1910 South Carolina gubernatorial election
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The 1910 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1910, to select the
90th governor
of South Carolina.
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Cole L. Blease, State Senator from Newberry
- John T. Duncan
- Claudius Cyprian Featherstone, Laurens County attorney
- F.H. Hyatt
- Thomas Gordon McLeod, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
- John Gardiner Richards, Jr., State Representative from Liberty Hill, Kershaw County
By 1910, the
gubernatorial election of 1890, but once again the attacks only strengthened the candidacy of the antagonist. On September 13, Blease won by just over 5,000 votes in the runoff
to essentially become the next governor of South Carolina because there was no opposition in the general election.
Results
| Democratic Primary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
Coleman Livingston Blease
|
33,411 | 31.7 |
| Claudius Cyprian Featherstone | 30,045 | 28.5 |
| Thomas Gordon McLeod | 25,263 | 24.0 |
John Gardiner Richards, Jr.
|
9,770 | 9.3 |
| F.H. Hyatt | 5,436 | 5.1 |
| John T. Duncan | 1,436 | 1.4 |
Runoff results
| Democratic Primary Runoff | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
Coleman Livingston Blease
|
56,250 | 52.6 | +20.9 |
| Claudius Cyprian Featherstone | 50,605 | 47.4 | +18.9 |
General election
The general election was held on November 8, 1910, and Coleman Livingston Blease was elected the next
previous gubernatorial election
.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Coleman Livingston Blease
|
30,832 | 99.8 | -0.2 | |
| Socialist | F. N. U. Thompson | 70 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 30,762 | 99.6 | |||
| Turnout | 30,902 | ||||
| Democratic hold | |||||
65+% won by Blease
See also
- Governor of South Carolina
- List of governors of South Carolina
- South Carolina gubernatorial elections
References
- ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
- ^ "SC Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- ^ The World Almanac and Encyclopedia, 1911. New York: The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). 1910. p. 691.
- Jordan, Frank E. The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876–1962. pp. 26–28.
- Lander, Ernest McPherson Jr. (1970). A History of South Carolina, 1865–1960. University of South Carolina Press. p. 49. ISBN 0-87249-169-2.
- "Official Count By State Executive Committee". The News and Courier. September 3, 1910. p. 2.
- "Blease Has Majority of 5,645". The News and Courier. September 18, 1910. p. 1.
External links
| Preceded by 1908 |
South Carolina gubernatorial elections | Succeeded by 1912 |