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1924 South Carolina governor election

Thomas G. McLeod (Democrat) won in South Carolina in 1924 with 100.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

The Democratic hold continued from 1922, when Thomas G. McLeod also won.

Democrats led in 46 of the 46 counties as they stood then. The largest, Spartanburg, cast 4,163 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was Jasper, where 85 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
Thomas G. McLeod won Democratic 53,545 100.0%
Total53,545

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Spartanburg 4,163 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,163 D+100.0
Greenville 3,135 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,135 D+100.0
Charleston 2,863 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,863 D+100.0
Richland 2,551 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,551 D+100.0
Laurens 2,092 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,092 D+100.0
Greenwood 1,807 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,807 D+100.0
Newberry 1,753 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,753 D+100.0
Union 1,735 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,735 D+100.0
Orangeburg 1,716 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,716 D+100.0
Chesterfield 1,549 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,549 D+100.0
York 1,437 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,437 D+100.0
Aiken 1,381 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,381 D+100.0
Lancaster 1,373 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,373 D+100.0
Anderson 1,367 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,367 D+100.0
Lexington 1,358 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,358 D+100.0
Horry 1,310 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,310 D+100.0
Florence 1,228 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,228 D+100.0
Saluda 1,097 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,097 D+100.0
Cherokee 1,081 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,081 D+100.0
Darlington 985 100.0% 0 0.0% 985 D+100.0
Pickens 975 100.0% 0 0.0% 975 D+100.0
Oconee 963 100.0% 0 0.0% 963 D+100.0
Sumter 946 100.0% 0 0.0% 946 D+100.0
Edgefield 912 100.0% 0 0.0% 912 D+100.0
Barnwell 841 100.0% 0 0.0% 841 D+100.0
Chester 833 100.0% 0 0.0% 833 D+100.0
Kershaw 794 100.0% 0 0.0% 794 D+100.0
Dorchester 761 100.0% 0 0.0% 761 D+100.0
Abbeville 751 100.0% 0 0.0% 751 D+100.0
Hampton 723 100.0% 0 0.0% 723 D+100.0
Lee 721 100.0% 0 0.0% 721 D+100.0
Marlboro 719 100.0% 0 0.0% 719 D+100.0
Bamberg 707 100.0% 0 0.0% 707 D+100.0
Williamsburg 681 100.0% 0 0.0% 681 D+100.0
Colleton 670 100.0% 0 0.0% 670 D+100.0
Fairfield 639 100.0% 0 0.0% 639 D+100.0
Marion 625 100.0% 0 0.0% 625 D+100.0
Dillon 600 100.0% 0 0.0% 600 D+100.0
Clarendon 597 100.0% 0 0.0% 597 D+100.0
Calhoun 596 100.0% 0 0.0% 596 D+100.0
McCormick 571 100.0% 0 0.0% 571 D+100.0
Berkeley 526 100.0% 0 0.0% 526 D+100.0
Georgetown 523 100.0% 0 0.0% 523 D+100.0
Allendale 419 100.0% 0 0.0% 419 D+100.0
Beaufort 386 100.0% 0 0.0% 386 D+100.0
Jasper 85 100.0% 0 0.0% 85 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1924; 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)