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Election 1920 Results

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1920 US Senate election in South Carolina

Cotton Ed Smith (Democrat) won in South Carolina in 1920 with 100.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

The Democratic hold continued from 1914, when Cotton Ed Smith also won.

Democrats led in 46 of the 46 counties as they stood then. The largest, Spartanburg, cast 4,586 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was Jasper, where 219 votes separated the two parties.

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Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Cotton Ed Smith won Democratic 64,388 100.0%
All other candidates 1 0.0%
Total64,389

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Spartanburg 4,586 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,586 D+100.0
Greenville 4,409 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,409 D+100.0
Charleston 2,983 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,983 D+100.0
Orangeburg 2,526 100.0% 0 0.0% 1 2,527 D+100.0
Anderson 2,489 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,489 D+100.0
Richland 2,432 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,432 D+100.0
Laurens 2,263 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,263 D+100.0
Union 2,178 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,178 D+100.0
Chesterfield 2,066 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,066 D+100.0
Newberry 2,015 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,015 D+100.0
Lexington 1,904 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,904 D+100.0
Cherokee 1,774 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,774 D+100.0
Florence 1,763 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,763 D+100.0
Horry 1,709 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,709 D+100.0
Aiken 1,651 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,651 D+100.0
Lancaster 1,643 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,643 D+100.0
York 1,582 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,582 D+100.0
Greenwood 1,568 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,568 D+100.0
Darlington 1,262 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,262 D+100.0
Oconee 1,249 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,249 D+100.0
Chester 1,237 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,237 D+100.0
Kershaw 1,156 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,156 D+100.0
Sumter 1,150 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,150 D+100.0
Saluda 1,114 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,114 D+100.0
Dillon 1,003 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,003 D+100.0
Colleton 990 100.0% 0 0.0% 990 D+100.0
Edgefield 976 100.0% 0 0.0% 976 D+100.0
Marlboro 960 100.0% 0 0.0% 960 D+100.0
Pickens 955 100.0% 0 0.0% 955 D+100.0
Clarendon 902 100.0% 0 0.0% 902 D+100.0
Williamsburg 895 100.0% 0 0.0% 895 D+100.0
Dorchester 874 100.0% 0 0.0% 874 D+100.0
Abbeville 868 100.0% 0 0.0% 868 D+100.0
Marion 808 100.0% 0 0.0% 808 D+100.0
Fairfield 737 100.0% 0 0.0% 737 D+100.0
Lee 734 100.0% 0 0.0% 734 D+100.0
Barnwell 721 100.0% 0 0.0% 721 D+100.0
Bamberg 688 100.0% 0 0.0% 688 D+100.0
Calhoun 632 100.0% 0 0.0% 632 D+100.0
Hampton 623 100.0% 0 0.0% 623 D+100.0
McCormick 557 100.0% 0 0.0% 557 D+100.0
Berkeley 548 100.0% 0 0.0% 548 D+100.0
Allendale 440 100.0% 0 0.0% 440 D+100.0
Georgetown 283 100.0% 0 0.0% 283 D+100.0
Beaufort 266 100.0% 0 0.0% 266 D+100.0
Jasper 219 100.0% 0 0.0% 219 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1920; 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 Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Tim Scott (R) R+25.9
2020 Lindsey Graham (R) R+10.3
2016 Tim Scott (R) R+23.6
2014 Lindsey Graham (R) R+15.5
2010 Jim DeMint (R) R+33.8
2008 Lindsey Graham (R) R+15.3
2004 Jim Demint (R) R+9.6
2002 Lindsey O. Graham (R) R+10.2
1998 Ernest F. Hollings (D) D+7.0
1996 Strom Thurmond (R) R+9.4
1992 Ernest F. Hollings (D) D+3.1
1990 Strom Thurmond (R) R+31.7
1986 Ernest Fritz Hollings (D) D+27.5
1984 Strom Thurmond (R) R+35.0
1980 Ernest Fritz Hollings (D) D+40.7
1978 Strom Thurmond (R) R+11.4
1974 Ernest F. Hollings (D) D+40.9
1972 Strom Thurmond (R) R+26.6
1968 Ernest F. Hollings (D) D+23.8
1966 Strom Thurmond (R) R+24.4
1962 Olin D. Johnston (D) D+14.3
1960 Strom Thurmond (D) D+100.0
1956 Olin D. Johnston (D) D+64.5
1954 Strom Thurmond (other)
1950 Olin D. Johnston (D) D+99.9
1948 Burnet R. Maybank (D) D+92.9
1944 Olin D. Johnston (D) D+89.2
1942 Burnet R. Maybank (D) D+100.0
1938 Cotton Ed Smith (D) D+97.8
1936 James F. Byrnes (D) D+97.7
1932 Cotton Ed Smith (D) D+96.3
1930 James F. Byrnes (D) D+100.0
1926 Cotton Ed Smith (D) D+100.0
1924 Coleman L. Blease (D) D+100.0
1920 Cotton Ed Smith (D) D+100.0
1918 Nathaniel B. Dial (D) D+100.0
1914 Cotton Ed Smith (D) D+99.8