1902 South Carolina gubernatorial election

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1902 South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff
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  1900 September 9, 1902 (1902-09-09) 1904  
  Duncan Clinch Heyward.jpg William Jasper Talbert.jpg
Candidate Duncan Heyward W. Jasper Talbert
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote50,66240,490
Percentage55.6%44.4%

Governor before election

Miles Benjamin McSweeney
Democratic

Elected Governor

Duncan Clinch Heyward
Democratic

The 1902 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1902, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Duncan Clinch Heyward won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election to become the 88th governor of South Carolina.

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Democratic primary

The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor on August 26 and Duncan Clinch Heyward emerged as the frontrunner. His victory against W. Jasper Talbert, a congressman of the 2nd congressional district, in the runoff on September 9 came as a surprise because Heyward was relatively unknown outside of Colleton County. Heyward, an aristocratic planter, attributed his win due to running a "clean and sincere campaign." [1]

Democratic Primary
CandidateVotes%
Duncan Clinch Heyward 36,55138.3
W. Jasper Talbert 18,218 19.1
Martin Frederick Ansel 17,685 18.6
James H. Tillman 16,398 17.2
W.H. Timmerman 6,515 6.8
Democratic Primary Runoff
CandidateVotes%±%
Duncan Clinch Heyward 50,66255.6+17.3
W. Jasper Talbert 40,49044.4+25.3

General election

The general election was held on November 4, 1902, and Duncan Clinch Heyward was elected the next governor of South Carolina without opposition. Being a non-presidential election and few contested races, turnout was much less than the previous gubernatorial election.

South Carolina Gubernatorial Election, 1902
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Duncan Clinch Heyward 31,817 100.0 0.0
Majority31,817100.00.0
Turnout 31,817
Democratic hold
  65+% won by Heyward

See also

Notes

  1. Lander, Ernest: A History of South Carolina 1865-1960, page 47. University of South Carolina Press, 1970.

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Preceded by
1900
South Carolina gubernatorial elections Succeeded by
1904