United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1936

frame|300px|right|South Carolina Congressional Districts, 1932 to 1940

The 1936 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 2, 1936 to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. All five incumbents who ran were re-elected and the open seat in the 4th congressional district was retained by the Democrats. The composition of the state delegation thus remained solely Democratic.

There was a split in the South Carolina Republican Party between the Tolbert and Seabrook factions because each side wanted to be the arbiter of the spoils system should a national Republican victory occur. Therefore, they both offered their own slate of candidates for the federal contests and they were competing against each other, not the Democrats, to show the national Republican Party that they held more sway in the state.

1st Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Thomas S. McMillan of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1925, defeated two Republican challengers.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Thomas S. McMillan (incumbent)
votes = 15,772
percentage = 96.9
change = -0.8
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Republican (Tolbert)
B.L. Hendrix
align="right" | 314
align="right" | 1.9
align="right" | -0.4
-
bgcolor="#FF3333"
Republican (Seabrook)
Ben Felman
align="right" | 193
align="right" | 1.2
align="right" | +1.2
-Election box majority
votes = 15,458
percentage = 95.0
change = -0.4Election box turnout
votes = 16,279
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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2nd Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Hampton P. Fulmer of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1921, defeated Gary Paschal in the Democratic primary and defeated two Republicans in the general election.

Democratic primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Gabriel H. Mahon, Jr.
votes = 24,715
percentage = 100.0
change = +0.6Election box majority
votes = 24,715
percentage = 100.0
change = +1.2Election box turnout
votes = 24,715
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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4th Congressional District

Gabriel H. Mahon, Jr., winner of the Democratic primary for both the special and regular election of the 4th congressional district, defeated two Republicans in the general election to win the term for the 75th Congress.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Gabriel H. Mahon, Jr.
votes = 25,468
percentage = 98.9
change = -1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = W.E. Murray
votes = 162
percentage = 0.6
change = +0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Frank W. Faux
votes = 121
percentage = 0.5
change = +0.5Election box majority
votes = 25,306
percentage = 98.3
change = -1.7Election box turnout
votes = 25,751
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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5th Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman James P. Richards of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1933, defeated two Republican challengers.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = James P. Richards (incumbent)
votes = 15,748
percentage = 99.2
change = +0.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = C.F. Pendleton
votes = 110
percentage = 0.7
change = -0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = A.B. McCraw
votes = 23
percentage = 0.1
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 15,638
percentage = 98.5
change = +1.1Election box turnout
votes = 15,881
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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6th Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Allard H. Gasque of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1923, won the Democratic primary and defeated two Republicans in the general election.

Democratic primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Allard H. Gasque (incumbent)
votes = 16,027
percentage = 99.3
change = 0.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = T.J. Karnes
votes = 71
percentage = 0.5
change = -0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = C.R. Davis
votes = 36
percentage = 0.2
change = +0.2Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 1
percentage = 0.0
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 15,956
percentage = 98.8
change = +0.2Election box turnout
votes = 16,135
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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ee also

*United States House of Representatives elections, 1936
*United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1936
*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. 106, 111, 120, 124
*"Supplemental Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina." "Reports of State Officers Boards and Committees to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina". Volume I. Columbia, SC: 1937, pp. 7-9.