United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1908

frame|300px|right|South Carolina Congressional Districts, 1908

The 1908 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 3, 1908 to select seven Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. All seven incumbents were re-elected and the composition of the state delegation remained solely Democratic.

1st Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman George Swinton Legaré of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1903, defeated Republican challenger Aaron P. Prioleau.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = George S. Legaré (incumbent)
votes = 5,759
percentage = 90.1
change = -9.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Aaron P. Prioleau
votes = 631
percentage = 9.9
change = +9.2Election box majority
votes = 5,128
percentage = 80.2
change = -18.4Election box turnout
votes = 6,390
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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2nd Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman James O'H. Patterson of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1905, defeated W.S. Smith in the Democratic primary and Republican Isaac C. Myers in the general election.

Democratic primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = J. Edwin Ellerbe (incumbent)
votes = 9,035
percentage = 100.0
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 9,035
percentage = 100.0
change = 0.0Election box turnout
votes = 9,035
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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7th Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Asbury Francis Lever of the 7th congressional district, in office since 1901, defeated Republican challenger R.H. Richardson.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Asbury F. Lever (incumbent)
votes = 9,950
percentage = 90.9
change = -6.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = R.H. Richardson
votes = 998
percentage = 9.1
change = +6.7Election box majority
votes = 8,952
percentage = 81.8
change = -13.4Election box turnout
votes = 10,948
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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ee also

*United States House of Representatives elections, 1908
*South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1908
*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. 101, 105, 114, 118
*"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.