Benjamin Perry | |
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United States Senator-elect from South Carolina | |
In office Not seated | |
Preceded by | James Chesnut James Hammond |
Succeeded by | Thomas Robertson Frederick Sawyer |
Governor of South Carolina | |
In office June 30, 1865 – November 29, 1865 | |
Appointed by | Andrew Johnson |
Preceded by | Second Military District (military government) Andrew Gordon Magrath |
Succeeded by | James Orr |
Personal details | |
Born | Benjamin Franklin Perry November 20, 1805 Pickens District, South Carolina, U.S. (now South Carolina) |
Died | December 3, 1886 Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. | (aged 81)
Political party | Democratic |
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.