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1884 South Carolina governor election

Hugh S. Thompson (Democrat) won in South Carolina in 1884 with 100.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

The Democratic hold continued from 1882, when Hugh S. Thompson also won.

Democrats led in 34 of the 34 counties as they stood then. The largest, Edgefield, cast 3,569 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was Georgetown, where 197 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
Hugh S. Thompson won Democratic 67,895 100.0%
Total67,895

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Edgefield 3,569 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,569 D+100.0
Abbeville 3,531 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,531 D+100.0
Charleston 3,268 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,268 D+100.0
Greenville 3,247 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,247 D+100.0
Barnwell 3,000 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,000 D+100.0
Marion 2,992 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,992 D+100.0
Orangeburg 2,761 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,761 D+100.0
Anderson 2,706 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,706 D+100.0
Spartanburg 2,692 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,692 D+100.0
Darlington 2,613 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,613 D+100.0
York 2,419 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,419 D+100.0
Aiken 2,365 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,365 D+100.0
Union 2,172 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,172 D+100.0
Colleton 2,009 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,009 D+100.0
Laurens 1,963 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,963 D+100.0
Richland 1,898 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,898 D+100.0
Newberry 1,860 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,860 D+100.0
Sumter 1,734 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,734 D+100.0
Lancaster 1,731 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,731 D+100.0
Chester 1,696 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,696 D+100.0
Marlboro 1,690 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,690 D+100.0
Lexington 1,669 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,669 D+100.0
Fairfield 1,664 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,664 D+100.0
Hampton 1,596 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,596 D+100.0
Chesterfield 1,570 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,570 D+100.0
Kershaw 1,396 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,396 D+100.0
Clarendon 1,364 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,364 D+100.0
Horry 1,356 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,356 D+100.0
Pickens 1,284 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,284 D+100.0
Berkeley 1,269 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,269 D+100.0
Oconee 1,171 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,171 D+100.0
Williamsburg 1,134 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,134 D+100.0
Beaufort 309 100.0% 0 0.0% 309 D+100.0
Georgetown 197 100.0% 0 0.0% 197 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1884; 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)