama	[308]

Military

Wade Hampton III, commander of Hampton's Legion in the Civil War

Name	Class year	Notes	Reference
John Bratton	1850	Confederate general during the American Civil War
Matthew Butler		attended in the late 1850s; did not graduate; Confederate general during the American Civil War
James Ronald Chalmers	1851	Confederate general during the American Civil War
John B. Floyd	1829	Confederate general during the American Civil War and Governor of Virginia
Kathryn Frost	1970	major general in the U.S. Army, at the time the highest-ranked woman in the Army, retired 2005
Martin Witherspoon Gary		attended in the early 1850s; did not graduate; Confederate general during the American Civil War
John W. Goodwin	1975	rear admiral, United States Navy, retired
Maxcy Gregg	1835	Confederate general during the American Civil War
Wade Hampton III	1836	Confederate general during the American Civil War, governor of South Carolina and United States senator
Alexander Cheves Haskell	1860	Confederate colonel during the American Civil War
Samuel McGowan	1841	Confederate general during the American Civil War
Jacob L. Shuford	1974	admiral and president of the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, 2004–2008
John A. Wharton	1850	Confederate general during the American Civil War
Knox H. White	Law school	mayor of Greenville, 1995–	[172]

Religion and ministry

Name	Class year	Notes	Reference
Stephen Elliott	1825	first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia	[309]
Terrell Glenn	1980	bishop in the Anglican Church in North America	[310]
Bryant Wright	1974	president of the Southern Baptist Convention	[ citation needed ]

Presidents of the University of South Carolina

Main article: Presidents of the University of South Carolina

Faculty and administrators

Name	Years	Notes	Reference
Charles Bierbauer	2002–present	former CNN senior Washington correspondent	[311]
Claire Jiménez		author, McCausland Faculty Fellow	[312]

Former faculty and administrators

Richard Theodore Greener

Name	Years	Notes	Reference
Edward Porter Alexander	1867–1870	also chief of artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee and mathematics professor	[313]
Augusta Braxton Baker	1980–1994	librarian and storyteller	[314]
Robby Benson	1988–1990	actor	[315]
W. Lewis Burke		professor of law, historian of American race relations, and Black studies	[316]
Roger A. Coate	2001–2008	political scientist	[317]
Thomas Cooper	1819–1834	educator, philosopher, and political leader	[318]
John Mark Dean	1977–2002	conservationist and marine biologist	[319]
James Dickey	1969–1997	poet and novelist; author of Deliverance	[320]
Walter Edgar	1972–2012	South Carolina historian	[321]
Donald Fowler	1966–1968 1971–2020	former chairman of the Democratic National Committee	[322]
Lawrence B. Glickman	1992–2014	historian of American consumerism	[323]
Richard Theodore Greener	1873–1877	first Black person to graduate from Harvard University and first to teach at the University of South Carolina	[324]
Alexander Cheves Haskell	1867–1868	professor of law	[325]
John LeConte	1856–1869	geologist	[326]
Joseph LeConte	1856–1870	geologist	[327]
Francis Lieber	1835–1856	jurist and political philosopher	[328]
John McLaren McBryde	1882–1888	Virginia Tech president	[329]
Abioseh Nicol	1990–1991	author, diplomat from Sierra Leone; former under-secretary general of the United Nations	[330]
Barry Preedom	1976–2006	physicist	[331]
Jihan Sadat	1985–1986	widow of Anwar Sadat	[ citation needed ]
Emory M. Sneeden	1978–1982	United States Court of Appeals Judge	[332]
Richard L. Walker	1957–1981	former United States ambassador to South Korea	[333]

Honorary degree recipients

John Drayton

Name	Year issued	Notes	Reference
John Drayton	1807	Governor of South Carolina; pushed for the foundation of South Carolina College to unite the state	[276]
Moses Waddel	1807	educator in South Carolina and Georgia	[334]
Thomas Cooper	1833	President of the University of South Carolina	[335]
Robert Woodward Barnwell	1842	President of the University of South Carolina	[336]
Thomas Green Clemson	1886	agriculturalist	[337]
Ellison Capers	1888	Confederate general during the American Civil War	[ citation needed ]
Joseph B. Kershaw	1893	Confederate general during the American Civil War	[338]
Hugh Smith Thompson	1900	Governor of South Carolina	[ citation needed ]
James F. Byrnes		Governor of South Carolina	[339]
Helen Hayes	1979	actress	[340]

