1908 South Carolina gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1908 South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial primary South Carolina 1908 presidential Democratic Party (United States) 1906 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1906 1908 08 25 1910 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1910 x150px File:Martin Frederick Ansel.jpg Martin Frederick Ansel Democratic Party (US) 62,867 59.89% File:Coleman L Blease (cropped).jpg Cole Blease Democratic Party (US) 42,100 40.11% Governor Martin Frederick Ansel Democratic Party (United States) Martin Frederick Ansel Democratic Party (United States) The 1908 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1908, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Governor Martin Frederick Ansel faced state senator Coleman Livingston Blease in the Democratic primary and emerged victorious to win a second two-year term as governor. Democratic primary Coleman Livingston Blease entered the state Democratic primary for governor as the only opposition to incumbent Governor Martin Frederick Ansel. The voters saw no reason to not give Ansel another term for governor and Blease was defeated rather decisively on August 25. Democratic PrimaryCandidateVotes% Martin Frederick Ansel 62,867 59.9 Coleman Livingston Blease 42,100 40.1 General election The general election was held on November 3, 1908, and Martin Frederick Ansel was reelected governor of South Carolina without opposition. Turnout increased over the previous gubernatorial election because there was also a presidential election on the ballot. South Carolina Gubernatorial Election, 1908 Democratic Party (United States) Martin Frederick Ansel (incumbent) 61,060 100.00 0.0 61,060 100.00 0.0 61,060 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- #00f 65+% won by Ansel See also Governor of South Carolina List of governors of South Carolina South Carolina gubernatorial elections References Primary Results Declared The News and Courier 30 August 1908 1 Jordan Frank E The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876-1962 26 "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: 1909, pp. 154–155. External links SCIway Biography of Martin Frederick Ansel 1906 South Carolina gubernatorial elections 1910 Gubernatorial 1908 1908 South Carolina Category:November 1908 in the United States