1886 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

none February 2026 September 2023 The 1886 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 2, 1886, to select seven Representatives for one two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. Five incumbents were re-elected, the Republican incumbent was defeated, and the open seat was retained by the Democrats. The composition of the state delegation after the election was solely Democratic. 1st congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman Samuel Dibble of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1883, was unopposed in his bid for re-election. General election results South Carolina's 1st congressional district election results, 1886 Democratic Party (United States) Samuel Dibble (incumbent) 3,315 99.9 +26.4 No party Write-Ins 2 0.1 +0.1 3,313 99.8 +52.8 3,317 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 2nd congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman George D. Tillman of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1883, was unopposed in his bid for re-election. General election results South Carolina's 2nd congressional district election results, 1886 Democratic Party (United States) George D. Tillman (incumbent) 5,212 99.6 +15.2 No party Write-Ins 23 0.4 -1.0 5,189 99.2 +29.0 5,235 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 3rd congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman D. Wyatt Aiken of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1877, opted to retire. James S. Cothran was nominated by the Democrats and was unopposed in his bid for election. General election results South Carolina's 3rd congressional district election results, 1886 Democratic Party (United States) James S. Cothran 4,402 99.8 +6.3 No party Write-Ins 7 0.2 +0.2 4,395 99.6 +12.6 4,409 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 4th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman William H. Perry of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1885, was unopposed in his bid for re-election. General election results South Carolina's 4th congressional district election results, 1886 Democratic Party (United States) William H. Perry (incumbent) 4,470 100.0 +0.6 4,470 100.0 +1.2 4,470 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 5th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman John J. Hemphill of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1883, won the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election. Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% John J. Hemphill 3,539 62.0 M.J. Hough 880 15.4 W.D. Trantham 759 13.3 E.M. Law 527 9.3 General election results South Carolina's 5th congressional district election results, 1886 Democratic Party (United States) John J. Hemphill (incumbent) 4,696 99.9 +25.4 No party Write-Ins 5 0.1 -3.6 4,691 99.8 +47.1 4,701 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 6th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman George W. Dargan of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1883, was unopposed in his bid for re-election. General election results South Carolina's 6th congressional district election results, 1886 Democratic Party (United States) George W. Dargan (incumbent) 4,411 98.7 +24.7 No party Write-Ins 58 1.3 -1.4 4,353 97.4 +46.7 4,469 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 7th congressional district Incumbent Republican Congressman Robert Smalls of the 7th congressional district, in office since 1884, was defeated by Democratic challenger William Elliott. General election results South Carolina's 7th congressional district election results, 1886 Democratic Party (United States) William Elliott 6,493 52.0 +17.4 Republican Party (United States) Robert Smalls (incumbent) 5,961 47.8 -15.8 No party Write-Ins 22 0.2 -1.6 532 4.2 -24.8 12,476 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic gain from Republican |- See also United States House of Representatives elections, 1886 South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1886 South Carolina's congressional districts References Jordan Frank E The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876-1962 112–113 South Carolina 1886 Category:1886 South Carolina elections