SC Governors – Duncan Clinch Heyward, 1903-1907

Biographical Overview

• Born: June 24, 1864 in Richland County, South Carolina
  
• Died: January 23, 1943 in Columbia, South Carolina
  
• Buried:
• Religion: Episcopalian
  
• Political Party: Democrat
  

Education

• Washington and Lee University - Lexington, VA
  
• University of South Carolina - honorary degree, 1938
  

Occupations

• Planter
• Businessman
• Author

Major Events and Accomplishments, 1st term, 1903–1905

• February 13, 1903 – The General Assembly passed the state's first child labor law, making it illegal for any child under ten years of age to work in a factory, mine, or mill
  
• June 6, 1903 – More than sixty people died when the Pacolet River flooded
  
• The General Assembly passed the Brice Act, allowing individual counties to choose not to participate in the liquor dispensary system
  

Major Events and Accomplishments, 2nd term, 1905–1907

• 1905 – The Gibbes Museum of Art opened on Meeting Street in Charleston
  

Other Government Positions

• Collector of Federal Internal Revenue Taxes for South Carolina - appointed by President Woodrow Wilson, 1913
  

Other Accomplishments, Honors, Distinctions

• Heyward authored Seed from Madagascar
  

Election Results, First Term

• On November 4, 1902, Heyward was elected to his first term without opposition, receiving 31,817 votes
  

Election Results, Second Term

• On November 8, 1904, Governor Heyward was reelected without opposition, receiving 51,917 votes
  

Web Resources

• Listing of records available at SC Archives and History Center