United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1918

frame|300px|right|South Carolina Congressional Districts, 1916 to 1918

The 1918 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 5, 1918 to select seven Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections were held on August 27 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on September 10. 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, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Richard S. Whaley (incumbent)
votes = 2,328
percentage = 100.0
change = +4.6Election box majority
votes = 2,328
percentage = 100.0
change = +9.2Election box turnout
votes = 2,328
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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2nd Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman James F. Byrnes of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1911, 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 = Samuel J. Nicholls (incumbent)
votes = 4,069
percentage = 100.0
change = +0.6Election box majority
votes = 4,069
percentage = 100.0
change = +1.2Election box turnout
votes = 4,069
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
-

5th Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman William F. Stevenson of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1917, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = William F. Stevenson (incumbent)
votes = 3,640
percentage = 100.0
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 3,640
percentage = 100.0
change = 0.0Election box turnout
votes = 3,640
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
-

6th Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman J. Willard Ragsdale of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1913, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = J. Willard Ragsdale (incumbent)
votes = 3,626
percentage = 100.0
change = +0.9Election box majority
votes = 3,626
percentage = 100.0
change = +1.8Election box turnout
votes = 3,626
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
-

7th Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Asbury Francis Lever of the 7th congressional district, in office since 1901, won the Democratic primary and defeated 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 = 4,761
percentage = 96.4
change = +2.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = R.H. Richardson
votes = 176
percentage = 3.6
change = -2.9Election box majority
votes = 4,585
percentage = 92.8
change = +5.8Election box turnout
votes = 4,937
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
-

ee also

*United States House of Representatives elections, 1918
*South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1918
*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. 101-102, 105, 110, 123
*"Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina. Part II." "Reports of State Officers Boards and Committees to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina". Volume II. Columbia, SC: 1919, pp. 31-33.