See also

• Biography portal
• Lists portal
• United States portal

References

1. "Amanda Baker". CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
2. "Chazwick Bundick". 2014 Tucson Weekly. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
3. "Mel Byars". Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
4. "Wilson Casey". The University of South Carolina Upstate. Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
5. "Mike Colter". 2014 CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
6. "Rita Cosby". My Carolina Alumni Association. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
7. "Dabbs, James McBride". South Carolina Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
8. "Ainsley Earhardt". 2014 FOX News Network, LLC. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
9. "Lynette Eason – Romantic Suspense". 2022 Serious Writer, Inc. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
10. "Charles Frazier". University of South Carolina Board of Trustees. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
11. "Lilian Garcia". 2014 WWE. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
12. "Leeza Gibbons". University of South Carolina Board of Trustees. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
13. "Ernest Greene". Library Journal. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
14. "Jim Hoagland". My Carolina Alumni Association. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
15. "Hootie & the Blowfish" . Retrieved April 14, 2015.
16. "Jesse Hughes". CBS Interactive © 2014 Last.fm Ltd. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
17. "Jasper Johns". 2014 Educational Broadcasting Corporation. March 28, 2008. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
18. "Cheslie Kryst wins Miss USA 2019". CNN. Archived from the original on May 3, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
19. "Amos Lee". About Philly.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
20. "Alicia Leeke". University of South Carolina Board of Trustees. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
21. "Bruce Littlefield". University of South Carolina Board of Trustees. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
22. "Blue Sky". 20011 City Art. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
23. "W. Thomas Smith, Jr". U. S. Writer.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
24. "E. Lee Spence". 2013 by Shipwrecks, Inc. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
25. "An Offering #7". National Museum of African American History and Culture. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
26. "Patrick Tyler". 2004 The New York Times Company. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
27. "Van Earl Wright". University of South Carolina Board of Trustees. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
28. "Dick Sheridan". North Augusta Sports Commission. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
29. "Dale Steele". Campbell University. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
30. Heather VanHoegarden, CHARLIE WEIS: Family and football Archived August 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine , Irish Insider, April 22, 2005, Accessed November 29, 2012.
31. "Kent Anderson Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
32. "D.T. Cromer Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
33. "Billy Buckner Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
34. "Brian Buscher Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
35. "Jon Coutlangus Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
36. "Tripp Cromer Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
37. "Adam Everett Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
38. "Lee Gronkiewicz". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
39. "Ed Lynch Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
40. "Marcus McBeth Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
41. "Kevin Melillo". Baseball Reference.com. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
42. "Whit Merrifield Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
43. "Drew Meyer Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
44. "Steve Pearce Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
45. "Brian Roberts Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
46. "Justin Smoak Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
47. "Christian Walker Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More" . Retrieved November 8, 2022.
48. "Mookie Wilson Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
49. "Renaldo Balkman". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
50. "Tommy G. Boswell". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
51. "Michael James Brittain (Mike)". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
52. "Bobby Cremins". 2012 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
53. "Michael Joseph Dunleavy (Mike)". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
54. "Chuck Eidson". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
55. "Alexander English (Alex, The Blade)". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
56. "Stephen English (Jo-Jo)". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
57. "James L. Fox (Jim, Foxy)". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
58. "Gary W. Gregor". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
59. "Jules Peter Harlicka (Skip)". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
60. "Kevin Francis Joyce". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
61. "Tre' Kelley". CBSSports.com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
62. "Tarence Kinsey". CBSSports.com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
63. "B.J. McKie". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
64. "Thomas William Owens (Tom)". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
65. "Brent Price". BasketballReference.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
66. "Thomas E. Riker (Tom)". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
67. "John Michael Roche (Johnny)". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
68. "Scott Sanderson". Lipscomb University. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
69. "Ryan Eugene Stack". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
70. "Brandon Wallace". 2014 CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
