What is List of governors of South Carolina?
{{Infobox Political post |post = Governor |body = South Carolina |insignia = Seal of the Governor of South Carolina.png |insigniasize = 100px |insigniacaption = [[Seals of the Governors of the U.S. States|Seal of the Governor]] |image = South Carolina Adjutant General Change of Command 190216-A-ZK151-1186 (40152238643).jpg |imagesize = 200px |incumbent = [[Henry McMaster]] |incumbentsince = January 24, 2017 |style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]] |termlength = Four years, renewable once consecutively; afterwards, the officeholder must sit out for one term before being eligible again |residence = [[South Carolina Governor's Mansion]] |formation = [[Constitution of South Carolina]] |inaugural = [[John Rutledge]] (as State, 1776)<br> [[William Sayle]] (as Colony, 1670) |salary = $106,078 (2013)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://knowledgecenter.csg.org/kc/content/csg-releases-2013-governor-salaries |title=CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries |publisher=The Council of State Governments |date=June 25, 2013 |access-date=November 23, 2014 |archive-date=October 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022032437/http://knowledgecenter.csg.org/kc/content/csg-releases-2013-governor-salaries |url-status=dead }}</ref> |website = {{URL|http://www.governor.sc.gov/}} }} [[File:SC Governor's office in Columbia IMG 4767.JPG|right|thumb|Outer part of the governor's office in the [[South Carolina State House]] in [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]]] The '''Governor of the State of South Carolina''' is the [[head of state]] for the state of [[South Carolina]]. Under the South Carolina Constitution, the governor is also the [[Government of South Carolina|head of government]], serving as the chief executive of the South Carolina [[executive branch]]. The governor is the ''[[ex officio]]'' [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[South Carolina National Guard|National Guard]] when not called into [[Federal Government of the United States