1936 United States presidential election in South Carolina

none June 2025 September 2023 1936 United States presidential election 1936 United States presidential election in South Carolina South Carolina presidential no 1932 United States presidential election in South Carolina 1932 1940 United States presidential election in South Carolina 1940 November 3, 1936 x200px Franklin D. Roosevelt 1936 june (3x4 cropped) (B&W).jpg Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York John Nance Garner 8 113,791 98.57% LandonPortr (cropped).jpg Alf Landon Republican Party (United States) Kansas Frank Knox 0 1,646 1.43% File:1936 United States presidential election in South Carolina results map by county.svg 300px County results Roosevelt #002b84 90–100% President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) The 1936 United States presidential election in South Carolina was held on November 3, 1936. The state voters chose 8 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. With Roosevelt winning 98.57% of the vote, this was the widest margin of victory for any presidential candidate in a contested election for any state in American history. South Carolina voted for Democratic Party candidate and incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt over Republican Party candidate incumbent Governor of Kansas Alf Landon. Roosevelt carried all counties with over 90% of the vote and all but one (historically Black Republican leaning Beaufort County) with over 95% of the vote, with two (Horry and Lancaster counties) being carried unanimously. His 98.57% of the popular vote is the highest for any presidential candidate in South Carolina since a popular vote was first used in 1868, or for any presidential candidate in any state with an opponent. At the time of the 1936 election, the Democratic machine had been dominant in South Carolina politics for decades. The state's Republican organizations were marginal, serving mostly to distribute patronage when a Republican president made federal appointments within the state. The South Carolina Republican Party had been led by "Tieless" Joe Tolbert since the late 1890s.Judy Bainbridge, "South Carolina political history: Remembering 'Tieless' Joe Tolbert and his family", Greenville News, March 29, 2020, Web. However, in the early 1930s, the state party split between two factions: a racially exclusive all-white group led by J.C. Hambright, and Tolbert's group, which included some African-Americans. At the 1932 Republican National Convention, Hambright was seated as the leader of South Carolina's delegation, but at the 1936 convention, Tolbert's authority was restored.Associated Press, "Tolbert Seated As G.O.P. Dodges Race Question", Orangeburg Times and Democrat, June 11, 1936, front page. The schism between the two Republican factions extended to the 1936 presidential ballot. At that time, voters were presented with lists of electors nominated by each state party, rather than the names of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates themselves. As a result, two separate slates of Republican electors were nominated, one led by Hambright and the other by Tolbert's nephew Joseph A. Tolbert, and the state's already minuscule Republican vote was split between them. However, ballots in Allendale County, Colleton County, and Edgefield County counties listed only the Tolbert ticket as the slate of the Republican Party."Election Boards Make Returns", The State, November 13, 1936, page 11-A. The votes for Landon are presented here as a fusion of the two slates. Results 1936 United States presidential election in South Carolina1936 Presidential General Election Results – South Carolina http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=45&year=1936&f=0&off=0 U.S. Election Atlas 23 December 2013 Democratic Party (United States) Franklin Delano Roosevelt New York John Nance Garner Texas 113,791 98.57% 8 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Alf Landon Kansas Frank Knox Illinois 1,646Landon total is a fusion of 953 "Tolbert" and 693 "Hambright" ticket votes. 1.43% 0 0.00% 115,437 100.00% 8 100.00% Results by county CountyFranklin D. RooseveltDemocraticAlf LandonRepublicanMarginTotal # % # % # % Abbeville 1,265 98.21% 23 1.79% 1,242 96.42% 1,288 Aiken 3,298 98.95% 35 1.05% 3,263 97.90% 3,333 Allendale 1,236 99.76% 3 0.24% 1,233 99.52% 1,239 Anderson 4,025 99.36% 26 0.64% 3,999 98.72% 4,051 Bamberg 1,542 99.68% 5 0.32% 1,537 99.36% 1,547 Barnwell 2,157 99.91% 2 0.09% 2,155 99.82% 2,159 Beaufort 501 92.10% 43 7.90% 458 84.20% 544 Berkeley 690 98.85% 8 1.15% 682 97.70% 698 Calhoun 821 99.88% 1 0.12% 820 99.76% 822 Charleston 8,015 95.05% 417 4.95% 7,598 90.10% 8,432 Cherokee 2,280 99.00% 23 1.00% 2,257 98.00% 2,303 Chester 2,155 99.49% 11 0.51% 2,144 98.98% 2,166 Chesterfield 3,192 99.44% 18 0.56% 3,174 98.88% 3,210 Clarendon 1,260 98.67% 17 1.33% 1,243 97.34% 1,277 Colleton 1,463 99.46% 8 0.54% 1,455 98.92% 1,471 Darlington 1,995 99.40% 12 0.60% 1,983 98.80% 2,007 Dillon 1,104 99.55% 5 0.45% 1,099 99.10% 1,109 Dorchester 889 96.95% 28 3.05% 861 93.90% 917 Edgefield 1,304 99.92% 1 0.08% 1,303 99.84% 1,305 Fairfield 1,005 98.72% 13 1.28% 992 97.44% 1,018 Florence 4,194 99.41% 25 0.59% 4,169 98.82% 4,219 Georgetown 1,273 95.43% 61 4.57% 1,212 90.86% 1,334 Greenville 8,310 98.91% 92 1.09% 8,218 97.82% 8,402 Greenwood 3,064 99.38% 19 0.62% 3,045 98.76% 3,083 Hampton 1,253 99.37% 8 0.63% 1,245 98.74% 1,261 Horry 2,927 100.00% 0 0.00% 2,927 100.00% 2,927 Jasper 452 99.12% 4 0.88% 448 98.24% 456 Kershaw 1,400 98.59% 20 1.41% 1,380 97.18% 1,420 Lancaster 2,631 100.00% 0 0.00% 2,631 100.00% 2,631 Laurens 3,069 99.58% 13 0.42% 3,056 99.16% 3,082 Lee 1,045 99.52% 5 0.48% 1,040 99.04% 1,050 Lexington 2,138 98.53% 32 1.47% 2,106 97.06% 2,170 Marion 656 98.80% 8 1.20% 648 97.60% 664 Marlboro 1,219 99.59% 5 0.41% 1,214 99.18% 1,224 McCormick 988 99.30% 7 0.70% 981 98.60% 995 Newberry 2,615 99.66% 9 0.34% 2,606 99.32% 2,624 Oconee 2,057 97.49% 53 2.51% 2,004 94.98% 2,110 Orangeburg 2,947 98.04% 59 1.96% 2,888 96.08% 3,006 Pickens 2,678 98.17% 50 1.83% 2,628 96.34% 2,728 Richland 6,728 97.79% 152 2.21% 6,576 95.58% 6,880 Saluda 1,324 99.25% 10 0.75% 1,314 98.50% 1,334 Spartanburg 10,739 98.41% 173 1.59% 10,566 96.82% 10,912 Sumter 2,062 97.26% 58 2.74% 2,004 94.52% 2,120 Union 3,458 99.74% 9 0.26% 3,449 99.48% 3,467 Williamsburg 1,284 99.53% 6 0.47% 1,278 99.06% 1,290 York 3,083 97.81% 69 2.19% 3,014 95.62% 3,152Totals113,79198.57%1,6461.43%112,14597.14%115,437 Notes References South Carolina 1936 Category:1936 South Carolina elections