Washington Hodges Timmerman (May 29, 1832 – July 14, 1908) was an American politician.

After subsequent medical studies and his admission as a doctor, he began to work in this profession.

During the Civil War he served in the Confederate Army, where he rose to the rank of captain.

[1] Following the resignation of Lieutenant Governor Eugene B. Gary, who resigned to serve as a justice at the South Carolina Supreme Court, Timmerman was forced to assume the vacated office of Lieutenant Governor, in accordance with the state constitution as "President Pro Tempore" of the State Senate.

Until 1894 he officiated under Governor Benjamin Tillman and then under his successor John Gary Evans.