United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1946

frame|300px|right|South Carolina Congressional Districts, 1942 to 1950

The 1946 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 5, 1946 to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. Five incumbents were re-elected, but Butler B. Hare of the 3rd congressional district was defeated in the Democratic primary by W.J. Bryan Dorn. The seat remained with the Democrats and the composition of the state delegation remained solely Democratic.

1st Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman L. Mendel Rivers of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1941, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = L. Mendel Rivers (incumbent)
votes = 5,354
percentage = 99.5
change = +6.7Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 26
percentage = 0.5
change = +0.5Election box majority
votes = 5,328
percentage = 99.0
change = +13.4Election box turnout
votes = 5,380
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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2nd Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman John J. Riley of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1945, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John J. Riley (incumbent)
votes = 4,795
percentage = 98.6
change = +0.6Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 67
percentage = 1.4
change = +1.4Election box majority
votes = 4,728
percentage = 97.2
change = +1.2Election box turnout
votes = 4,862
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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3rd Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Butler B. Hare of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1939, was defeated in the Democratic primary by W.J. Bryan Dorn who was unnopposed in the general election.

Democratic primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John L. McMillan (incumbent)
votes = 5,670
percentage = 96.9
change = -1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Progressive Party (United States)
candidate = James R. Prioleau
votes = 141
percentage = 2.4
change = +2.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Leroy Dimery
votes = 41
percentage = 0.7
change = +0.7Election box majority
votes = 5,529
percentage = 94.5
change = -1.5Election box turnout
votes = 5,852
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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ee also

*United States House of Representatives elections, 1946
*South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1946
*South Carolina's congressional districts

References

*cite book | last = Jordan | first = Frank E | title = The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876-1962 | pages = pp. 107, 111, 121
*"Supplemental Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina." "Reports and Resolutions of South Carolina to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina". Volume I. Columbia, SC: 1947, pp. 5-7.