The following table indicates the parties of elected officials in the U.S. state of South Carolina: Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State Attorney General Treasurer Comptroller General Superintendent of Education Adjutant General (no longer elected after 2014; appointed by governor beginning in 2019) Commissioner of Agriculture

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate State House of Representatives State delegation to the U.S. Senate State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

Bold indicates present office holders.

1776–1864

YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoral votesGovernorLt. GovernorSec. of StateAtty. Gen.ComptrollerAdj. Gen.State SenateState HouseU.S. Senator (Class II)U.S. Senator (Class III)U.S. House1776John Rutledge Henry Laurens Alexander Moultrieno such officeInd.no such offices1777James Parsons Ind.1778Rawlins Lowndes 1779John Rutledge Thomas Bee Pierce ButlerInd.Ind.1780Christopher Gadsden 1781Ind.Ind.1782John Mathews Richard Hutson 1783Benjamin Guerard Richard Beresford John VanderhorstInd.Ind.1784William Moultrie 1785William Moultrie Charles Drayton Ind.Ind.17861787Thomas Pinckney Thomas Gadsden Peter Freneau F maj.F maj.17881789Charles Pinckney Alexander Gillon F maj.F maj.Pierce Butler Ralph Izard 3AA, 2PAWashington 17901791Isaac Holmes F maj.F maj.3PA, 2AA1792William Moultrie James Ladson John Julius PringleLaurence ManningF maj.F maj.Pierce Butler 17935AA, 1PAWashington 1794Arnoldus Vanderhorst Lewis Morris F maj.F maj.Pierce Butler 4AA, 2PA1795Stephen RavenelJacob Read 4DR, 2AA1796Charles Pinckney Robert Anderson DR maj.F maj.1797John Hunter 3DR, 3FJefferson 1798Edward Rutledge John Drayton DR maj.DR maj.1799Isaac Motte DartCharles Pinckney 5F, 1DR1800John Drayton Richard Winn Paul Hamilton DR maj.DR maj.1801John E. Colhoun 3DR, 3FJefferson 1802James Burchill Richardson Ezekiel Pickens DR maj.DR maj.Thomas Sumter 1803Daniel Elliott HugerPierce Butler 6DR, 2F1804Paul Hamilton Thomas Sumter Jr. Thomas Lee 1805John Baylis EarleJohn Gaillard 8DRJefferson/Clinton 1806Charles Pinckney John Hopkins 1807Stephen Lee Jr.1808John Drayton Frederick Nance Langdon Cheves 1809Madison/Clinton 1810Henry Middleton Samuel Farrow John Smythe Richardson Sr.1811Daniel James RavenelJohn Taylor 1812Joseph Alston Eldred Simkins 18139DRMadison/Gerry 1814David Rogerson Williams Robert Creswell 1815John G. Brown8DR, 1F1816Andrew Pickens John Alfred Cuthbert 1817George Warren Cross William Smith 9DRMonroe/Tompkins 1818John Geddes William Youngblood Robert Y. Hayne Robert Creswell 1819Beaufort Taylor WattsJohn S. Cogdell 1820Thomas Bennett Jr. William Pinckney 1821Thomas Lee Monroe/Tompkins 1822John Lyde Wilson Henry Bradley James L. Petigru Benjamin T. Elmore 1823William LavalRobert Y. Hayne 1824Richard Irvine Manning I William A. Bull 1825Robert Y. Hayne John Gaillard 9JJackson/Calhoun 1826John Taylor James Witherspoon Sr. Alexander Speer William Harper 1827Robert StarkeWilliam Smith 1828Stephen Decatur Miller Thomas Williams James L. Petigru N maj.N maj.1829Jackson/Calhoun 1830James Hamilton Jr. Patrick Noble Henry Pendleton TaylorHugh S. Legaré Thomas Harrison 1831Samuel Hammond Robert Y. Hayne Stephen Decatur Miller 6J, 3N1832Robert Y. Hayne Charles C. Pinckney II Robert Barnwell Rhett 1833John C. Calhoun vacant7N, 2JFloyd/Lee (DN) 1834George McDuffie Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook William Laval D maj.D maj.William C. Preston 8N, 1J18356N, 2J, 1NR1836Pierce Mason Butler William Porcher DuBose Benjamin H. SaxonHenry BaileyJames Jones1837John C. Calhoun William C. Preston 5N, 3D, 1WMangum/Tyler 1838Patrick Noble Barnabas Kelet Henagan William Edward Hayne 1839Maximillan LaBorde8D, 1W1840Barnabas Kelet Henagan vacant1841John Peter Richardson II W. K. Clowney James Willis CanteyVan Buren 1842James H. Hammond Isaac Donnom Witherspoon William Laval 1843Robert Quash PinckneyDaniel Elliott Huger George McDuffie 7D1844William Aiken Jr. John Fulton Ervin 1845John C. Calhoun Polk/Dallas 1846David Johnson William Cain William C. Black 1847Barnabas Kelet Henagan Andrew Butler 1848Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook William Henry Gist Isaac W. Hayne1849Cass/Butler 1850John Hugh Means Joshua John Ward James B. McCully Franklin H. Elmore Robert Woodward Barnwell 1851Benjamin PerryRobert Barnwell Rhett 1852John Lawrence Manning James Irby William F. De Saussure 1853Josiah J. Evans 6DPierce/King 1854James Hopkins Adams Richard de Treville John D. Ashmore Richard Gill Mills Dunovant1855James Patterson1856Robert F. W. Allston Gabriel Cannon 1857vacantBuchanan/Breckinridge 1858William Henry Gist M. E. Carn Thomas J. Pickens Arthur P. Hayne James H. Hammond 1859Isaac Hayne MeansJames Chesnut Jr. 1860Francis Wilkinson Pickens W. W. Harllee 1861States Rights Gist vacantvacantvacantBreckinridge/Lane 1862Milledge Luke Bonham Plowden Weston James A. Black Wilmot Gibbes De Saussure1863W. R. HunttAlbert Creswell Garlington1864Andrew Gordon Magrath Robert McCaw

