district                    incumbent       party  first elected        result                                 candidates
0  south carolina 1              l mendel rivers  democratic           1940  re - elected              l mendel rivers (d) unopposed
1  south carolina 2                 john j riley  democratic           1950  re - elected                 john j riley (d) unopposed
2  south carolina 3  william jennings bryan dorn  democratic           1950  re - elected  william jennings bryan dorn (d) unopposed
3  south carolina 4             robert t ashmore  democratic           1953  re - elected             robert t ashmore (d) unopposed
4  south carolina 5            robert w hemphill  democratic           1956  re - elected            robert w hemphill (d) unopposed

Table as JSON:
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