- South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1908
The 1908 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on
November 3 ,1908 to select the governor of the state ofSouth Carolina . GovernorMartin Frederick Ansel faced state senatorColeman Livingston Blease in the Democratic primary and emerged victorious to win a second two-year term as governor.Democratic Primary
Coleman Livingston Blease entered the state Democratic primary for governor as the only opposition to incumbent GovernorMartin Frederick Ansel . The voters saw no reason to not give Ansel another term for governor and Blease was defeated rather decisively onAugust 25 .General Election
The general election was held on
November 3 ,1908 and Martin Frederick Ansel was reelectedgovernor of South Carolina without opposition. Turnout increased over the previous gubernatorial election because there was also a presidential election on the ballot.Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate =Martin Frederick Ansel
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frame|300px|none|1908 South Carolina gubernatorial election map, by percentile by county.ee also
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Governor of South Carolina
*List of Governors of South Carolina
*South Carolina gubernatorial elections References
*cite news |title= Primary Results Declared |work= The News and Courier |date= 30 August 1908 |page= 1
*cite book | last = Jordan | first = Frank E | title = The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876-1962 | pages = p. 26
*"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 III. Columbia, SC: 1909, pp. 154-155.External links
* [http://www.sciway.net/hist/governors/ansel.html SCIway Biography of Martin Frederick Ansel]
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