Henry McMaster

Henry Dargan McMaster became the 117th Governor of South Carolina in January 2017 and was elected to his first full term as governor in November 2018. Gov. McMaster was the first U.S. attorney appointed by President Ronald Reagan and was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. As lieutenant governor, Gov. McMaster served as president of the South Carolina State Senate and headed the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Aging, which aids older adults with social, economic and health needs. Gov. McMaster received his AB degree in history in 1969 from the University of South Carolina and his JD degree in 1973 from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he served on the South Carolina Law Review. He served in the U.S. Army Reserves in the JAG Corps from 1969 to 1975. Gov. McMaster is married to Peggy McMaster, and they have two children. They are members of First Presbyterian Church of Columbia.