1950 South Carolina gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1950 South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial primary South Carolina presidential no 1946 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1946 1954 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1954 July 11, 1950 x120px James F. Byrnes cph.3c32232.jpg James F. Byrnes Democratic Party (United States) 248,069 71.63% File:3x4.svg Lester L. Bates Democratic Party (United States) 63,143 18.23% File:3x4.svg Thomas H. Pope Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 29,622 8.55% 1950 South Carolina gubernatorial Democratic primary election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsByrnes: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Pope: #7DDDDD 40–50% Governor Strom Thurmond Democratic Party (United States) James F. Byrnes Democratic Party (United States) The 1950 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. James F. Byrnes won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election becoming the 104th governor of South Carolina. Democratic primary Candidates Lester L. Bates, Columbia insurance executive James F. Byrnes, former United States Secretary of State (194547), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (194142), and United States Senator (193141) Thomas H. Pope Jr., Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives Marcus A. Stone The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor on July 11. The race was a cakewalk for the popular James F. Byrnes as he faced minimal opposition in the Democratic primary. Democratic PrimaryCandidateVotes% James F. Byrnes 248,069 71.6 Lester L. Bates 63,143 18.2 Thomas H. Pope Jr. 29,622 8.6 Marcus A. Stone 5,495 1.6 General election The general election was held on November 7, 1950 and James F. Byrnes 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. South Carolina Gubernatorial Election, 1950 Democratic Party (United States) James F. Byrnes 50,633 99.98 0.0 No party Write-Ins 9 0.02 0.0 50,624 99.96 0.0 50,642 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- #00f 65+% won by Byrnes See also Governor of South Carolina List of governors of South Carolina South Carolina gubernatorial elections References Jordan Frank E The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876–1962 46–47 "Supplemental Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina." Reports and Resolutions of South Carolina to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina: 1951, p. 11. External links SCIway Biography of Governor James Francis Byrnes 1946 South Carolina gubernatorial elections 1954 1950 1950 Category:1950 United States gubernatorial elections Gubernatorial Category:November 1950 in the United States