Benjamin Franklin Perry

Benjamin Perry
United States Senator-elect
from South Carolina
In office
Not seated
Preceded byJames Chesnut
James Hammond
Succeeded byThomas Robertson
Frederick Sawyer
Governor of South Carolina
In office
June 30, 1865 – November 29, 1865
Appointed byAndrew Johnson
Preceded bySecond Military District (military government)
Andrew Gordon Magrath
Succeeded byJames Orr
Personal details
Born
Benjamin Franklin Perry

(1805-11-20)November 20, 1805
Pickens District, South Carolina, U.S. (now South Carolina)
DiedDecember 3, 1886(1886-12-03) (aged 81)
Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

Benjamin Franklin Perry (November 20, 1805 – December 3, 1886) was the 72nd Governor of South Carolina, appointed by U.S. President Andrew Johnson in 1865 after the end of the American Civil War.