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Office | Governor |
Honorific | Governor - Abbr: Gov. |
Type | General Election |
Filing Deadline | October 01, 1858 - 12:00pm Central |
Polls Open | December 10, 1858 - 07:00am Central |
Polls Close | December 10, 1858 - 07:00pm Central |
Term Start | January 03, 1859 - 12:00pm |
Term End | December 14, 1860 - 12:00pm |
Contributor | Joshua L. |
Last Modified | Joshua L. May 23, 2004 12:49am |
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Gist was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly by secret ballot.
Governor Gist notified the other southern states that South Carolina was strongly considering secession - October 5, 1860
Governor Gist left office the same day that the Secession Convention met to consider the question of secession following Lincoln's election as President of the United States - December, 1860
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