The 1860 United States presidential election was the 19th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860. In a four-way contest, the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin emerged triumphant. The election of Lincoln served as the primary catalyst of the American Civil War.
Marlboro County is a county located in the Pee Dee region on the northern border of the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census, its population was 28,933. Its county seat is Bennettsville. The Great Pee Dee River runs through it. Marlboro County comprises the Bennettsville, SC Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Robeson County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 134,168. Its county seat is Lumberton. The county was formed in 1787 from part of Bladen County. It was named in honor of Col. Thomas Robeson of Tar Heel, a hero of the Revolutionary War.
Bennettsville is a city located in the U.S. state of South Carolina on the Great Pee Dee River. As the county seat of Marlboro County, Bennettsville is noted for its historic homes and buildings from the 19th and early 20th centuries — including the Bennettsville Historic District which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Clio is a town in Marlboro County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 726 at the 2010 census. Marlboro School of Discovery is a magnet school in Clio, South Carolina and is part of the Marlboro County School District.
John Lowndes McLaurin was a United States Representative and Senator from South Carolina. He was born in Red Bluff, South Carolina, in Marlboro County, South Carolina and attended schools at Bennettsville, South Carolina and Englewood, New Jersey as well as Bethel Military Academy and Swarthmore College He graduated from the Carolina Military Institute, studied law in the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, was admitted to the bar in 1883 and practiced in Bennettsville. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1890-1891 and was attorney general of the State from 1891 to 1897. And a time when Benjamin Tillman was making demagogic appeals to the white working class, McLaurin became one of the first upper-class South Carolinians to support him. Tillman in 1892 pin the nickname Little Curly Headed Joe" that stuck for the remainder of McLaurin's life.
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union in December 1860, and was one of the founding member states of the Confederacy in February 1861. The bombardment of the beleaguered U.S. garrison at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861 is generally recognized as the first military engagement of the war.
McLaurin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include::
John Jackson McSwain was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
John Campbell was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, brother of Robert Blair Campbell.
James Norton was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
The 1892 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 1892 to select seven Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. Two Democratic incumbents were re-elected, four open seats were won by the Democrats and the open seat in the 7th congressional district was picked up by the Republicans. The composition of the state delegation after the election was six Democrats and one Republican.
The 1896 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 3, 1896 to select seven Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. Five Democratic incumbents were re-elected, one Republican incumbent was defeated, and the open seat was retained by the Democrats. The composition of the state delegation after the election was solely Democratic.
The 1898 South Carolina United States Senate special election was January 26, 1898 election to pick the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. The Democratic Party primary election was held on August 31, 1897. Prior to the ratification of the 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, U.S. Senators were elected by the state legislature and not through the direct election by the people of the state. However, the Democratic Party of South Carolina organized primary elections for the U.S. Senate beginning in 1896 and the General Assembly would confirm the choice of the Democratic voters. Tillmanite Democrat John L. McLaurin won the Democratic primary and was elected by the General Assembly to serve the remainder of the six-year term expiring in 1903.
Events from the year 1902 in the United States.
Robertson-Easterling-McLaurin House is a historic home located near Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina. It was built about 1790, and is a 2 1/2-story, timber frame I-house dwelling. It has a brick pier foundation and exterior gable end chimneys. It was the home of John Lowndes McLaurin (1860-1934), a former United States Congressman and Senator in the early-20th century.
McLaurin House, also known as the Lamar McLaurin House, is a historic home located near Clio, Marlboro County, South Carolina. It was built about 1880, and is a two-story clapboard Italianate style frame dwelling. It has a truncated hip roof with a balustraded deck. The front façade features a one-story porch with balustrade and decorative brackets. Also on the property are three contributing outbuildings.
McLaurin-Roper-McColl Farmstead, also known as Broad Oaks, is a historic home and farmstead located near Clio, Marlboro County, South Carolina. The original section of the house was built about 1826, as a four-bay side-gable cottage. Additions were made to the structure about 1850 and 1899, with American Craftsman style modifications made in the 1920s. Also on the property are an early outbuilding, African American cemetery, farm roads, and built landscape features such as drainage ditches.
The 1972 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 7, 1972. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1972 United States presidential election. South Carolina voters chose 8 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
South Carolina Highway 912 (SC 912) is a 8.35-mile-long (13.44 km) state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The highway travels through rural areas of Marlboro County. It functions like a western bypass of the city of Bennettsville.
