South Carolina: State Governors: 1779-1865

Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the State of South Carolina
8 Feb 1779 - 31 Jan 1782	John Rutledge [1][2]
31 Jan 1782 - 6 Feb 1783	John Mathews
6 Feb 1783 - 11 Feb 1785	Benjamin Guerard
11 Feb 1785 - 21 Feb 1787	William Moultrie
21 Feb 1787 - 26 Jan 1789	Thomas Pinckney
26 Jan 1789 - 5 Dec 1792	Charles Pinckney
5 Dec 1792 - 18 Dec 1794	William Moultrie
18 Dec 1794 - 12 Dec 1796	Arnoldus Vanderhorst
12 Dec 1796 - 18 Dec 1798	Charles Pinckney
18 Dec 1798 - 23 Jan 1800	Edward Rutledge
Lieutenant Governor, acting as Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the State of South Carolina
23 Jan 1800 - 6 Dec 1800	John Drayton
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the State of South Carolina
6 Dec 1800 - 9 Dec 1802	John Drayton
9 Dec 1802 - 10 Dec 1804	James Burchill Richardson
10 Dec 1804 - 11 Dec 1806	Paul Hamilton
11 Dec 1806 - 10 Dec 1808	Charles Pinckney
10 Dec 1808 - 10 Dec 1810	John Drayton
10 Dec 1810 - 11 Dec 1812	Henry Middleton
11 Dec 1812 - 17 Dec 1814	Joseph Alston
17 Dec 1814 - 14 Dec 1816	David Rogerson Williams
14 Dec 1816 - 14 Dec 1818	Andrew Pickens, Jr.
14 Dec 1818 - 14 Dec 1820	John Geddes
14 Dec 1820 - 9 Dec 1822	Thomas Bennett, Jr.
9 Dec 1822 - 10 Dec 1824	John Lyde Wilson
10 Dec 1824 - 11 Dec 1826	Richard Irvine Manning
11 Dec 1826 - 11 Dec 1828	John Taylor
11 Dec 1828 - 11 Dec 1830	Stephen Decatur Miller
11 Dec 1830 - 11 Dec 1832	James Hamilton, Jr.
11 Dec 1832 - 11 Dec 1834	Robert Young Hayne
11 Dec 1834 - 12 Dec 1836	George McDuffie
12 Dec 1836 - 10 Dec 1838	Pierce Mason Butler
10 Dec 1838 - 7 Apr 1840	Patrick Noble
7 Apr 1840 - 10 Dec 1840	Barnabas Kelet Henagan
10 Dec 1840 - 10 Dec 1842	John Peter Richardson
10 Dec 1842 - 10 Dec 1844	James Henry Hammond
10 Dec 1844 - 10 Dec 1846	William Aiken, Jr.
10 Dec 1846 - 14 Dec 1848	David Johnson
14 Dec 1848 - 16 Dec 1850	Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook
16 Dec 1850 - 13 Dec 1852	John Hugh Means
13 Dec 1852 - 13 Dec 1854	John Lawrence Manning
13 Dec 1854 - 11 Dec 1856	James Hopkins Adams
11 Dec 1856 - 13 Dec 1858	Robert Francis Withers Allston
13 Dec 1858 - 17 Dec 1860	William Henry Gist
17 Dec 1860 - 18 Dec 1862	Francis Wilkinson Pickens
18 Dec 1862 - 19 Dec 1864	Milledge Luke Bonham
19 Dec 1864 - 22 May 1865	Andrew Gordon Magrath [3]

Rutledge was elected at the joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives held in Charleston on 5 Feb 1779. His commission was read and published at a public ceremony in Charleston on 8 Feb 1779.
During the siege of Charleston by the British, Rutledge left the city on 13 Apr 1780 and went into exile.
The capital of South Carolina, Columbia, was occupied by the armed forces of the United States on 17 Feb 1865. Magrath issued a proclamation on 22 May 1865 declaring that he had ceased to exercise the functions of office, and was captured on 25 May 1865.