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South Carolina Governor - Coleman Livingston Blease - 1911-1915

SC Governors – Coleman Livingston Blease, 1911-1915

Governor Coleman Livingston Blease

Also see: SC Government

Major Events and Accomplishments, 1st term, 1911–1913

February 11, 1911 – The General Assembly adopted Henry Timrod's "Carolina" as the state song
August 27-28, 1911 – A severe hurricane destroyed the rice crop, marking the end of the commercial growth of rice in South Carolina
November 5, 1912 – Woodrow Wilson, who spent his teenage years with family in Columbia, was elected president of the United States

Major Events and Accomplishments, 2nd term, 1913–1915

January 14, 1915 – Governor Blease resigned just five days before the end of his second term
1911-1915 – Over the course of his two terms in office, Governor Blease exercised his power to pardon over 1,500 times

Other Government Positions

South Carolina House of Representatives, 1890-1894, 1899-1900
South Carolina Senate, 1904-1908
Mayor of Newberry, SC, 1910
US Senate, 1925-1931

Other Accomplishments, Honors, Distinctions

Blease was defeated in the 1922 Democratic gubernatorial primary by Thomas Gordon McLeod.
Blease was defeated in the 1934 Democratic gubernatorial primary by Olin D. Johnston.
Blease was defeated in the 1938 Democratic gubernatorial primary by Burnet Rhett Maybank.

Election Results

On November 8, 1910, Blease was elected to his first term of governor without opposition, receiving 30,739 votes.
On November 5, 1912, Blease was reelected without opposition, receiving 44,122 votes.

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