[DOC] [TLE] United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1954 - Wikipedia [PAR] The 1954 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 2
, 1954 to ... He easily won the election and became the first U.S. Senator to be 
elected by a write-in vote (William Knowland of ... November 2 to show voters a 
sample ballot and it also provided detailed instructions on how to cast a write-in 
vote. [DOC] [TLE] Strom Thurmond - Wikipedia [PAR] James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902  June 26, 2003) was an American 
politician who ... He attended Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina (
now Clemson University), where he .... John C. West, who had opposed 
Thurmond's initial write-in election to the Senate and the then outgoing lieutenant 
governor. [DOC] [TLE] History: Write-in candidates that have been elected - Write in your Vote [PAR] Naysayers believe it is impossible for a write-in candidate to win an election. ... 
Most people have heard of Strom Thurmond, the late South Carolina Senator 
who ... ran as a write-in candidate after the death of Senator Burnet R. Maybank 
in 1954 ... He held true to his campaign promise and did contend in a primary in 
1956. [DOC] [TLE] WRITE-IN CANDIDATES [PAR] There are no filing forms or fees required to run as a write-in candidate. A 
defeated ... Write-in votes are not allowed in primary elections or the election of 
President or Vice-president. Write-in votes are ... for all other elections. In 1954, 
Strom Thurmond was a successful write-in candidate for the office of United 
States Senator. [DOC] [TLE] Has a write in Candidate Ever Won a Major Election? - Straight ... [PAR] Sadly he didn't win. The Alaska ... Thurmond won a write in vote 1954. But then ... 
United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1954[5]: [DOC] [TLE] Jill Stein Qualifies for Write-in Status in North Carolina; No Other ... [PAR] Aug 11, 2016 ... North Carolina requires declared write-in presidential candidates to ... He didn't 
file for write-in status in 2000. ... must count write-ins if it is obvious whom the 
voter meant to vote for. ... When Strom Thurmond ran in 1954 and won as a write 
in candidate for senator from South Carolina, the state Election... [DOC] [TLE] In Alaska's Senate race, Murkowski's write-in bid bears fruit [PAR] Nov 4, 2010 ... Now, in the closing moments of a quirky midterm election season, Sen. ... No one 
has done it successfully since South Carolina's Strom Thurmond in 1954. ... of 
thousands of absentee votes yet to be counted, and the disposition of the write-in 
... Palin to fill out his Senate term when he was elected governor. [DOC] [TLE] Governor of the State of South Carolina - James Strom Thurmond [PAR] Thurmond was the first U.S. Senator to be elected by write-in vote: 1954 ... He 
read law with his father and was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1930. [DOC] [TLE] Has a write-in candidate ever won an election? - Quora [PAR] To add to Tao's answer, the first one to do so was Strom Thurmond, in South 
Carolina in 1954. ... See United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1954. 
... Scott Wagner, who waged a write-in campaign (after he wasn't nominated by 
the ... of Alaska won the Alaska Senate election in 2010 through write-in votes 
after... [DOC] [TLE] Strom Thurmond | United States senator | Britannica.com [PAR] He was elected governor of South Carolina in 1946 and proceeded to initiate ... 
Elected by write-in vote to the Senate in 1954, Thurmond quickly established... [DOC] [TLE] The Biography of Senator Strom Thurmond - Strom Thurmond Institute [PAR] He read law with his father and was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1930. 
... South Carolina Senate and represented Edgefield until he was elected to the 
Eleventh ... He became president of the Reserve Officers Association in 1954 and 
... as a write-

Question: In 1954 he was elected to the senate from South Carolina by a write-in vote
Answer: Strom Thurmond