REGULATORY · SC · 2003-2007
Charlie Sharpe
Agriculture Commissioner · Republican · South Carolina
On the record
Pleaded guilty 2007 to bribery + tax evasion
SEVERITY · FELONY · CRIMES · bribery, tax-evasion
Background
South Carolina's Agriculture Commissioner 2003–2007: Charlie Sharpe — 4-year tenure. Took office after Les Tindal; succeeded by Hugh Weathers. Press-relevant: Pleaded guilty 2007 to bribery + tax evasion. Same-year political environment (2003): Governor Mark Sanford; Attorney General Henry McMaster; Secretary of State Mark Hammond.
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Others who held this office in South Carolina
- Hugh Weathers (2007-present)
- Les Tindal (1983-2003)
- Les Tindal (1983-2002)
- Tom Garrison (1971-1977)
- W. Lloyd Hayes (1958-1971)
- D. W. Watkins (1947-1958)