SC Governors – Daniel Henry Chamberlain, 1874-1877

South Carolina SC History SC Governors Governor Daniel Henry Chamberlain

Biographical Overview Born: June 23, 1835 in West Brookfield, MA Died: April, 1907 in Charlottesville, VA Buried: Charlottesville, VA Religion: Political Party: Republican	Daniel Henry Chamberlain Courtesy of South Caroliniana Library
Education Yale University - graduated 1862 with honors
Occupations Second Lieutenant, United States Army Planter Lawyer Author Professor of Constitutional Law, Cornell University, 1883-1897

Major Events and Accomplishments, 1874–1877

• Public expenditures were reduced
  
• 1876 – Governor Chamberlain was inaugurated for a second term after a count was taken that disregarded votes from Laurens and Edgefield counties. Read more about the most corrupt election in SC history.
  
• 1877 – A complete count of the votes revealed that Governor Chamberlain had been defeated by Wade Hampton.
  
• 1877 – Chamberlain left South Carolina during the withdrawal of federal troops. The troops had been called in to maintain order while the election fall-out was settled.
  

Other Government Positions

• Attorney General of South Carolina, 1868-1872
  

Other Accomplishments, Honors, Distinctions

• Chamberlain was appointed receiver of the South Carolina Railway by order of United States Circuit Court and worked successfully to revive it.
  –Newspaper article about appointment - PDF - appeared in the New York Times on October 8, 1889
  
• Chamberlain authored Charles Sumner and the Treaty of Washington
  

Web Resources

• Listing of records available at SC Archives and History Center
• Biographical information - South Carolina Encyclopedia by The Humanities Council
  
• Governor Chamberlain's Administration in South Carolina - article that appeared in the New Englander and Yale Review
  

Election Results