S.C. Const. art. IV, § 4
The term of office of the Governor shall be four years, beginning at noon on the first Wednesday following the second Tuesday in January next after his election and ending at noon on the first Wednesday following the second Tuesday in January four years later.
(1972 (57) 3171; 1973 (58) 48.)
The present provisions of this section are somewhat similar to former Section 2 of Article IV as it existed prior to the 1973 revision. For similar provisions in Constitution of 1868, see Const 1868, Art III, Section 2.