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2 days ago · The governor of South Carolina is the head of government of South Carolina and serves as commander-in-chief of the U.S. state 's military forces. The current governor is Henry McMaster .
- Carroll A. Campbell Jr
Campbell at a 1986 campaign rally, with Vice President...
- Franklin J. Moses Jr
Franklin Israel Moses Jr. (January 1, 1838 – December 11,...
- Carroll A. Campbell Jr
4 days ago · Wade Hampton II (April 21, 1791 – February 10, 1858) was an American plantation owner and soldier in the War of 1812. He was a member of the Hampton family, whose influence was strong in South Carolina politics and social circles for nearly 100 years.
3 days ago · Longstreet served from 1897 to 1904, under presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, as U.S. Commissioner of Railroads, succeeding Wade Hampton III. In 1897, at the age of 76, in a ceremony at the governor's mansion in Atlanta , Longstreet married 34-year-old librarian Helen Dortch .
3 days ago · Gone with the Wind is a novel by American writer Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The story is set in Clayton County and Atlanta, both in Georgia, during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
May 14, 2024 · This Statue of Wade Hampton III was erected in Columbia, SC on November 20, 1906, six months after the Confederate veteran reunion was held there. It was funded by the State Commission, the United Daughters of the Confederacy (Wade Hampton Chapter), and the United Confederate Veterans (Hampton Camp).
May 9, 2024 · By 1874 he assailed the corruption of South Carolina Republicans. In 1877, Thomas James Robertson advised President Grant to allow the election of Wade Hampton III as governor, which effectively ended Reconstruction.
May 2, 2024 · Wade Hampton III (1818-1902) was a Confederate Lieutenant General during the American Civil War and was a US Senator from SC from 1879-1891, Governor of South Carolina from 1876-1879, South Carolina state Senator (1858-1861), and served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1852-1858.
