sentences:  William Henry Gist
  
  William Henry Gist (August 22, 1807 – September 30, 1874) was the 68th Governor of South Carolina from 1858 to 1860 and a leader of the secession movement in South Carolina.He was one of the signers of the Ordinance of Secession on December 20, 1860, which effectively launched the Confederacy.