James Strom Thurmond Sr. was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Before his 48 years as a senator,he served as the 103rd governor of South Carolina from 1947 to 1951. Thurmond was a member of the Democratic Party until 1964 when he joined the Republican Party for the remainder of his legislative career. He also ran for president in 1948 as the Dixiecrat candidate,receiving over a million votes and winning four states.
Albert William Watson was an American politician,a Democrat-turned-Republican state and U.S. representative from South Carolina. He is best known for his losing 1970 campaign for governor of South Carolina,which has been described as the last high-profile,openly segregationist campaign in American politics.
The 1966 United States Senate elections were elections on November 8,1966,for the United States Senate which occurred midway through the second term of President Lyndon B. Johnson. The 33 seats of Class 2 were contested in regular elections. Special elections were also held to fill vacancies. With divisions in the Democratic base over the Vietnam War,and with the traditional mid-term advantage of the party not holding the presidency,the Republicans took three Democratic seats,thereby breaking Democrats' 2/3rds supermajority. Despite Republican gains,the balance remained overwhelmingly in favor of the Democrats,who retained a 64–36 majority. Democrats were further reduced to 63–37,following the death of Robert F. Kennedy in June 1968.
The 1954 United States Senate elections was a midterm election in the first term of Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. The 32 Senate seats of Class 2 were contested in regular elections,and six special elections were held to fill vacancies. Eisenhower's Republican party lost a net of two seats to the Democratic opposition. This small change was just enough to give Democrats control of the chamber with the support of an Independent who agreed to caucus with them;he later officially joined the party in April 1955.
Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr.,was an American Republican politician who served as the 112th governor of South Carolina from 1987 to 1995. Prior to this,he served as a member of the South Carolina Senate representing the 2nd district from 1977 to 1978 and as a congressman representing South Carolina's 4th district from 1979 to 1987.
Floyd Davidson Spence was an American attorney and a politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. Elected for three terms to the South Carolina House of Representatives from Lexington County as a Democrat,in 1962 Spence announced his decision to switch to the Republican Party,as he was unhappy with shifts in the national party.
Henry Dargan McMaster is an American politician and attorney serving as the 117th governor of South Carolina since 2017. A member of the Republican Party,he was the 50th Attorney General of South Carolina from 2003 to 2011 and the 91st lieutenant governor of South Carolina from 2015 to 2017 under Governor Nikki Haley.
The South Carolina Republican Party (SCGOP) is the state affiliate of the national Republican Party in South Carolina. It is one of two major political parties in the state,along with the South Carolina Democratic Party,and is the dominant party. Incumbent governor Henry McMaster,as well as senators Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham,are members of the Republican party. Graham has served since January 3,2003,having been elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2008,2014,and 2020;Tim Scott was appointed in 2013 by then-governor Nikki Haley,who is also a Republican.
The 1946 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 5,1946 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Strom Thurmond won the contested Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election becoming the 103rd governor of South Carolina.
The 1954 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 2,1954. Senator Burnet R. Maybank did not face a primary challenge in the summer and was therefore renominated as the Democratic nominee for the election in the fall. However,his death on September 1 left the Democratic Party without a nominee,and the executive committee nominated state Senator Edgar A. Brown as their replacement candidate. Many South Carolinians were outraged by the party's decision to forgo a primary election,and former Governor Strom Thurmond entered the race as a write-in candidate. He easily won the election and became the first U.S. senator to be elected by a write-in vote in an election where other candidates had ballot access. A Senate election where the victor won by a write-in campaign did not happen again until 2010.
The 1996 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 5,1996 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Popular incumbent Republican Senator Strom Thurmond,won re-election against Democratic challenger Elliott Springs Close for a seventh full term in office. The margin,however,was one of the closest in Thurmond’s 48-year Senate career. At the age of 93 years,11 months and 3 days,Thurmond became the oldest person ever to be re-elected to the United States Senate. He eventually served out the entirety of what would be his final term and left the Senate on January 3,2003,at age 100 years and 29 days.
The 1966 South Carolina United States Senate special election was held on November 8,1966 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. The election resulted from the death of Senator Olin D. Johnston in 1965. Then Governor Donald S. Russell entered in a prearranged agreement with Lieutenant Governor Robert Evander McNair in which Russell would resign his post so that he could be appointed Senator. However,former Governor Fritz Hollings won the Democratic primary election and went on to beat Republican state senator Marshall Parker in the general election to win his right to fill the remaining two years of the unexpired term.
The 2002 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 5,2002. Longtime Republican incumbent Strom Thurmond decided to retire at the age of 100,becoming the first centenarian to ever serve in Congress;he later died in June 2003. Thurmond's record as the longest-serving Senator in U.S. history was later surpassed by West Virginia's Robert Byrd.
The 1966 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 8,1966 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina simultaneously with the special election to fill out the remainder of Olin D. Johnston's term.
The 1984 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 6,1984,to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Popular incumbent Republican Senator Strom Thurmond cruised to re-election against Democratic challenger Melvin Purvis.
The 1972 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 7,1972 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Popular incumbent Republican Senator Strom Thurmond easily defeated Democratic challenger Eugene N. Zeigler. This marked the first time that a Republican was re-elected Senator from the state,and the first time since 1872 when that person won consecutive elections.
The 1978 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 7,1978,to select the U.S. senator from the state of South Carolina. Popular incumbent Republican Senator Strom Thurmond defeated Democratic challenger Charles D. Ravenel.
The 1950 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 7,1950,to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Incumbent Democratic Senator Olin D. Johnston defeated Strom Thurmond in a bitterly contested Democratic primary on July 11 and was unopposed in the general election.
Electoral history of Strom Thurmond,103rd Governor of South Carolina (1947–1951),United States Senator from South Carolina,1948 States' Rights Democrats presidential nominee and President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
Paul Reynolds Thurmond is an American politician from the state of South Carolina. A member of the Republican Party,Thurmond is a former member of the South Carolina Senate. He is the youngest child of Strom Thurmond,who served in the United States Senate for 48 years.