71. "Jamie Lovell Watson". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
72. "John Abraham". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
73. "Thomas Marion Addison". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
74. "Ron Bass". sports-reference.com. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
75. "Sheldon Brown". ESPN NFL. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
76. "Jadeveon Clowney". NFL.com. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
77. "Chris Culliver #29 DB". NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
78. "Justice Cunningham". 2014 CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
79. "Mark Dantonio". 2014 CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
80. "Zola Davis". all-xfl.com. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
81. "Patrick DiMarco".
82. "Athletic Department Brad Edwards". The Official Website of Newberry College Athletics. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
83. "Kalimba Edwards". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
84. "Stephon Gilmore named AFC Defensive Player of the Month". www.patriots.com. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
85. "Stephon Gilmore". ESPN NFL. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
86. "Harold Green". NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
87. "Tori Gurley". ESPN NFL. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
88. "Darren Hambrick". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
89. "Chilton Alexander Hawkins". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
90. "DeVonte Holloman Stats". ESPN NFL. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
91. "Melvin Ingram Stats". ESPN NFL. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
92. "Alshon Jeffery Stats". ESPN NFL. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
93. "Corey LaVester Jenkins". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
94. "Johnathan Joseph". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
95. "Cliff Matthews #98 DE". NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
96. "Kenny McKinley #11 WR". NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
97. "Langston Moore". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
98. "Eric Norwood #92 DE". NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
99. "Willie Offord". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
100. "Daniel Edward Reeves". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
101. "Sidney Rice". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
102. "Dunta Robinson". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
103. "Marcus Robinson". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
104. "George Washington Rogers". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
105. "Weslye Saunders". ESPN NFL. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
106. "Sterling Sharpe". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
107. "Ko Simpson". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
108. "Duce Staley". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
109. "Ryan Succop #6 K". NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
110. "Rodney Trafford". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
111. "Glenn Travelle Wharton". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
112. "Troy Williamson". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
113. "Brad Guzan". 2014 CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
114. "Clint Mathis". 2014 CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
115. "Josh Wolff". 2014 CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
116. "Aleen Bailey". 2014 CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
117. "Dawn Ellerbe". 2014 CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
118. "Otis Harris". 2014 CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
119. "Shannon Johnson". 2014 CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
120. "Terrence Trammell". 2014 CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
121. "Tonique Williams-Darling". 2014 CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
122. Brian Blackwell (March 6, 2015). "Rick Brewer to lead Louisiana College". The Baptist Message. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
123. "Joseph Burckhalter". ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
124. "Dr. Bryan Coker named 12th president of Maryville College". February 13, 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
125. "Charles Dallara". Institute for New Economic Thinking. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
126. Facing global environmental change : environmental, human, energy, food, health and water security concepts. Brauch, Hans Günter, 1947-. Berlin: Springer. 2009. ISBN   978-3-540-68488-6. OCLC   428884686.
127. "David F. Houston". Texas State Historical Association. June 15, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
128. "William "Hootie" Johnson". 2014 The Washington Times, LLC. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
129. "Carol Keehan". 2006 The Opus Prize Foundation. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
130. "Larry Kellner". 2014 ABC Inc., KTRK-TV/DT Houston, TX. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
131. "David A. King". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
132. "Amy Leventer". colgate.edu. Colgate University. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
133. "Robert C. McNair". 2002 University of South Carolina Board of Trustees. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
134. "Darla Moore" . Retrieved August 28, 2014.
135. "Department of Physics and Astronomy: Simona E. Hunyadi Murph, Adjunct Professor". University of Georgia.
136. "Jacob Shuford". The Kubrick Theme Blog at WordPress.com. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
137. "Glenn Tilton". University of South Carolina Board of Trustees. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
138. "Presidential Bio". Young Harris College. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
139. "Samuel Phillips Verner". TheGuardian.com . Retrieved April 29, 2019.
140. "Howard A. Wheeler, Jr". University of South Carolina Board of Trustees. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
