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1894 South Carolina gubernatorial election

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election_name1894 South Carolina gubernatorial election
countrySouth Carolina
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1892 South Carolina gubernatorial election
previous_year1892
election_dateNovember 6, 1894
next_election1896 South Carolina gubernatorial election
next_year1896
image1File:John Gary Evans.jpg
image_size150x150px
nominee1John Gary Evans
party1Democratic Party (United States)
alliance1-
popular_vote139,507
percentage169.6%
image2File:3x4.svg
nominee2Sampson Pope
party2Independent (politician)
color2ff00ff
alliance2Republican
popular_vote217,278
percentage230.4%
map_image1894 South Carolina gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size250px
map_captionCounty results
Evans:
Pope:
titleGovernor
before_electionBen Tillman
before_partyDemocratic Party (United States)
after_electionJohn Gary Evans
after_partyDemocratic Party (United States)

Evans:
Pope:

The 1894 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1894 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. John Gary Evans was nominated by the Democrats and became the 85th governor of South Carolina.

Democratic campaign

The conservatives had been so thoroughly defeated by Ben Tillman in 1890 and 1892 that they did not offer a candidate for the gubernatorial election. Instead, it became a contest between four Tillmanites: William Ellerbe, John Gary Evans, Dr. Sampson Pope and J.E. Tindal. All four claimed to be the candidate favored by Tillman, but an embarrassed Tillman responded, "They ought to be spanked for quarrelling about who is the closest friend of Tillman." Initially, Tillman privately supported Ellerbe because he was a farmer, but Tillman became more attracted to Evans as he proved to be a better orator during the campaign. Evans also was able to woo Senator Irby to his side, who placed the Tillman machine squarely behind his candidacy.

Ellerbe, Pope and Tindall sensed that they would be unable to win any of the delegates for their candidacy at the Democratic convention and therefore requested a primary election to select the statewide ticket. Tillman refused this request and Evans was unanimously selected as the Democratic gubernatorial candidate at the Democratic convention in Columbia on September 1.

General election

Sampson Pope denounced the selection of Evans as the Democratic candidate by declaring it ring rule because the state Democratic party was completely run by Tillman and his cronies. He entered the general election as an independent candidate, but the Tillmanites used the quote uttered by Wade Hampton that "an independent was worse than a Radical" to great effect and Pope's campaign was nothing more than a protest vote.

The general election was held on November 6, 1894 and John Gary Evans was easily elected as governor of South Carolina against Sampson Pope. Turnout increased for this election over the previous election because it was a contested election, but only by just over 100 votes.

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References

  • "Election Returns." Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina at the Regular Session Commencing Nov. 27th, 1894. Volume I. Columbia, SC: Charles A. Calvo, Jr., 1894, p. 470.

References

  1. Simkins, pp. 181-2
  2. Ball, p. 239
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