<page_title> List of Governors of South Carolina </page_title> <section_title> Governors under the Constitution of 1868 </section_title> <table> <cell> Wade Hampton III <col_header> Governor </col_header> <row_header> 77 </row_header> </cell> <cell> February 26, 1879 <col_header> Left Office </col_header> <row_header> 77 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Resigned <col_header> Notes </col_header> <row_header> 77 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 78 <col_header> # </col_header> <col_header> 74 </col_header> <col_header> 75 </col_header> <col_header> 76 </col_header> <col_header> 77 </col_header> </cell> <cell> William Dunlap Simpson <col_header> Governor </col_header> <row_header> 78 </row_header> </cell> <cell> February 26, 1879 <col_header> Took Office </col_header> <row_header> 78 </row_header> </cell> <cell> September 1, 1880 <col_header> Left Office </col_header> <row_header> 78 </row_header> </cell> </table>
William Dunlap Simpson was the 78th Governor of South Carolina from February 26, 1879, when the previous Governor, Wade Hampton, resigned, until 1880.