141. "Weston Adams". 2013 Council of American Ambassadors. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
142. "Stephen K. Benjamin". 2014 Forbes.com LLC. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
143. "Solomon Blatt, Sr". University of South Carolina Board of Trustees. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
144. "Solomon Blatt, Jr". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
145. Legislative Manual - General Assembly of South Carolina, General Assembly of South Carolina, 1980
146. "Edgefield County Historical Society – The Edgefield Advertiser" . Retrieved August 19, 2020.
147. "Andrew Card". University of South Carolina Board of Trustees. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
148. Theroux, Paul (2015). Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads. London, UK: Hamish Hamilton. pp. 46–47. ISBN   9780241146729.
149. South Carolina Legislative Manual, General Assembly of South Carolina, 1972, p. 90
150. "John E. Courson". South Carolina Legislative Services Agency. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
151. South Carolina Legislative Manual, General Assembly of South Carolina, 1968
152. "About Allison". Allison for House. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
153. "Katon Dawson". 2014 South Carolina State University. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
154. "Julie Emerson". Facebook . Retrieved October 26, 2015.
155. Shain, Andrew (March 28, 2014). "S.C. attorney Tom Ervin to oppose Gov. Nikki Haley in GOP primary". CharlotteObserver.com. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
156. South Carolina Legislative Manual, General Assembly of South Carolina, 1981
157. "Alvin Greene". 1996–2014 The Washington Post. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
158. "Terry Haskins Memorial website". terryhaskins.com. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
159. "Richard Kenan Obituary (1940-2020)". The State . January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2023– via Legacy.com.
160. Legislative Manual - General Assembly of South Carolina, General Assembly of South Carolina, 1970
161. South Carolina Legislative Manual, General Assembly of South Carolina, 1976
162. "Glenn F. McConnell". South Carolina Legislative Services Agency. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
163. The Associated Press (December 24, 2017). "Edgar McGowan, former state Labor Department director, dies". AccessWDUN. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
164. La Borde, M. (1859). History of the South Carolina College. Columbia, S. C.: Peter B. Glass. p. 443. OCLC   1046586939.
165. "Melvin Purvis". 1996–2013 A+E Television Networks, LLC. Archived from the original on February 22, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
166. "Charles Victor Pyle, Jr". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
167. "CNN's Bakari Sellers on Being Friends With Trump Supporters and Eyeing the South Carolina Governor's Mansion | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
168. Foner, Eric (1996). Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. LSU Press. pp. 194–195. ISBN   9780807120828.
169. "Jean H. Toal". 2000–2014 South Carolina Judicial Department Photo of Justice Jean Toal. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
170. "William Henry Wallace". Encyclopedia of the American Civil War. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
171. "Charles S. West". 2004–2011 Rare Books and Special Collections. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
172. "Knox White, Mayor". greenvillesc.gov. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
173. "BENET, Christie, (1879–1951)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
174. "BUTLER, Andrew Pickens, (1796–1857)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
175. "BUTLER, Matthew Calbraith, (1836–1909)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
176. "ELMORE, Franklin Harper, (1799–1850)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
177. "EVANS, Josiah James, (1786–1858)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
178. "GRAHAM, Lindsey O., (1955 – )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
179. "HAMMOND, James Henry, (1807–1864)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
180. "Wade Hampton III (March 28, 1818 – April 11, 1902)". The Latin Library. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
181. "HARPER, William, (1790–1847)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
182. "HOLLINGS, Ernest Frederick, (1922 – )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
183. "JOHNSTON, John Warfield, (1818–1889)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
184. "JOHNSTON, Olin DeWitt Talmadge, (1896–1965)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
185. "LUMPKIN, Alva Moore, (1886–1941)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
186. "McDUFFIE, George, (1790–1851)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
187. "MILLER, Stephen Decatur, (1787–1838)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
188. "POLLOCK, William Pegues, (1870–1922)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
189. "PRESTON, William Campbell, (1794–1860)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
190. "ROBERTSON, Thomas James, (1823–1897)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
191. "RUSSELL, Donald Stuart, (1906–1998)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
192. "SMITH, Ellison DuRant, (1864–1944)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
193. "WOFFORD, Thomas Albert, (1908–1978)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
194. "AIKEN, David Wyatt, (1828–1887)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
195. "AIKEN, William, (1806–1887)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
196. "BONHAM, Milledge Luke, (1813–1890)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
197. "BOYCE, William Waters, (1818–1890)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
198. "BRATTON, John, (1831–1898)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
199. "BRAWLEY, William Huggins, (1841–1916)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
200. "BROOKS, Preston Smith, (1819–1857)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
201. "BRYSON, Joseph Raleigh, (1893–1953)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
