<page_title> List of Governors of South Carolina </page_title> <section_title> Governors under the Constitution of 1790 </section_title> <table> <cell> 56 <col_header> # </col_header> <col_header> 38 </col_header> <col_header> 39 </col_header> <col_header> 40 </col_header> <col_header> 41 </col_header> <col_header> 42 </col_header> <col_header> 43 </col_header> <col_header> 44 </col_header> <col_header> 45 </col_header> <col_header> 46 </col_header> <col_header> 47 </col_header> <col_header> 48 </col_header> <col_header> 49 </col_header> <col_header> 50 </col_header> <col_header> 51 </col_header> <col_header> 52 </col_header> <col_header> 53 </col_header> <col_header> 54 </col_header> <col_header> 55 </col_header> </cell> <cell> Pierce Mason Butler <col_header> Governor </col_header> <row_header> 56 </row_header> </cell> <cell> December 10, 1836 <col_header> Took Office </col_header> <row_header> 56 </row_header> </cell> <cell> December 7, 1838 <col_header> Left Office </col_header> <row_header> 56 </row_header> </cell> </table>
Pierce Mason Butler served as the 56th Governor of South Carolina from 1836 to 1838.