1960 United States Senate election in South Carolina

none March 2026 September 2023 1960 Democratic Senate primary in South Carolina South Carolina presidential no 1956 United States Senate special election in South Carolina 1956 (special) 1966 United States Senate election in South Carolina 1966 June 4, 1960 150x150px StromThurmond.png Strom Thurmond Democratic Party (United States) 273,795 89.50% 3x4.svg Robert B. Herbert Democratic Party (United States) 32,136 10.50% 155px U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond Democratic Party (United States) Strom Thurmond Democratic Party (United States) The 1960 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 8, 1960, to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Popular incumbent Senator Strom Thurmond easily won the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election. This was Thurmond's last Senate race in which he ran as a Democrat; in 1964 he switched parties to Republican to oppose the Democrats' support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and continued to serve until he left office in 2003 and was succeeded by Lindsey Graham (R). 2026, this is the last time that Democrats won South Carolina's Class 2 Senate seat. Democratic primary Candidates Robert Beverly Herbert, Columbia lawyer Strom Thurmond, incumbent Senator since 1954 and candidate for president in 1948 Campaign Herbert argued that Thurmond's means of opposing the civil rights legislation in the 1950s was unconstructive and instead if he were in the Senate he would express to the country how the blacks were benefited by white rule.August 2020 Herbert's campaign was little more than token opposition as Thurmond racked up a huge victory and won another term because he did not have an opponent in the general election. Results South Carolina U.S. Senate primary election, 1960 Democratic Party (United States) Strom Thurmond (incumbent) 273,795 89.50% Democratic Party (United States) Robert Beverley Herbert 32,136 10.50% 305,931 100.00% Election results South Carolina U.S. Senate Election, 1960 Democratic Party (United States) Strom Thurmond (incumbent) 330,167 99.97% -0.03% 102 0.03% 0.0% 330,269 100.0% 330,065 100.0% 0.0% 330,269 55.4% +23.2% |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- See also List of United States senators from South Carolina United States Senate elections, 1960 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1960 References Bass Jack Jack Bass Marilyn W. Thompson Marilyn W. Thompson Ol' Strom: An Unauthorized Biography of Strom Thurmond 1998 Longstreet 189 South Carolina 1960 Category:1960 South Carolina elections Category:Single-candidate United States Senate elections Category:Strom Thurmond