Henry McMaster

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Henry Dargan McMaster (born May 27, 1947) is an American politician and attorney serving since 2017 as the 117th governor of South Carolina. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2003 to 2011 as the 50th attorney general of South Carolina and from 2015 to 2017 as the 91st lieutenant governor of South Carolina, under Governor Nikki Haley. Born in Columbia, South Carolina, McMaster graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts. After earning a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law, he worked for U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond in private legal practice and as a federal prosecutor. Appointed United States attorney for the District of South Carolina by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, he gained attention for investigating South Carolina marijuana smugglers in Operation Jackpot. After two unsuccessful statewide campaigns, for U.S. Senate in 1986 and lieutenant governor in 1990, McMaster chaired the South Carolina Republican Party from...

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