1956 United States Senate special election in South Carolina

none March 2026 September 2023 1956 United States Senate special election in South Carolina South Carolina presidential no 1954 United States Senate election in South Carolina 1954 1960 United States Senate election in South Carolina 1960 1956 11 6 150x150px Governor Strom Thurmond b&w crop.jpg Strom Thurmond Democratic Party (United States) 245,371 100.00% U.S. Senator Thomas A. Wofford Democratic Party (United States) Strom Thurmond Democratic Party (United States) 1956 United States Senate special election in South Carolina results map by county.svg 250px County resultsThurmond: #0D0596 90–100% The 1956 South Carolina United States Senate special election was held on November 6, 1956, to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina simultaneously with the regular Senate election. The election resulted from the resignation of Senator Strom Thurmond on April 4, 1956, who was keeping a campaign pledge he had made in the 1954 election. Thurmond was unopposed in his bid to complete the remaining four years of the term, which, alongside a concurrent election in Georgia, is currently the last time a non-incumbent was unopposed for a United States Senate election. Thurmond would remain as Senator for nearly fifty years until he retired in 2003. Democratic primary Senator Strom Thurmond faced no opposition from South Carolina Democrats and avoided a primary election. There was a possibility that Governor George Bell Timmerman Jr. might enter the race, but Thurmond was held in such high regard by the voters that there would have been no chance of defeating him. With no challenge to the remainder of the term, Thurmond did not conduct a campaign and rejoined his old law firm in Aiken until he returned to the Senate after the special election. Election results South Carolina U.S. Senate Special Election, 1956 Democratic Party (United States) Strom Thurmond 245,371 100.00% +36.9 245,371 100.00% +73.7 245,371 32.2 +5.9 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- References "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. 8–9. Bass Jack Jack Bass Marilyn W. Thompson Marilyn W. Thompson Ol' Strom: An Unauthorized Biography of Strom Thurmond 1998 Longstreet 155 See also List of United States senators from South Carolina 1956 United States Senate elections 1956 United States Senate election in South Carolina South Carolina 1956 South Carolina 1956 1956 Special South Carolina Special United States Senate Special Category:Single-candidate United States Senate elections United States Senate 1956 Category:Strom Thurmond