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The Governor of South Carolina is the chief executive of the state. The governor is elected to a four-year term and may serve up to two consecutive terms. The current governor is Republican Henry McMaster who succeeded to the office of Governor of South Carolina when Governor Nikki Haley resigned to become the United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
The South Carolina State House is the building housing the government of the U.S. state of South Carolina, which includes the South Carolina General Assembly and the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina.
The Secretary of State of South Carolina is an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of government of the U.S. state of South Carolina.The secretary of state is the chief clerk of state government in South Carolina and is responsible for registering businesses and trademarks, regulating charities, authorizing cable franchises, commissioning notaries public, and serving as the ...
The governor of South Carolina is the head of government of South Carolina. The governor is the ex officio commander-in-chief of the National Guard when not called into federal service. The governor's responsibilities include making yearly "State of the State" addresses to the South Carolina General Assembly , submitting an executive budget ...
The following is a list of legislative terms of the South Carolina General Assembly, the law-making branch of government of the U.S. state of South Carolina. South Carolina became part of the United States on May 23, 1788 .
South Carolina was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and was admitted as a state on May 23, 1788. [1] Before it declared its independence, South Carolina was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain. It seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860, [2] and was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861. [3]
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) [1] Commissioner of Agriculture
The South Carolina General Assembly, also called the South Carolina Legislature, is the state legislature of the U.S. state of South Carolina. The legislature is bicameral and consists of the lower South Carolina House of Representatives and the upper South Carolina Senate. All together, the General Assembly consists of 170 members.