South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1884

The 1884 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1884 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Governor Hugh Smith Thompson was renominated by the Democrats and was reelected for a second two year term.

Democratic Convention

Governor Hugh Smith Thompson had made no enemies during his first term as governor and no opposition to his nomination developed at the state Democratic convention of 1884. As a consequence, Thompson was renominated by acclamation to be the Democratic nominee for governor in the general election, effectively meaning that he would serve two more years since there was no opposition in the general election.

General Election

The general election was held on November 4, 1884 and Hugh Smith Thompson was elected as governor of South Carolina without opposition. Turnout was less than the previous gubernatorial election because of the lack of opposition in the general election.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Hugh Smith Thompson
votes = 67,931
percentage = 100.0
change = +21.0 Election box majority
votes = 67,931
percentage = 100.0
change = +41.8Election box turnout
votes = 67,895
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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frame|300px|none|1884 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 = William | last = Cooper | title = The Conservative Regime: South Carolina, 1877-1890 | year = 2005 | publisher = University of South Carolina Press | id = ISBN 1-57003-597-0
*"Election Returns." "Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina". Volume II. Columbia, SC: Charles A. Calvo, Jr., 1884, p. 782.

External links

* [http://www.sciway.net/hist/governors/thompson.html SCIway Biography of Governor Hugh Smith Thompson]

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