South Carolina gubernatorial elections
Results

South Carolina gubernatorial elections

Section Title: Results
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Year	First	Second	County Map

1865	James Lawrence Orr No party 9,928 51.9%	Wade Hampton III No party 9,186 48.1%	Yellow counties were won by Orr and cyan counties were won by Hampton

1868	Robert Kingston Scott Republican 69,693 75.1%	William D. Porter Democrat 23,057 24.9%	Red counties were won by Scott and blue counties were won by Porter

1870	Robert Kingston Scott Republican 85,071 62.3%	Richard B. Carpenter Union Reform 51,537 37.7%	Red counties were won by Scott and magenta counties were won by Carpenter

1872	Franklin J. Moses, Jr. Republican 69,838 65.4%	Reuben Tomlinson Independent Republican 36,533 34.3%	Red counties were won by Moses and magenta counties were won by Tomlinson

1874	Daniel Henry Chamberlain Republican 80,403 53.9%	John T. Green Independent Republican 68,818 46.1%	Red counties were won by Chamberlain and magenta counties were won by Green

1876	Wade Hampton III Democrat 92,261 50.3%	Daniel Henry Chamberlain Republican 91,127 49.7%	Blue counties were won by Hampton and red counties were won by Chamberlain

1878	Wade Hampton III Democrat 119,550 99.8%	Unopposed	Blue counties were won by Hampton

1880	Johnson Hagood Democrat 117,432 96.4%	L.W.R. Blair Greenback-Labor 4,277 3.5%	Blue counties were won by Hagood

1882	Hugh Smith Thompson Democrat 67,158 79.0%	J. Hendrix McLane Greenback-Labor 17,719 20.8%	Blue counties were won by Thompson and green counties were won by McLane

1884	Hugh Smith Thompson Democrat 67,895 100%	Unopposed	Blue counties were won by Thompson

1886	John Peter Richardson III Democrat 33,114 99.9%	Unopposed	Blue counties were won by Richardson

1888	John Peter Richardson III Democrat 58,730 100%	Unopposed	Blue counties were won by Richardson

1890	Ben Tillman Democrat 59,159 79.8%	Alexander Cheves Haskell Straightout Democrat 14,828 20.0%	Blue counties were won by Tillman and cyan counties were won by Haskell

1892	Ben Tillman Democrat 56,673 99.9%	Unopposed	Blue counties were won by Tillman

1894	John Gary Evans Democrat 39,507 69.6%	Sampson Pope Independent 17,278 30.4%	Blue counties were won by Evans and magenta counties were won by Pope

1896	William Haselden Ellerbe Democrat 59,424 89.1%	Sampson Pope Reorganized Republican 4,432 6.6%	Blue counties were won by Ellerbe

1898	William Haselden Ellerbe Democrat 28,225 100%	Unopposed

1900	Miles Benjamin McSweeney Democrat 46,457 100%	Unopposed

1902	Duncan Clinch Heyward Democrat 31,817 100%	Unopposed

1904	Duncan Clinch Heyward Democrat 51,917 100%	Unopposed	Blue counties were won by Heyward

1906	Martin Frederick Ansel Democrat 30,251 100%	Unopposed	Blue counties were won by Ansel

1908	Martin Frederick Ansel Democrat 61,060 100%	Unopposed

1910	Coleman Livingston Blease Democrat 30,739 100%	Unopposed

1912	Coleman Livingston Blease Democrat 44,122 99.5%	R.B. Britton Socialist 208 0.5%

1914	Richard Irvine Manning III Democrat 34,606 99.8%	R.B. Britton Socialist 83 0.2%

1916	Richard Irvine Manning III Democrat 60,405 97.9%	Coleman Livingston Blease Independent 1,089 1.8%

1918	Robert Archer Cooper Democrat 25,267 100%	Unopposed

1920	Robert Archer Cooper Democrat 58,050 100%	Unopposed

1922	Thomas Gordon McLeod Democrat 34,065 100%	Unopposed

1924	Thomas Gordon McLeod Democrat 53,545 100%	Unopposed

1926	John Gardiner Richards, Jr. Democrat 16,589 100%	Unopposed

1930	Ibra Charles Blackwood Democrat 17,790 100%	Unopposed

1934	Olin D. Johnston Democrat 22,873 100%	Unopposed

1938	Burnet Rhett Maybank Democrat 49,009 99.4%	Joseph Augustis Tolbert Republican 283 0.6%

1942	Olin D. Johnston Democrat 23,859 100%	Unopposed

1946	Strom Thurmond Democrat 26,520 100%	Unopposed

1950	James F. Byrnes Democrat 50,633 100%	Unopposed

1954	George Bell Timmerman, Jr. Democrat 214,204 100%	Unopposed

1958	Ernest Hollings Democrat 77,714 100%	Unopposed

1962	Donald Stuart Russell Democrat 253,704 100%	Unopposed

1966	Robert Evander McNair Democrat 255,854 58.2%	Joseph O. Rogers, Jr. Republican 184,088 41.8%	Blue counties were won by McNair and red counties were won by Rogers

1970	John Carl West Democrat 251,151 52.1%	Albert Watson Republican 221,236 45.9%	Blue counties were won by West and red counties were won by Watson

1974	James Burrows Edwards Republican 266,338 50.3%	W.J. Bryan Dorn Democrat 248,861 47.0%	Red counties were won by Edwards and blue counties were won by Dorn

1978	Richard Riley Democrat 384,898 61.3%	Edward Lunn Young Republican 236,946 37.7%	Blue counties were won by Riley and red counties were won by Young

1982	Richard Riley Democrat 468,787 69.8%	W. D. Workman, Jr. Republican 202,806 30.2%	Blue counties were won by Riley

1986	Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. Republican 384,565 51.0%	Michael R. Daniel Democrat 361,328 47.9%	Red counties were won by Campbell and blue counties were won by Daniel

1990	Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. Republican 528,831 69.5%	Theo Mitchell Democrat 212,048 27.8%	Red counties were won by Campbell and blue counties were won by Mitchell

1994	David Beasley Republican 470,756 50.4%	Nick Theodore Democrat 447,002 47.9%	Red counties were won by Beasley and blue counties were won by Theodore

1998	Jim Hodges Democrat 570,070 53.3%	David Beasley Republican 484,088 45.3%	Blue counties were won by Hodges and red counties were won by Beasley

2002	Mark Sanford Republican 585,422 52.9%	Jim Hodges Democrat 521,140 47.0%	Red counties were won by Sanford and blue counties were won by Hodges

2006	Mark Sanford Republican 601,868 55.1%	Tommy Moore Democrat 489,076 44.8%	Red counties were won by Sanford and blue counties were won by Moore

2010	Nikki Haley Republican 674,103 51.4%	Vincent Sheheen Democrat 617,427 47.1%	Red counties were won by Haley and blue counties were won by Sheheen

2014	Nikki Haley Republican 696,645 55.9%	Vincent Sheheen Democrat 516,166 41.4%

Sentence(s)

At the gubernatorial election of 1926, Democrat John Gardiner Richards, Jr. received 16,589 votes.

final_sentence: At the gubernatorial election of 1926, Democrat John Gardiner Richards, Jr. received 16,589 votes.