Jeter, Thomas B
lawyer, jurist, state senator, governor, was born in 1825.
He served several terms as state senator of South Carolina; was president of the senate at the time of the resignation of Governor Simpson, in 1880, and by virtue of his office, became governor of the state.
He resigned in 1880 to accept the position of chief justice of the state supreme court; and in 1883 was appointed one of the railroad commissioners of the state.
He died May 20, 1883.