United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1898

frame|300px|right|South Carolina Congressional Districts, 1898

The 1898 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 1898 to select seven Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. Seven Democratic incumbents were re-elected and the open seat was retained by the Democrats. The composition of the state delegation after the election was solely Democratic.

1st Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman William Elliott of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1897, defeated Republican challenger George W. Murray.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = William Elliott (incumbent)
votes = 3,030
percentage = 66.5
change = +2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = George W. Murray
votes = 1,529
percentage = 33.5
change = -2.8Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 1
percentage = 0.0
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 1,501
percentage = 33.0
change = +3.2Election box turnout
votes = 4,560
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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2nd Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman W. Jasper Talbert of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1893, defeated Republican challenger B.P. Chatfield.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = W. Jasper Talbert (incumbent)
votes = 4,013
percentage = 97.0
change = +4.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = B.P. Chatfield
votes = 122
percentage = 2.9
change = -4.4Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 4
percentage = 0.1
change = -0.2Election box majority
votes = 3,891
percentage = 94.1
change = +9.0Election box turnout
votes = 4,139
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
-

3rd Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Asbury Latimer of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1893, won the Democratic primary and defeated Republican challenger John R. Tolbert in the general election.

Democratic primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = J. William Stokes (incumbent)
votes = 4,433
percentage = 89.8
change = +4.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = James Weston
votes = 505
percentage = 10.2
change = -4.4Election box majority
votes = 3,928
percentage = 79.6
change = +8.2Election box turnout
votes = 4,938
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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ee also

*United States House of Representatives elections, 1898
*South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1898
*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. 104, 109, 113, 118, 122
*"Report of D.H. Tompkins, Secretary of State, to the General Assembly of South Carolina." "Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina". Volume I. Columbia, SC: The Bryan Printing Company, 1899, pp. 252-255.