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Election 1946 Results

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1946 South Carolina governor election

James Strom Thurmond (Democrat) won in South Carolina in 1946 with 100.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

The Democratic hold continued from 1942, when Olin D. Johnston won.

Democrats led in 42 of the 42 counties as they stood then. The largest, Charleston, cast 2,962 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was Jasper, where 93 votes separated the two parties.

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Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
James Strom Thurmond won Democratic 26,520 100.0%
Total26,520

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Charleston 2,962 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,962 D+100.0
Florence 2,329 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,329 D+100.0
Richland 1,563 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,563 D+100.0
Spartanburg 1,120 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,120 D+100.0
Edgefield 1,065 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,065 D+100.0
Chesterfield 886 100.0% 0 0.0% 886 D+100.0
Greenville 878 100.0% 0 0.0% 878 D+100.0
Newberry 815 100.0% 0 0.0% 815 D+100.0
Aiken 814 100.0% 0 0.0% 814 D+100.0
Union 745 100.0% 0 0.0% 745 D+100.0
Cherokee 709 100.0% 0 0.0% 709 D+100.0
Colleton 676 100.0% 0 0.0% 676 D+100.0
Horry 647 100.0% 0 0.0% 647 D+100.0
Laurens 638 100.0% 0 0.0% 638 D+100.0
Orangeburg 618 100.0% 0 0.0% 618 D+100.0
Anderson 608 100.0% 0 0.0% 608 D+100.0
Lancaster 588 100.0% 0 0.0% 588 D+100.0
Lexington 549 100.0% 0 0.0% 549 D+100.0
Georgetown 525 100.0% 0 0.0% 525 D+100.0
Saluda 512 100.0% 0 0.0% 512 D+100.0
Greenwood 510 100.0% 0 0.0% 510 D+100.0
Williamsburg 484 100.0% 0 0.0% 484 D+100.0
Bamberg 458 100.0% 0 0.0% 458 D+100.0
York 440 100.0% 0 0.0% 440 D+100.0
Dillon 434 100.0% 0 0.0% 434 D+100.0
Pickens 417 100.0% 0 0.0% 417 D+100.0
Clarendon 406 100.0% 0 0.0% 406 D+100.0
Kershaw 404 100.0% 0 0.0% 404 D+100.0
Dorchester 398 100.0% 0 0.0% 398 D+100.0
Sumter 382 100.0% 0 0.0% 382 D+100.0
Hampton 368 100.0% 0 0.0% 368 D+100.0
Oconee 363 100.0% 0 0.0% 363 D+100.0
Chester 319 100.0% 0 0.0% 319 D+100.0
Fairfield 305 100.0% 0 0.0% 305 D+100.0
Allendale 288 100.0% 0 0.0% 288 D+100.0
Beaufort 271 100.0% 0 0.0% 271 D+100.0
Lee 208 100.0% 0 0.0% 208 D+100.0
Marion 194 100.0% 0 0.0% 194 D+100.0
Calhoun 185 100.0% 0 0.0% 185 D+100.0
Abbeville 180 100.0% 0 0.0% 180 D+100.0
McCormick 166 100.0% 0 0.0% 166 D+100.0
Jasper 93 100.0% 0 0.0% 93 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1946; 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)