Thomas Gordon McLeod

Thomas Gordon McLeod


95th Governor of South Carolina
In office January 16, 1923 – January 18, 1927
Lieutenant	E.B. Jackson
Preceded by	Wilson Godfrey Harvey
Succeeded by	John Gardiner Richards, Jr.
66th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
In office January 15, 1907 – January 17, 1911
Governor	Martin Frederick Ansel
Preceded by	John Sloan
Succeeded by	Charles Aurelius Smith
Member of the South Carolina Senate from Lee County
In office January 13, 1903 – January 8, 1907
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	B. Franklin Kelley
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Sumter County
In office January 8, 1901 – January 13, 1903
Personal details
Born	Thomas Gordon McLeod (1868-12-17)December 17, 1868 Lynchburg, South Carolina
Died	December 11, 1932(1932-12-11) (aged 63) Bishopville, South Carolina
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Alford
Children	4
Alma mater	Wofford College
Profession	Lawyer, politician
Religion	Methodist

Thomas Gordon McLeod (December 17, 1868 – December 11, 1932) was the 95th Governor of South Carolina from 1923 to 1927.

Born in Lynchburg, South Carolina to William J. McLeod, a former captain in the Confederate Army, and Amanda McMillan Rogers McLeod, he attended Lynchburg Academy and graduated from Wofford College and the University of Virginia Law School.

His political career began when he was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1900 and he became the first state senator from the newly formed Lee County in 1902. In 1906, he was elected the 66th lieutenant governor of South Carolina and re-elected in 1908. In the 1922 gubernatorial election, McLeod won a Democratic primary runoff against former Governor Cole Blease, effectively becoming the 95th governor of South Carolina. Re-elected in 1924, McLeod served as governor until his term expired in 1927.

Upon leaving office he became the president of the Bishopville Telephone Company. He died on December 11, 1932, in Bishopville and is buried in the Bishopville Methodist Churchyard.

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Political offices
Preceded by John Sloan	Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina 1907–1911	Succeeded by Charles A. Smith
Preceded by Wilson Godfrey Harvey	Governor of South Carolina 1923–1927	Succeeded by John Gardiner Richards, Jr.

Governors of South Carolina

J. Rutledge Lowndes J. Rutledge Mathews Guerard Moultrie T. Pinckney C. Pinckney Moultrie Vanderhorst C. Pinckney E. Rutledge Drayton J. Richardson P. Hamilton C. Pinckney Drayton Middleton Alston D. Williams A. Pickens Geddes Bennett Wilson Manning I Taylor Miller J. Hamilton Hayne McDuffie Butler Noble Henagan Richardson II Hammond Aiken Johnson Seabrook Means J. Manning Adams Allston Gist F. Pickens Bonham Magrath Perry Orr Scott Moses Chamberlain Hampton Simpson Jeter Hagood Thompson Sheppard Richardson III Tillman Evans Ellerbe McSweeney Heyward Ansel Blease Smith Manning III Cooper Harvey McLeod Richards Blackwood Johnston Maybank Harley Jefferies Johnston R. Williams Thurmond Byrnes Timmerman Hollings Russell McNair West Edwards Riley Campbell Beasley Hodges Sanford Haley

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 40949840 LCCN: n88295982

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