United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1914

frame|300px|right|South Carolina Congressional Districts, 1912 to 1914

The 1914 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 3, 1914 to select seven Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections were held on August 25 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on September 8. All seven incumbents were re-elected and the composition of the state delegation remained solely Democratic.

1st Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Richard S. Whaley of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1913, defeated E.J. Dennis in the Democratic primary and two minor candidates in the general election.

Democratic primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = David E. Finley (incumbent)
votes = 5,180
percentage = 100.0
change = 0.0

Election box majority
votes = 5,180
percentage = 100.0
change = 0.0Election box turnout
votes = 5,180
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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6th Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman J. Willard Ragsdale of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1913, won the Democratic primary and was unnopposed in the general election.

Democratic primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = J. Willard Ragsdale (incumbent)
votes = 4,263
percentage = 100.0
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 4,263
percentage = 100.0
change = 0.0Election box turnout
votes = 4,263
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
-

7th Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Asbury Francis Lever of the 7th congressional district, in office since 1901, defeated two minor candidates in the general election.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Asbury F. Lever (incumbent)
votes = 5,232
percentage = 95.1
change = -3.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = I.S. Leevy
votes = 224
percentage = 4.1
change = +2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Party of America
candidate = George F. Lee
votes = 45
percentage = 0.8
change = +0.8Election box majority
votes = 5,008
percentage = 91.0
change = -5.8Election box turnout
votes = 5,501
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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ee also

*United States House of Representatives elections, 1914
*South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1914
*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. 98, 101, 105, 110, 114, 119
*"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 IV. Columbia, SC: 1915, p. 338.