EXECUTIVE · SC · 2003-2011
Mark Sanford
Governor · Republican · South Carolina
On the record
Resigned amid Argentina-mistress scandal; later U.S. Rep
SEVERITY · RESIGNED
Background
Mark Sanford (Republican) was South Carolina's Governor 2003–2011 (8 years). Took office after Jim Hodges; succeeded by Nikki Haley. Departure context: Resigned amid Argentina-mistress scandal; later U.S. Rep. Same-year political environment (2003): Attorney General Henry McMaster; Secretary of State Mark Hammond; Treasurer Grady Patterson. Later filed for federal office (FEC ID H4SC01073: House + President).
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Others who held this office in South Carolina
- Henry McMaster (2017-present)
- Nikki Haley (2011-2017)
- Jim Hodges (1999-2003)
- David Beasley (1995-1999)
- Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (1987-1995)
- Richard Riley (1979-1987)
- James B. Edwards (1975-1979)
- John C. West (1971-1975)
- Robert E. McNair (1965-1971)
- Donald S. Russell (1963-1965)
- Ernest Hollings (1959-1963)
- George Bell Timmerman Jr. (1955-1959)
- James F. Byrnes (1951-1955)
- Strom Thurmond (1947-1951)