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1892 South Carolina governor election

Benjamin Ryan Tillman (Democrat) won in South Carolina in 1892 with 99.9% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

The Democratic hold continued from 1890, when Benjamin Ryan Tillman also won.

Democrats led in 35 of the 35 counties as they stood then. The largest, Spartanburg, cast 3,313 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was Beaufort, where 684 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
Benjamin Ryan Tillman won Democratic 56,673 99.9%
All other candidates 56 0.1%
Total56,729

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Spartanburg 3,313 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,313 D+100.0
Greenville 2,881 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,881 D+100.0
Edgefield 2,755 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,755 D+100.0
Orangeburg 2,492 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,492 D+100.0
Abbeville 2,317 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,317 D+100.0
Anderson 2,314 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,314 D+100.0
Clarendon 2,116 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,116 D+100.0
York 2,033 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,033 D+100.0
Barnwell 2,028 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,028 D+100.0
Aiken 1,805 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,805 D+100.0
Lancaster 1,725 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,725 D+100.0
Darlington 1,666 97.0% 0 0.0% 52 1,718 D+97.0
Marion 1,699 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,699 D+100.0
Colleton 1,670 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,670 D+100.0
Berkeley 1,648 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,648 D+100.0
Laurens 1,612 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,612 D+100.0
Newberry 1,494 99.9% 0 0.0% 1 1,495 D+99.9
Florence 1,487 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,487 D+100.0
Chesterfield 1,466 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,466 D+100.0
Lexington 1,463 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,463 D+100.0
Chester 1,409 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,409 D+100.0
Charleston 1,404 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,404 D+100.0
Union 1,337 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,337 D+100.0
Williamsburg 1,290 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,290 D+100.0
Sumter 1,273 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,273 D+100.0
Oconee 1,258 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,258 D+100.0
Horry 1,231 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,231 D+100.0
Marlboro 1,207 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,207 D+100.0
Hampton 1,142 99.7% 0 0.0% 3 1,145 D+99.7
Kershaw 1,055 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,055 D+100.0
Pickens 1,014 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,014 D+100.0
Fairfield 955 100.0% 0 0.0% 955 D+100.0
Richland 720 100.0% 0 0.0% 720 D+100.0
Georgetown 710 100.0% 0 0.0% 710 D+100.0
Beaufort 684 100.0% 0 0.0% 684 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1892; 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)