South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1914

The 1914 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1914 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Richard Irvine Manning III emerged from the crowded Democratic primary to win in the runoff and won the general election to become the 92nd governor of South Carolina.

Democratic Primary

The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor on August 25 and progressive reformer Richard Irvine Manning III emerged as the winner in a crowded field. He garnered the support from the candidates eliminated in the runoff election and was able to score a decisive victory over John Gardiner Richards, Jr., the candidate favored by former governor Coleman Livingston Blease, on September 8.

General Election

The general election was held on November 3, 1914 and Richard Irvine Manning III was elected the next governor of South Carolina. Being a non-presidential election and few contested races, turnout was much less than the previous gubernatorial election.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Richard Irvine Manning III
votes = 34,606
percentage = 99.8
change = +0.3 Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Party of America
candidate = R.B. Britton
votes = 83
percentage = 0.2
change = -0.3 Election box majority
votes = 34,523
percentage = 99.6
change = +0.6Election box turnout
votes = 34,689
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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frame|300px|none|1914 South Carolina gubernatorial election map, by percentile by county.

ee also

*Governor of South Carolina
*List of Governors of South Carolina
*South Carolina gubernatorial elections

References

*cite book | first = Ernest McPherson | last = Lander, Jr. | title = A History of South Carolina, 1865-1960 | year = 1970 | publisher = University of South Carolina Press | id = ISBN 0872491692 | pages = p. 53
*cite book | last = Jordan | first = Frank E | title = The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876-1962 | pages = pp. 30-31
*"Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina. Part II." "Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina". Volume IV. Columbia, SC: 1915, p. 339.

*cite news |title= State Committee Declares Results |work= The News and Courier |date= 2 September 1914 |page= 2
*cite news |title= Manning's Majority 28,870 |work= The News and Courier |date= 15 September 1914 |page= 1

External links

* [http://www.sciway.net/hist/governors/rmanningiii.html SCIway Biography of Richard Irvine Manning III]

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