William Haselden Ellerbe

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name=William Haselden Ellerbe

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order=86^th
office=Governor of South Carolina
term_start=January 18, 1897
term_end=June 2, 1899
lieutenant=Miles Benjamin McSweeney
predecessor=John Gary Evans
successor=Miles Benjamin McSweeney
birth_date=Birth date|1862|4|7
birth_place=Marion, South Carolina
death_date=Death date and age|1899|6|2|1862|4|7
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party=Democratic
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William Haselden Ellerbe (April 7, 1862ndash June 2, 1899) was Democratic Governor of South Carolina from 1897 to 1899.

Born in Marion, South Carolina, he was raised in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina and attended Wofford College and Vanderbilt University. After which he returned to Marion to marry Henrietta Rogers and engage in planting and business ventures.

His political career began when he was elected as Comptroller of South Carolina in 1890, serving until 1892. In the 1896 gubernatorial election, he won the Democratic primary and convincingly won in the general election to become the 86th governor of South Carolina. He sought reelection two years later in the 1898 gubernatorial election and was unopposed in his bid. However, he died on June 2, 1899 before he was able to finish his second term as governor and was buried in Marion.

External links

* [http://www.sciway.net/hist/governors/ellerbe.html SCIway Biography of William Haselden Ellerbe]
* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=7bdd5e82a858a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD NGA Biography of William Haselden Ellerbe]