South Carolina legislature
Martha Thomas Fitzgerald (1916), first woman elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in a general election
Kambrell Garvin, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Chip Huggins (1987), member of South Carolina House of Representatives
Ann McCrory, First Lady of North Carolina
Terence Roberts, mayor of Anderson, South Carolina
Gary Simrill, former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Linda H. Short (1984), former South Carolina State senator
Lois Rhame West (1943), First Lady of South Carolina (1971–1975); first woman to chair the Muscular Dystrophy Association; co-chair of Winthrop's first capital campaign
Kate Vixon Wofford (1916), first woman to hold elected office in South Carolina
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Pi'erre Bourne (Jordan Timothy Jenks), music producer and rapper
Cathy Smith Bowers (BA, 1972; MA, 1976), poet and professor; North Carolina Poet Laureate (2010–2012)
Leigh Chapman, screenwriter, television writer and actress
Matthew Cordell, …
