Governor · South Carolina

Henry McMaster

Governor of South Carolina

Henry McMaster is the governor of South Carolina, in office since January 24, 2017. A Republican, he was previously a U.S. attorney, the state's attorney general and its lieutenant governor, and was elected to full terms as governor in 2018 and 2022.

Background

Biography

Henry Dargan McMaster was born on May 27, 1947, in Columbia, South Carolina. He received a bachelor's degree in history from the University of South Carolina in 1969 and graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1973. He served in the U.S. Army Reserves, receiving an honorable discharge in 1975. After law school he was a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond and joined the law firm of Tompkins and McMaster in 1974.

President Ronald Reagan appointed him a U.S. attorney in 1981. He was appointed to the state Commission on Higher Education in 1991 and chaired the state Republican Party from 1993 to 2002. He was elected attorney general of South Carolina in 2002 and re-elected in 2006, and after service on the South Carolina Ports Authority board he was elected lieutenant governor in 2014.

McMaster was sworn in as governor in January 2017 following then-Governor Nikki Haley's appointment as United States ambassador to the United Nations, and the National Governors Association dates his service from January 24, 2017. He was elected to a full term in November 2018 and re-elected in November 2022.

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Governor · South Carolina

Henry McMaster

Governor of South Carolina

Background

Biography

Voting record

This office does not cast congressional roll-call votes.

Governor of South Carolina is an executive office. The Baseline will not manufacture a congressional voting score for it; sourced checks, statements, and coverage appear below.

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Biography

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Published claim checks

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Biography

This office does not cast congressional roll-call votes.

Published claim checks

Also from South Carolina