United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1892

frame|300px|right|South Carolina Congressional Districts, 1888 to 1892

The 1892 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 1892 to select seven Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. Two Democratic incumbents were re-elected, four open seats were won by the Democrats and the open seat in the 7th congressional district was picked up by the Republicans. The composition of the state delegation after the election was six Democrats and one Republican.

1st Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman William H. Brawley of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1891, defeated J. William Stokes in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.

Democratic primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = W. Jasper Talbert
votes = 8,001
percentage = 99.6
change = +14.1Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 30
percentage = 0.4
change = +0.2Election box majority
votes = 7,971
percentage = 99.2
change = +28.0Election box turnout
votes = 8,031
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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3rd Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman George Johnstone of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1891, was defeated in the Democratic primary by Asbury Latimer. He defeated John R. Tolbert in the general election.

Democratic primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Thomas J. Strait
votes = 8,791
percentage = 80.7
change = -6.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = E. Brooks Sligh
votes = 2,099
percentage = 19.3
change = +7.1Election box majority
votes = 6,692
percentage = 61.4
change = -13.5Election box turnout
votes = 10,890
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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6th Congressional District Special Election

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Eli T. Stackhouse of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1891, died on June 14, 1892 during the Democratic primary campaign. A special election for the remainder of the term was called to be held simultaneously with the regular election. The South Carolina Democratic Party decided that the winner of the primary election would be their candidate for both the special and regular elections. John L. McLaurin won the primary and defeated Republican challenger E.J. Sawyer in the general election.

Democratic primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John L. McLaurin
votes = 8,572
percentage = 90.2
change = +11.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = E.J. Sawyer
votes = 934
percentage = 9.8
change = -10.7Election box majority
votes = 7,638
percentage = 80.4
change = +22.1Election box turnout
votes = 9,506
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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6th Congressional District

John L. McLaurin, winner of the Democratic primary for both the special and regular election of the 6th congressional district, defeated Republican challenger E.J. Sawyer in the general election to win the term for the 53rd Congress.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John L. McLaurin
votes = 10,133
percentage = 84.6
change = -5.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = E.J. Sawyer
votes = 1,832
percentage = 15.3
change = +5.5Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 12
percentage = 0.1
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 8,301
percentage = 69.3
change = -11.1Election box turnout
votes = 11,977
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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7th Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman William Elliott of the 7th congressional district, in office since 1891, declined to seek re-election. Republican George W. Murray defeated Democratic challenger E.W. Moise in the general election.

Democratic primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = George W. Murray
votes = 4,995
percentage = 50.0
change = +11.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = E.W. Moise
votes = 4,955
percentage = 49.6
change = +5.2Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 42
percentage = 0.4
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 40
percentage = 0.4
change = -5.2Election box turnout
votes = 9,992
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Republican gain from Democratic
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ee also

*United States House of Representatives elections, 1892
*South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1892
*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. 96, 100, 103, 109, 113, 117, 122
*"Report of the State Board of Canvassers of the Result of the General Election, Held November 8, 1892." "Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina at the Regular Session Commencing November 22, 1892". Volume I. Columbia, SC: Charles A. Calvo, Jr., 1892, pp. 550-551.