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1934 South Carolina gubernatorial election

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election_name1934 South Carolina gubernatorial primary runoff
countrySouth Carolina
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1930 South Carolina gubernatorial election
previous_year1930
next_election1938 South Carolina gubernatorial election
next_year1938
election_dateSeptember 11, 1934
image_sizex150px
image1File:Johnston Olin.jpg
nominee1Olin Johnston
party1Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1157,673
percentage156.20%
image2File:Coleman L Blease (cropped).jpg
nominee2Cole Blease
party2Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2122,876
percentage243.80%
map_image1934 South Carolina gubernatorial Democratic primary election results map by county.svg
map_size220px
map_captionCounty results
Johnston:
Blease:
titleGovernor
before_electionIbra Charles Blackwood
before_partyDemocratic Party (United States)
after_electionOlin D. Johnston
after_partyDemocratic Party (United States)

Johnston:
Blease:
The 1934 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1934, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Olin D. Johnston won the contested Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election becoming the 98th governor of South Carolina.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Cole L. Blease, former Governor (191115) and United States Senator (192531)
  • Kemper Cooke
  • Olin D. Johnston, former State Representative from Spartanburg and candidate for Governor in 1930
  • Wyndham Meredith Manning, State Representative from Stateburg and son of former Governor Richard Irvine Manning III
  • L.B. Owens
  • Thomas B. Pearce
  • James O. Sheppard
  • C.E. Sloan

The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor in the summer of 1934 and it attracted many politicians because of the change in 1926 to the South Carolina constitution providing for a four-year term. Johnston emerged victorious from the runoff against former Governor Cole Blease and ran without opposition on account of South Carolina's effective status as a one-party state.

Democratic PrimaryCandidateVotes%
Olin D. Johnston104,79936.5
Coleman Livingston Blease85,79529.8
Wyndham Meredith Manning55,76719.4
Thomas B. Pearce26,3289.2
Kemper Cooke7,3902.6
L.B. Owens4,1861.4
James O. Sheppard2,4820.9
C.E. Sloan6830.2
Democratic Primary RunoffCandidateVotes%±%
Olin D. Johnston157,67356.2+19.7
Coleman Livingston Blease122,87643.8+14.0

General election

The general election was held on November 6, 1934, and Olin D. Johnston was elected the next governor of South Carolina without opposition. Being a non-presidential election and few contested races, turnout was much lower than the Democratic primary election.

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References

  • "Supplemental Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina." Reports of State Officers Boards and Committees to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. Volume I. Columbia, South Carolina: 1935, p. 3.
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