Order of the Palmetto recipients

Richard Bruce Cheney was an American politician and businessman who was the vice president of the United States under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009. Cheney was a leading advocate for the Iraq War, and has been called the most powerful vice president in the history of the United States.

American Christian evangelist (1918–2018)

American politician and diplomat (born 1972)

American economist (born 1953)

American boxer (1944–2011)

Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. was an American civil rights activist, LGBTQ rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister. A protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. and James Bevel during the civil rights movement, he became one of the most prominent civil rights leaders of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and an ardent advocate and early supporter of LGBTQ rights in the United States. From 1991 to 1997, he served as a shadow United States senator for the District of Columbia.

American actor (born 1949)

23rd Administrator of NASA and astronaut

United States Army general (1914-2005)

American rock 'n roll singer

Italian-American composer and librettist (1911–2007)

American media personality, writer and film producer (1935–2024)

American writer (1923–1997)

novelist

American politician (born 1940)

American politician, UN official and 113th Governor of South Carolina

American activist for children's rights (born 1939)

African-American military pilots during World War II

American political consultant and strategist (1951–1991)

former U.S. congressman

politician and United States Marine (1927–2023)

American politician from South Carolina

American activist (1898-1987)

American politician

American textile executive (1915-2010)

Governor of the Hudson Bay Company