South Carolina's 4th congressional district special election, 1915

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The 1915 South Carolina 4th congressional district special election was held on September 14, 1915 to select a Representative for the 4th congressional district to serve out the remainder of the term for the 64th Congress. The special election resulted from the resignation of Representative Joseph T. Johnson on April 19, 1915. Samuel J. Nicholls, a former state Representative from Spartanburg, won the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.

Democratic primary

The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary in the summer of 1915. Six candidates entered the race and among those who sought the seat was future Governor of South Carolina, Ibra Charles Blackwood. Samuel J. Nicholls emerged atop the first primary election on August 10 and won the runoff election against B.A. Morgan on August 24. There was no opposition to the Democratic candidate in the general election so Nicholls was elected to serve out the remainder of the term.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Samuel J. Nicholls
votes = 9,351
percentage = 100.0
change = +0.5Election box majority
votes = 9,351
percentage = 100.0
change = +0.8Election box turnout
votes = 9,351
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colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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ee also

*South Carolina's 4th congressional district
*List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives in South Carolina

References

*cite book | last = Jordan | first = Frank E | title = The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876-1962 | pages = p. 110
*"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 III. Columbia, SC: 1916.