202. "BUTLER, Sampson Hale, (1803–1848)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
203. "BUTLER, William, (1790–1850)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
204. "CALDWELL, Patrick Calhoun, (1801–1855)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
205. "CAMPBELL, Carroll Ashmore, Jr., (1940–2005)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
206. "CAMPBELL, John, (Birth date unknown – 1845)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
207. "CAMPBELL, Robert Blair, (Birth date unknown – 1862)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
208. "CARTER, John, (1792–1850)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
209. "CLOWNEY, William Kennedy, (1797–1851)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
210. "COLCOCK, William Ferguson, (1804–1889)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
211. "CROFT, Theodore Gaillard, (1874–1920)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
212. "DAVIS, Mendel Jackson, (1942–2007)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
213. "DERRICK, Butler Carson, Jr., (1936 – )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
214. "DOMINICK, Frederick Haskell, (1877–1960)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
215. "ELLERBE, James Edwin, (1867–1917)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
216. "ELMORE, Franklin Harper, (1799–1850)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
217. "EVINS, John Hamilton, (1830–1884)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
218. "INLEY, David Edward, (1861–1917)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
219. "GASQUE, Allard Henry, (1873–1938)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
220. "GOVAN, Andrew Robison, (1794–1841)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
221. "GRAHAM, Lindsey O., (1955 – )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
222. "GRAYSON, William John, (1788–1863)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
223. "HAMMOND, James Henry, (1807–1864)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
224. "HEMPHILL, John James, (1849–1912)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
225. "HEMPHILL, Robert Witherspoon, (1915–1983)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
226. "HOLLAND, Kenneth Lamar, (1934 – )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
227. "JENRETTE, John Wilson, Jr., (1936 – )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
228. "KEITT, Laurence Massillon, (1824–1864)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
229. "LEGARÉ, George Swinton". infoplease. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
230. "LEGARÉ, Hugh Swinton, (1797–1843)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
231. "MANN, Edward Coke, (1880–1931)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
232. "MANN, James Robert, (1920–2010)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
233. "MANNING, Richard Irvine, (1789–1836)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
234. "McDUFFIE, George, (1790–1851))". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
235. "McMILLAN, John Lanneau, (1898–1979)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
236. "McMILLAN, Thomas Sanders, (1888–1939)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
237. "John J. McSwain". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
238. "Stephen Decatur Miller". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
239. "George W. Murray". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
240. "John Light Napier". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
241. "Wilson Nesbitt". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
242. "William T. Nuckolls". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
243. "Liz J. Patterson". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
244. "William H. Perry". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
245. "Francis Wilkinson Pickens". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
246. "Henry L. Pinckney". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
247. "J. Willard Ragsdale". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
248. "James P. Richards". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
249. "John Peter Richardson II". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
250. "John S. Richardson". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
251. "L. Mendel Rivers". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
252. "James Rogers". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
253. "SIMKINS, Eldred (1779–1831)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
254. "Richard F. Simpson". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
255. "Hugo S. Sims, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
256. "Floyd Spence". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
257. "Robin Tallon". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
258. "John C. Taylor". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
259. "Waddy Thompson, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
260. "Samuel W. Trotti". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
261. "Albert Watson". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
262. "Joe Wilson". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
263. "Joseph A. Woodward". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
264. "Mark Anthony Cooper". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
265. "David Funderburk". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
266. "Henry Washington Hilliard". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
267. "John W. Johnston". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
268. "Lewis Charles Levin". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
269. "Dixon Hall Lewis". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
270. "Louis Wigfall". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
271. "William Aiken, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
272. "South Carolina Governor David M. Beasley". National Governors Association. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
273. "Coleman Livingston Blease". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
274. "Milledge Luke Bonham". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