1865–present

YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoral votesGovernorLt. GovernorSec. of StateAtty. Gen.TreasurerComptrollerSupt. of Ed.Adj. Gen.Comm. of Ag.State SenateState HouseU.S. Senator (Class II)U.S. Senator (Class III)U.S. House1865Benjamin Franklin Perry vacantW. R. HunttIsaac W. HayneWilliam HoodJames A. Black no such officeAlbert Creswell Garlingtonno such office31NP124NPvacantvacantvacantineligible to participate1866James Lawrence Orr William Dennison Porter Simon L. Leaphart 1867Ellison Capers Simon L. Leaphart 1868Robert Kingston Scott Lemuel Boozer Francis Lewis Cardozo Daniel Henry Chamberlain Niles G. Parker John L. Neagle Justus K. Jillson Thomas J. Robertson Frederick A. Sawyer 4R1869Franklin J. Moses Jr. 25R, 6D110R, 14DGrant/Colfax 1870Alonzo J. Ransier 187126R, 5D100R, 21UR, 3I1872Franklin J. Moses Jr. Richard Howell Gleaves Henry E. Hayne Samuel Wickliff MeltonFrancis Lewis Cardozo Solomon L. Hoge Henry William Purvis187325R, 8D101R, 23DJohn J. Patterson 5RGrant/Wilson 1874Daniel Henry Chamberlain Thomas C. Dunn 187526R, 7C91R, 33C1876Wade Hampton III William Dunlap Simpson Robert Moorman Sims William Stone Johnson Hagood John R. Tolbert Edwin Warren Moïse 1877Robert B. Elliott Simon L. Leaphart Hugh Smith Thompson 18R, 15D65D, 59RMatthew Butler 3R, 2DHayes/Wheeler 1878LeRoy Franklin Youmans 1879William Dunlap Simpson vacant28D, 5R121D, 3RWade Hampton III 5D1880Thomas Bothwell Jeter John C. CoitJohn ScoffingA. P. Butler 1881Johnson Hagood John Doby Kennedy J. P. Richardson John Bratton Arthur Middleton Manigault33D, 2R120D, 4RHancock/English 1882Hugh Smith Thompson John Calhoun Sheppard James Nathan Lipscomb Charles R. MilesWilliam E. Stoney Asbury Coward 3D, 2R1883118D, 6R6D, 1R18841885Milledge Lipscomb Bonham Jr.32D, 3R119D, 5RCleveland/Hendricks 1886John Calhoun Sheppard vacantWilliam Zachariah Leitner Joseph H. Earle John S. Verner James H. Rice 1887John Peter Richardson III William Mauldin I. S. Bamberg 33D, 2R120D, 4R7D1888John Quitman Marshall 1889E. R. McIver 35D121D, 3R6D, 1RCleveland/Thurman 1890Benjamin Tillman Eugene B. Gary James E. Tindal