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Election 1902 Results

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1902 South Carolina governor election

Duncan C. Heyward (Democrat) won in South Carolina in 1902 with 100.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

The Democratic hold continued from 1900, when Miles B. McSweeney won.

Democrats led in 41 of the 41 counties as they stood then. The largest, Spartanburg, cast 1,751 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was Richland, where 346 votes separated the two parties.

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Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Duncan C. Heyward won Democratic 31,817 100.0%
Total31,817

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Spartanburg 1,751 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,751 D+100.0
Orangeburg 1,557 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,557 D+100.0
Charleston 1,195 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,195 D+100.0
Lexington 1,187 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,187 D+100.0
Anderson 1,134 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,134 D+100.0
Georgetown 1,086 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,086 D+100.0
Greenville 1,081 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,081 D+100.0
Laurens 1,070 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,070 D+100.0
Aiken 1,041 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,041 D+100.0
Greenwood 999 100.0% 0 0.0% 999 D+100.0
Lancaster 990 100.0% 0 0.0% 990 D+100.0
Newberry 945 100.0% 0 0.0% 945 D+100.0
Saluda 913 100.0% 0 0.0% 913 D+100.0
Chesterfield 905 100.0% 0 0.0% 905 D+100.0
Barnwell 893 100.0% 0 0.0% 893 D+100.0
Union 861 100.0% 0 0.0% 861 D+100.0
Abbeville 838 100.0% 0 0.0% 838 D+100.0
Colleton 808 100.0% 0 0.0% 808 D+100.0
Edgefield 782 100.0% 0 0.0% 782 D+100.0
York 707 100.0% 0 0.0% 707 D+100.0
Williamsburg 705 100.0% 0 0.0% 705 D+100.0
Cherokee 682 100.0% 0 0.0% 682 D+100.0
Clarendon 649 100.0% 0 0.0% 649 D+100.0
Pickens 633 100.0% 0 0.0% 633 D+100.0
Florence 620 100.0% 0 0.0% 620 D+100.0
Marion 608 100.0% 0 0.0% 608 D+100.0
Oconee 571 100.0% 0 0.0% 571 D+100.0
Horry 555 100.0% 0 0.0% 555 D+100.0
Beaufort 546 100.0% 0 0.0% 546 D+100.0
Hampton 537 100.0% 0 0.0% 537 D+100.0
Bamberg 533 100.0% 0 0.0% 533 D+100.0
Lee 532 100.0% 0 0.0% 532 D+100.0
Chester 525 100.0% 0 0.0% 525 D+100.0
Kershaw 472 100.0% 0 0.0% 472 D+100.0
Sumter 469 100.0% 0 0.0% 469 D+100.0
Dorchester 455 100.0% 0 0.0% 455 D+100.0
Darlington 436 100.0% 0 0.0% 436 D+100.0
Fairfield 415 100.0% 0 0.0% 415 D+100.0
Berkeley 401 100.0% 0 0.0% 401 D+100.0
Marlboro 384 100.0% 0 0.0% 384 D+100.0
Richland 346 100.0% 0 0.0% 346 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1902; 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)