275. "Carroll A. Campbell, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
276. "John Drayton". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
277. "John Geddes". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
278. "William Henry Gist". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
279. "James Henry Hammond". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
280. "Wade Hampton III". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
281. "Joseph Emile Harley". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
282. "Jim Hodges". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
283. "Ernest Hollings". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
284. "Richard Manning Jefferies". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
285. "Thomas Bothwell Jeter". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
286. "David Johnson". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
287. "Olin D. Johnston". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
288. "Andrew Gordon Magrath". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
289. "John Lawrence Manning". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
290. "Richard Irvine Manning I". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
291. "George McDuffie". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
292. "Robert Evander McNair". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
293. "John Hugh Means". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
294. "Stephen Decatur Miller". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
295. "Franklin J. Moses, Jr". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
296. "Francis Wilkinson Pickens". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
297. "John Peter Richardson II". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
298. "John Peter Richardson III". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
299. "Richard Riley". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
300. "Donald S. Russell". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
301. "William Dunlap Simpson". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
302. "George Bell Timmerman, Jr". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
303. "John C. West". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
304. "John B. Floyd". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
305. "John Gayle (Alabama politician)". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
306. "Charles James McDonald". Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
307. "William McWillie". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
308. "John Murphy". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
309. "Stephen Elliott (bishop)". 2010 Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
310. "The Rt. Rev. Terrell L. Glenn". Diocese of the Carolinas. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
311. "Charles Bierbauer". University of South Carolina Board of Trustees. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
312. "Claire Jimenez - Department of English Language and Literature". sc.edu. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
313. "Edward Porter Alexander". 2010–2015 GaCivilWar.org. Archived from the original on September 7, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
314. "The Augusta Baker Collection of African-American Children's Literature & Folklore - University Libraries | University of South Carolina". sc.edu. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
315. "Robby Benson". USA Today. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
316. "The Players". The State. May 18, 2004. p. 6. Retrieved July 9, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
317. "Roger Coate". University of South Carolina . Retrieved July 6, 2025.
318. "Thomas Cooper". University of South Carolina Board of Trustees. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
319. "John Mark Dean" (PDF). Research Planning. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
320. "James Dickey". University of South Carolina Board of Trustees. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
321. "Walter Edgar". 2010 University of South Carolina Board of Trustees. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
322. "Donald Fowler". THE CITADEL – THE MILITARY COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
323. "Lawrence B. Glickman" (PDF). Department of History University of South Carolina. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
324. "Richard Theodore Greener". University of South Carolina Board of Trustees. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
325. "Alexander Cheves Haskell". 2001, The Board of Trustees of the University of South Carolina. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
326. Green, Edwin Luther (1916). A History of the University of South Carolina. State Company, 1916. p.  80. John LeConte University of South Carolina.
327. "Joseph LeConte". 2004–2014 by the Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
328. "Francis Lieber". University of South Carolina Presidents & Professors. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
329. "John McLaren McBryde". 2014 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
330. Pace, Eric (September 28, 1994). "Abioseh Nicol". The New York Times. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
331. "Barry Preedom Obituary (1940-2025)". The State . June 9, 2025. Retrieved July 5, 2025– via Legacy.com.
332. "Emory M. Sneeden". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
333. "Richard L. Walker". My Carolina Alumni Association. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
334. "Moses Waddel". reformedforum.org. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
335. "Thomas Cooper". University of South Carolina Archives. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
336. "Robert Woodward Barnwell". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
337. "Thomas Green Clemson | Clemson University, South Carolina". www.clemson.edu. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
338. Catalogue of the University of South Carolina. University of South Carolina. 1892. p. 11.
339. "James F. Byrnes". 2014 SCIWAY.net, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
340. "Helen Hayes". My Carolina Alumni Association. Retrieved March 16, 2014.