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1876 South Carolina governor election

Wade Hampton (Democrat) beat Daniel H. Chamberlain (Republican) in South Carolina in 1876, 50.3% to 49.7%, a margin of 0.6 points and 1,134 votes.

South Carolina changed party: in 1874 it went Republican, for Daniel H. Chamberlain.

Democrats led in 18 of the 32 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 14. The largest, Charleston, cast 23,841 votes and went to the Republican by 26.1 points. The closest was Abbeville, where 183 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Wade Hampton won Democratic 92,261 50.3%
Daniel H. Chamberlain Republican 91,127 49.7%
Total183,388

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Charleston 8,809 36.9% 15,032 63.1% 23,841 R+26.1
Beaufort 2,274 23.0% 7,604 77.0% 9,878 R+54.0
Edgefield 6,267 66.9% 3,107 33.1% 9,374 D+33.7
Abbeville 3,852 51.2% 3,669 48.8% 7,521 D+2.4
Orangeburg 2,870 39.1% 4,469 60.9% 7,339 R+21.8
Colleton 2,984 41.8% 4,163 58.2% 7,147 R+16.5
Barnwell 3,956 58.7% 2,778 41.3% 6,734 D+17.5
Richland 2,435 38.7% 3,857 61.3% 6,292 R+22.6
Darlington 2,752 44.0% 3,507 56.0% 6,259 R+12.1
Sumter 2,382 38.2% 3,859 61.8% 6,241 R+23.7
Spartanburg 4,677 76.1% 1,467 23.9% 6,144 D+52.2
Greenville 4,172 70.7% 1,729 29.3% 5,901 D+41.4
Aiken 3,221 56.4% 2,495 43.6% 5,716 D+12.7
York 3,233 56.9% 2,447 43.1% 5,680 D+13.8
Marion 3,149 55.8% 2,492 44.2% 5,641 D+11.6
Anderson 4,155 78.7% 1,124 21.3% 5,279 D+57.4
Fairfield 2,159 43.3% 2,832 56.7% 4,991 R+13.5
Newberry 2,196 44.3% 2,761 55.7% 4,957 R+11.4
Laurens 2,916 61.8% 1,804 38.2% 4,720 D+23.6
Chester 2,005 45.5% 2,404 54.5% 4,409 R+9.0
Union 2,519 59.0% 1,750 41.0% 4,269 D+18.0
Williamsburg 1,757 41.8% 2,443 58.2% 4,200 R+16.3
Georgetown 1,058 27.5% 2,787 72.5% 3,845 R+45.0
Kershaw 1,757 46.0% 2,063 54.0% 3,820 R+8.0
Marlboro 1,945 54.7% 1,608 45.3% 3,553 D+9.5
Lexington 2,129 62.9% 1,256 37.1% 3,385 D+25.8
Clarendon 1,436 43.3% 1,881 56.7% 3,317 R+13.4
Lancaster 1,541 55.5% 1,236 44.5% 2,777 D+11.0
Chesterfield 1,631 62.3% 985 37.7% 2,616 D+24.7
Oconee 2,083 79.9% 524 20.1% 2,607 D+59.8
Horry 1,939 76.7% 588 23.3% 2,527 D+53.5
Pickens 2,002 83.1% 406 16.9% 2,408 D+66.3

Counties as they stood in 1876; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

South Carolina governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Henry McMaster (R) R+17.4
2018 Henry McMaster (R) R+8.0
2014 Nikki R. Haley (R) R+14.5
2010 Nikki R. Haley (R) R+4.5
2006 Mark Sanford (R) R+10.3
2002 Mark Sanford (R) R+5.8
1998 James H. Hodges (D) D+8.0
1994 David Beasley (R) R+2.5
1990 Carroll Campbell (R) R+41.6
1986 Carroll Campbell (R) R+3.1
1982 Richard Riley (D) D+39.6
1978 Richard W. Riley (D) D+23.6
1974 James B. Edwards (R) R+3.3
1970 John C. West (D) D+5.9
1966 Robert Evander McNair (D) D+16.3
1962 Donald S. Russell (D) D+100.0
1958 Ernest F. Hollings (D) D+100.0
1954 George Bell Timmerman (D) D+100.0
1950 James F. Byrnes (D) D+100.0
1946 James Strom Thurmond (D) D+100.0
1942 Olin D. Johnston (D) D+100.0
1938 Burnet Rhett Maybank (D) D+98.9
1934 Olin D. Johnston (D) D+100.0
1930 Ibra C. Blackwood (D) D+100.0
1926 John G. Richards (D) D+100.0
1924 Thomas G. McLeod (D) D+100.0
1922 Thomas G. McLeod (D) D+100.0
1920 Robert A. Cooper (D) D+100.0
1918 Robert A. Cooper (D) D+100.0
1916 Richard Irvine Manning III (D) D+97.9
1914 Richard Irvine Manning III (D) D+99.8
1912 Coleman L. Blease (D) D+99.5
1910 Coleman L. Blease (D) D+99.8
1908 Martin F. Ansel (D) D+100.0
1906 Martin F. Ansel (D) D+99.9
1904 Duncan C. Heyward (D) D+100.0
1902 Duncan C. Heyward (D) D+100.0
1900 Miles B. McSweeney (D) D+100.0
1898 William H. Ellerbe (D) D+100.0
1896 William H. Ellerbe (D) D+82.5
1894 John Gary Evans (D) D+69.6
1892 Benjamin Ryan Tillman (D) D+99.9
1890 Benjamin Ryan Tillman (D) D+79.8
1888 John P. Richardson (D) D+100.0
1886 John P. Richardson (D) D+100.0
1884 Hugh S. Thompson (D) D+100.0
1882 Hugh S. Thompson (D) D+79.0
1880 Johnson Hagood (D) D+96.4
1878 Wade Hampton (D) D+99.8
1876 Wade Hampton (D) D+0.6
1874 Daniel H. Chamberlain (R) R+53.9
1872 Franklin J. Moses Jr. (R) R+65.4
1870 Robert K. Scott (R) R+62.3
1868 Robert K. Scott (R) R+50.4
1865 James Lawrence Orr (other)