United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1910

frame|300px|right|South Carolina Congressional Districts, 1910

The 1910 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 1910 to select seven Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. Six incumbents were re-elected and the open seat in the 2nd congressional district was retained by the Democrats. The composition of the state delegation thus remained solely Democratic.

1st Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman George Swinton Legaré of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1903, defeated James H. Lesesne in the Democratic primary and Republican Aaron P. Prioleau in the general election.

Democratic primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = James F. Byrnes
votes = 4,392
percentage = 100.0
change = +0.7Election box majority
votes = 4,392
percentage = 100.0
change = +1.4Election box turnout
votes = 4,392
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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3rd Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Wyatt Aiken of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1903, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Wyatt Aiken (incumbent)
votes = 3,381
percentage = 99.9
change = -0.1Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 2
percentage = 0.1
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 3,379
percentage = 99.8
change = -0.2Election box turnout
votes = 3,383
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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4th Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Joseph T. Johnson of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1901, defeated Republican challenger Thomas Brier.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Joseph T. Johnson (incumbent)
votes = 7,616
percentage = 98.9
change = -1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Thomas Brier
votes = 81
percentage = 1.1
change = +1.1Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 1
percentage = 0.0
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 7,535
percentage = 97.8
change = -2.2Election box turnout
votes = 7,698
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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5th Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman David E. Finley of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1899, won 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 = J. Edwin Ellerbe (incumbent)
votes = 3,734
percentage = 100.0
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 3,734
percentage = 100.0
change = 0.0Election box turnout
votes = 3,734
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 W.W. Roy in the Democratic primary and Republican R.H. Richardson in the general election.

Democratic primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Asbury F. Lever (incumbent)
votes = 4,762
percentage = 95.6
change = +4.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = R.H. Richardson
votes = 214
percentage = 4.3
change = -4.8Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 5
percentage = 0.1
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 4,548
percentage = 91.3
change = +9.5Election box turnout
votes = 4,981
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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ee also

*United States House of Representatives elections, 1910
*South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1910
*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. 97, 101, 114, 118-119, 123
*"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: 1911, pp. 343-345.