1956 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

none February 2026 September 2023 1956 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina South Carolina legislative no 1954 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina 1954 1958 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina 1958 All 6 South Carolina seats to the United States House of Representatives 1956 11 6https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1956election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 clerk.house.gov 11 February 2024 Democratic Party (United States) 6 6 249,591 95.26% File:1956 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina results map.svg District results Democratic #0645B4 80–90% #002B84 90–100% The 1956 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 6, 1956, to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. All five incumbents who ran were re-elected and the open seat in the 5th congressional district was retained by the Democrats. The composition of the state delegation thus remained solely Democratic. 1st congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman L. Mendel Rivers of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1941, was unopposed in his bid for re-election. General election results South Carolina's 1st congressional district election results, 1956 Democratic Party (United States) L. Mendel Rivers (incumbent) 31,112 100.0 +2.3 No party Write-Ins 2 0.0 0.0 31,110 100.0 +4.6 31,114 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 2nd congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman John J. Riley of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1951, was unopposed in his bid for re-election. General election results South Carolina's 2nd congressional district election results, 1956 Democratic Party (United States) John J. Riley (incumbent) 49,284 100.0 +2.3 No party Write-Ins 3 0.0 0.0 49,281 100.0 +4.6 49,287 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 3rd congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman William Jennings Bryan Dorn of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1951, defeated Republican challenger Maka Knox. General election results South Carolina's 3rd congressional district election results, 1956 Democratic Party (United States) William J.B. Dorn (incumbent) 39,270 92.9 -6.4 Republican Party (United States) Maka Knox 2,885 6.8 +6.2 No party Write-Ins 127 0.3 +0.2 36,385 86.1 -12.6 42,282 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 4th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman Robert T. Ashmore of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1953, defeated Republican challenger Dan H. Wallace, Jr. General election results South Carolina's 4th congressional district election results, 1956 Democratic Party (United States) Robert T. Ashmore (incumbent) 53,722 85.1 -14.1 Republican Party (United States) Dan H. Wallace, Jr. 9,393 14.9 +14.1 44,329 70.2 -28.2 63,115 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 5th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman James P. Richards of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1933, opted to retire. Robert W. Hemphill defeated Thomas S. Gettys in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election. Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% Robert W. Hemphill 28,424 59.0 Thomas S. Gettys 19,760 41.0 General election results South Carolina's 5th congressional district election results, 1956 Democratic Party (United States) Robert W. Hemphill 36,454 100.0 0.0 36,454 100.0 0.0 36,454 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 6th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman John L. McMillan of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1939, was unopposed in his bid for re-election. General election results South Carolina's 6th congressional district election results, 1956 Democratic Party (United States) John L. McMillan (incumbent) 39,749 100.0 +1.1 No party Write-Ins 3 0.0 0.0 39,746 100.0 +2.2 39,752 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- See also United States House of Representatives elections, 1956 United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1956 United States Senate special election in South Carolina, 1956 South Carolina's congressional districts References Jordan Frank E The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876-1962 116 "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. Volume I. Columbia, SC: 1957, pp. 10–12. 1956 South Carolina United States House of Representatives